[Calpernia]

The Iraqi interior minister said Tuesday that authorities had foiled an al-Qaida plot that would have put hundreds of its men at critical guard posts around Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. and other foreign embassies as well as the Iraqi government.

A senior Defense Ministry official said the 421 al-Qaida fighters were actually recruited to storm the U.S. and British embassies and take hostages. Several ranking Defense Ministry officials have been jailed in the plot, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

421 al-Qaida fighters

All from one tribe?

Reason to be cautious of this whole report!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Several ranking Defense Ministry officials have been jailed in the plot...]

I think they should have a choice between dental work with rusty pliars or a haircut with a blowtorch.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!