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40 Mid-Air Terror Plot Suspects Reported Arrested in Italy
Foxnews.com ^ | 8-11-06 | foxnews

Posted on 08/11/2006 11:02:56 AM PDT by standingfirm

Edited on 08/11/2006 11:35:06 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Pakistan: Suspected London Plane Terrorists Have Al Qaeda Connection

LONDON — Police arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said Friday, as Pakistani intelligence agents claimed there was an connection with ties to to the group of suspected terrorists arrested Thursday.

The arrests in Italy were made Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and other cities on Thursday and Friday "as part of an extraordinary operation that followed the British anti-terrorist operation," the ministry said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: standingfirm
OMG... Italy now?
81 posted on 08/11/2006 11:21:54 AM PDT by nutmeg (National security trumps everything else.)
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To: VOA

The Vatican is there, the head of the historic Christian church. The Islamists are after symbols and this is their most hated. When I visited Italy last year, the Vatican was the most secure--by far--of any place I went.


82 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:24 AM PDT by twigs
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To: jimbo123

From FoxNews:

LONDON — ANSA news agency reported that Italian police arrested 40 people in security operation after British aircraft terror plot thwarted as Pakistani intelligence agents claimed there was an Al Qaeda connection with ties to Afghanistan to the group of suspected terrorists arrested Thursday.

In a statement, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said the arrests underscored "the very important role that has been played by Pakistan in breaking this international terrorist network." It said there were "indications of Afghanistan-based Al Qaeda connection" in the case, but did not elaborate.

British officials released a list of 19 of the suspects while travelers in Britain's airports faced increased security and cancelled flights.

Five Pakistanis have been arrested in Pakistan as suspected "facilitators" of the plot, a government official said, in addition to two Britons arrested there about a week ago.

The plot was foiled when an undercover British agent infiltrated the UK-based group, and passed information to authorities, FOX News confirmed. The spy was one of the main reasons for unmasking the plot.


83 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:32 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
At least that's the thinking over at the DU..that this "plot" is nothing more than diverting attention..

I've been snooping around there for a couple of years now (always managed to get booted off real quick if I actually posted something), but the lunacy to which they have descended lately is mind boggling. With few exceptions (who seem to be conspicuously in their silence these days) the DU'rs seem to be severely limited in their capacity for reason and logic. One can only hope that they continue to remain huddled in their parent's basements and waste their seed in fruitless orgasms over the upcoming demise of the BFEE, before ever having a chance to reproduce.

84 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:33 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: r9etb

That's a lot. One wonders if Mr. Ahneedajihad's plans for 22 August have been somewhat affected....
Note, btw, that the Turks recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders on 23 August, 1244.... One also, therefore, wonders if these planned bombings were supposed to be a diversion from something planned for 23 August.

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purely coincidence, I'm sure.


85 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: redgolum

Big problem? Hey, if only one tenth of one percent (0.01%) of worldwide islam believes in jihad that equals @ 1,300,000 suicide bombers.


86 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:39 AM PDT by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: RushCrush
This reminds me of that car accident a few months back, in Chicago where the guy had a bunch of cell phones and a ton of money....anyone remember?

Yes I remember. But it was just another isolated event. Nothing to see here.

87 posted on 08/11/2006 11:22:46 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: oldleft

This was an Al Qaeda operation that apparently became operational after a terror summit in Djbouti in late 2003 and delayed several times.


88 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:01 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: The G Man
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89 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:03 AM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: fanfan

How about the pig sniffs you -- or, better, slurps you?


90 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:13 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: standingfirm
isn't it just about time for our "government leaders" to take action and prohibit all individuals traveling on passports from "terrorist supporting" countries or even predominantly muslum countries, from entering the US.


And

immediately cancel all visas for anyone from these countries, in essence send them all home?


Perhaps with these "inconveniences" "those" countries will get serious about getting their own houses in order.

Oh yeah, cut'em all off too. No more US taxpayer dollars.

91 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:17 AM PDT by WhiteGuy (It's about the People Who Count the Votes................. - Wally O'Dell)
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To: Yaelle
Is there an Islamic greeting where the response is automatic? Have the security guy under his breath greet each passenger this way and see who responds with any kind of recognization.

Just hold up a Koran and spit on it and see who gets freaky.

92 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:20 AM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: GSlob

Remember they were saying "thousands of deaths" even as they only mentioned about 10 planes as targets the other day. I also think it's much bigger based on their clues in the press conferences.


93 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:25 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: RushCrush

Did they release the identity of the person who died in the crash?


94 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:29 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: 6ppc

Exactly.


95 posted on 08/11/2006 11:23:51 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: mysterio

Just because 40 were arrested doesn't mean all 40 were involved. We have to wait for the authorities to sort them out. It could be all 40 or it could only be a dozen.


96 posted on 08/11/2006 11:24:06 AM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: Paradox

"Shock and awe" in reverse.

What is going on here, is a very deadly distance-and-direction urination contest between the Shi'ite Hezbollah Islamic fascists, and the Sunni Wahhabist al-Qaeda Islamic fascists.

The bid was put out there by Hezbollah, with the call to begin the push of the "Zionist" Israei Jews into the sea. This was stealing the thunder from the al-Qaeda faction, who had to come up with something even more spectacular, in this case a multiple and near-simultaneous set of air disasters involving plane bombings, preferably somewhere either over the oceans or on an an approach to a landing.

That these plots get found out before they are executed is considered immaterial to the objectives of the Islamic fascists. The intent is to keep the major Western nations, and Israel, off balance and if possible, paralyzed.


97 posted on 08/11/2006 11:24:17 AM PDT by alloysteel (My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling, but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.)
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To: BluH2o
Reading a list of the names of the perps arrested to this point looks a lot like the Toronto telephone directory.

Or Cynthia McKinney's donor list.

98 posted on 08/11/2006 11:24:24 AM PDT by RobFromGa (The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)
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To: standingfirm

Damn....just damn...!!!


99 posted on 08/11/2006 11:24:27 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.)
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To: taxed2death
Ban Muzzies from all flights.

ABSOLUTELY!

We are in a STATE OF EMERGENCY right now. Who knows how many other groups are at this moment planning to take out untold numbers of planes?

These monsters are, with very few exceptions, young Muslim men between the ages of 17 and 45. When are we going to wake up and defend ourselves???

Political correctness be damned! Our survival is at stake!
100 posted on 08/11/2006 11:24:30 AM PDT by Deo volente
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