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Yemen says militants planned attack on embassies
2003-10-16
A group of Islamic militants arrested over the last month in Yemen has confessed to planning attacks on U.S. and British embassies and had ties to al Qaeda, a senior Yemeni official said on Thursday.
"Ouch, put that down! I confess!"
Police seized ammunition and bomb-making manuals from the group of about 20 suspects who were from Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Syria, the official said, adding: "It was like a laboratory." "They are believed to be an al Qaeda cell but they are regrouped under a new name — the Unitarian Brigade," he told Reuters.
Those damm Unitarian’s! I never trusted them.
"It seems their orders were coming from Afghanistan."
Call forwarding, perhaps?
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to be dead hiding in Afghanistan or in Pakistan. The Yemeni official said those arrested had confessed to plotting to attack the U.S. and British embassies and Western envoys. He said the group received funds from a businessman in Saudi Arabia and that a Yemeni student had been arrested for carrying money from Saudi Arabia for the militants.
Tap, tap, nope.
Posted by:Steve

#6  I'm so tired of all these militant Islamic groups--I think we should just adopt .com,Steve White and Fred's all encompassing "Asshat Brigades" to refer to all of them
Posted by: RonnieRaygun   2003-10-16 10:57:25 PM  

#5  Superhose wrote: "I hope the FBI is on this Unitarian thing - they have their missionaries all over the place."

Garrison Keillor actually had a pretty good gag about Unitarian missionaries bringing Christianity to Native Americans through interpretive dance.
Posted by: JDB   2003-10-16 8:51:12 PM  

#4  Is there anyone in Yemen that or Saudi Arabia that plans stuff like - vacations, what we're going to eat this week or makes retirement plans?
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-16 6:00:02 PM  

#3  They want to impress me? How many "holy places" they got??
Posted by: tu3031   2003-10-16 1:05:39 PM  

#2  I hope the FBI is on this Unitarian thing - they have their missionaries all over the place. Time for a clamp down. Put them all on teh red list for air flights.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-16 12:44:22 PM  

#1  "When Unitarians go bad."

Gary Larson, call your office...
Posted by: Fred   2003-10-16 11:23:12 AM  

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