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Switzerland 'Foils Attack On Israeli Airliner'
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6-8-2006

Posted on 06/08/2006 5:57:45 PM PDT by blam

Switzerland 'foils attack on Israeli airliner'

(Filed: 08/06/2006)

Swiss intelligence agents have foiled a planned attack on an Israeli airliner, according to Swiss authorities.

Seven people of North African origin are being held on suspicion of plotting to attack a jet belonging to El Al, the national airline of Israel.

The Swiss Attorney General's office gave no further details of the alleged plot, but said that Spanish and French police had been involved in a Europe-wide investigation into connected terror groups.

"The inquiry has ... made it possible to show that this cell had very seriously envisaged committing an attack in our country on an airliner belonging to the El Al airline," it said in a statement.

The arrests appear to be connected to claims made in the Israeli press last month that Swiss and French intelligence agents had foiled a plot to shoot down an El Al plane over Geneva in December using a rocket-propelled grenade.

The suspicions of Swiss police were first aroused after a series of robberies was committed early last year by what the Attorney General's office described as a highly organised group of about a dozen people.

An investigation revealed that "a part of the stolen booty was transferred for the benefit of a terrorist organisation," according to the statement.

El Al operates regular scheduled flights from Tel Aviv to Zurich and to Geneva.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airliner; attack; foils; israeli; jihad; muslims; switzerland; terrorists; wot

1 posted on 06/08/2006 5:57:48 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
The suspicions of Swiss police were first aroused after a series of robberies
was committed early last year by what the Attorney General's office
described as a highly organised group of about a dozen people.


Terrorist Cookbook Rule Number One:
Do NOT finance your operation by theft, robbery or fraud in Switzerland.
The Swiss take money VERY seriously and will likely track you down
before you can use the loot to kill infidels.
2 posted on 06/08/2006 6:03:26 PM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

"Seven people of North African origin are being held on suspicion of plotting to attack a jet belonging to El Al, the national airline of Israel."

CORRECTION: Seven North African MUSLIMS are being held..


3 posted on 06/08/2006 6:15:11 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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To: VOA

And the Swiss keep an eye on every non-Swiss in country. They are quite fussy about who lives there.


4 posted on 06/08/2006 6:24:47 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Worthless nothing sand monkeys. Fry their a$$es.

Or do you want to know how I really feel?


5 posted on 06/08/2006 6:37:32 PM PDT by elcid1970
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To: VOA
"The Swiss take money VERY seriously and will likely track you down before you can use the loot to kill infidels."

Yup. Some think the Swiss are remnants of the Knights Templars.

6 posted on 06/08/2006 6:43:48 PM PDT by blam
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The suspicions of Swiss police were first aroused after a series of robberies was committed early last year by what the Attorney General's office described as a highly organised group of about a dozen people.

An investigation revealed that "a part of the stolen booty was transferred for the benefit of a terrorist organisation," according to the statement.

I'd like to know more.

7 posted on 06/08/2006 6:46:56 PM PDT by monkeybrau
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To: blam

This is a REALLY good news day!


8 posted on 06/08/2006 6:49:28 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: monkeybrau
Perhaps its best if the procedures weren't generally known.
9 posted on 06/08/2006 6:59:49 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: blam
Seven people of North African origin

North Africa, hmmmm...Uh, that would be Egypt (or libya) wouldn't it??? A little difficult for the MSM to spew out...

10 posted on 06/08/2006 7:07:34 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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To: Iscool

Perhaps their first names were Mohammed or their middle names were Mohammed or perhaps their last names were Mohammed...


11 posted on 06/08/2006 7:08:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Just interested in the terrorist organization that is implicated, not the methods, but even that might be too compromising.


12 posted on 06/08/2006 7:09:56 PM PDT by monkeybrau
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Mohammed M. Mohammed...Seems to a lot of them running around...


13 posted on 06/08/2006 8:04:21 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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To: Iscool

My guess is Morocco.


14 posted on 06/09/2006 6:12:01 AM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)
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