Chemicals Discovered in Belgium BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Investigators discovered large quantities of chemicals that could be used to make a bomb and that were linked to a Tunisian arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks on U.S. interests in Europe, officials said Saturday.
The 220 pounds of sulfur and 13 gallons of acetone were found in an apartment above a North African fast-food restaurant in central Brussels late Thursday, said Laure Wynands, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office.
The chemicals were mentioned in documents found at the home of the unidentified Tunisian, one of two men arrested last week and suspected of planning anti-U.S. attacks.
``At face value, it is suspect,'' she said. ``It is rare to have 100 kilos (220 pounds) of sulfur and acetone at home, especially in a snack bar.''
Investigators stressed that they have not established a link with the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news - web sites) or the chief suspect in those attacks, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).
The Tunisian, however, was suspected of having connections with a radical Egyptian Islamic organization linked to Afghanistan (news - web sites)-based groups. Police did not provide any details on the second person arrested last week.
Two more men who lived in the apartment where the chemicals were found were arrested and charged with conspiracy, Wynands said.
The prosecutor's office said the two men arrested last week were being held on charges of criminal organization, and one had also been charged with illegal weapons possession.
Belgian magistrate Bernard Michel said that investigators believed they were planning to attack ``American interests'' but that their specific targets were not known
Also can be used to make nerve gas, if I remember right.
``At face value, it is suspect,'' she said. ``It is rare to have 100 kilos (220 pounds) of sulfur and acetone at home, especially in a snack bar.'' }}
ROFLMCO... WHO writes this stuff?