JERUSALEM — Israel has arrested 12 members of a cell that planned to kidnap American citizens, Israeli security officials said Tuesday.
The cell from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small PLO faction, hoped to demand release of their leader, Ahmed Saadat, who is in an Israeli prison after his group claimed responsibility for assassinating an Israeli Cabinet minister. The statement did not give further details about the alleged plot.
The cell also planned to attack a synagogue in Modiin, a town of 60,000 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the statement said. The cell's leader, Rasmi Shawarne of Kfar Dura, used his job as a construction worker in Modiin to gather information about the town. Shawarne had no permit to work in Israel, the security officials said. Saadat, the imprisoned leader, heads the PFLP. In 2001, gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he is being held on other security charges.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284592,00.html
Judge issues arrest warrants against 4 Al-Qaeda suspects (Lebanon)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
BEIRUT: Military Investigating Magistrate Rashid Mezher issued arrest warrants on Tuesday against four out of nine suspected Al-Qaeda members detained earlier this month in Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley. "Mezher is expected to interrogate the remaining five on Wednesday," a security source told The Daily Star.
"Among those arrested were one Saudi and two Syrians," added the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. Mezher is also expected to interrogate one Saudi and one Palestinian from the Fatah al-Islam militant group Wednesday. The two were arrested by the Lebanese Army during fighting at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, according to the source.
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=83187
Millions of shekels transferred from Saudi to Hamas
Charity associations in Jerusalem receive millions of shekels to fund Hamas hostilities
06.18.07
According to two indectments served Monday, millions of shekels have been transferred from a Saudi organization to Hamas operatives in Jerusalem. The money was received as charity although, in reality, it was earmarked for terrorist activities. Following a request from the Jerusalem prosecutor's office, details of the affair were released for publication Monday after the Shin Bet and Police investigation was concluded. Two indictments were served on members of the organizations involved for breaking the law that prohibits funding terrorism.
The millions of shekels were received from the Charity Coalition – an umbrella organization that encompasses Hamas charitable societies in Saudi Arabia. The money was transferred to non-profit organizations in the A-Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem to conceal its final destination – the Hamas movement in the city.
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Kidnap Americans, huh?
I wonder how many more of those cells are still in existance.
ON THE ‘NET:
www.pflp.ps/
www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=PFLP&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0&search=Search&v=
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006102.html
23 June 2007
Note
• We will resume something resembling normal operations within the week.
• “Modi’in shel ish echad” (”A one man intelligence service”) an essay in Hebrew by one Aharon Vaisburd regarding the nature and practice of open source intelligence”