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Israeli Cruise Attack Plot Exposed (8/11/05)
Suspected Of Plotting To Use Slam Boat With Explosives Into Cruise Ship
Aug 11, 2005 12:16 pm US/Eastern ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) A Syrian believed linked to al Qaeda was taken before a Turkish court Thursday on suspicion he was plotting to slam a speedboat packed with a ton of explosives into cruise ships carrying Israeli tourists.
Turkish police were frantically searching for other suspects linked to the man, who had undergone plastic surgery apparently to help conceal his identity. Authorities were also hunting for two squads of possible suicide bombers, reports said.
Meanwhile, Israel lifted a travel warning against visiting southern Turkey that was in place because the apparent al Qaeda threat was against Israeli tourists.
A statement from Israel's counterterrorism center said that due to efforts from Turkey's security forces, the threat level had dropped.
Defense lawyer Osman Karahan said his client, who was identified in the Turkish press as Lu'ai Sakra, was found with 1,650 pounds of explosives.
"He was planning to hit Israeli ships in international waters with these explosives," CNN-Turk quoted Karahan as saying. Sakra shouted that he had no regrets after he was led handcuffed by police into the courthouse.
"I was going to attack Israeli ships," he said. And then in an ominous threat, he added: "If they come, my friends will attack them."