Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article:
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http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17275290%255E1702,00.html
"Italy 'arrests terror suspects'
From correspondents in Rome"
17nov05
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "It said they were seized early yesterday in the southern port city of Naples and northern city of Brescia.
There was no immediate confirmation of the report.
Ansa said the Algerians had been in contact with a cell from Algeria's Salafist movement, which is thought to have links to al-Qaeda. Ansa did not say where they were being held.
Italy, a US ally with troops in Iraq, has received numerous Internet threats purported to be from Islamic militants, who have vowed to strike Italian interests."
Note: The following post is an exact quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523640/posts
Four Women Arrested Trying to Board Plane [Syria to Australia]
AP via TBO ^ | November 16, 2005
Posted on 11/16/2005 10:13:34 PM PST by ncountylee
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Four Australian women were arrested while trying to board a plane in Syria after a dismantled handgun was allegedly found inside a toy the women were carrying, officials and media reports said Thursday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the four Australian women, who were not immediately identified, were with two Iraqi women and a child when they were detained at Damascus airport on Tuesday.
All six women were of Iraqi origin, the department said in a statement.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. quoted an unidentified Syrian police source as saying the women were arrested after security officers found a dismantled handgun inside a toy the child was carrying.
The women were trying to board a Gulf Air flight bound for Australia via Bahrain.
"I understand that the pieces of weapon were in hand luggage, but there were bullets in the (aircraft's baggage) hold," Gulf Air spokesman David Baker said.
Syrian authorities were investigating whether the women might have been involved in a plot to hijack the plane, and police were questioning the women, the ABC reported.
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