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| More on that Al Qaeda bomb cell in Norway |
| 2010-09-01 |
| From Ay Pee: The authorities had been watching the three lads for some time, intercepting poorly coded emails between ringleader Mikael Davud and an AlQaeda-in-Waziristan Number Three known as Ahmad, who was also guiding plots against the New York City subway and a shopping mall in Manchester, England. The NY and Manchester teams were arrested in 2009. The plotters acquired a nice collection of ingredients to produce TATP ("Mother of Satan") and flour-peroxide bombs... although unknown to them they'd acquired something almost entirely unlike peroxide, thanks to a sneaky maneuver by the pharmacy at the behest of the Norwegian authorities. But then Ahmad's boss died from an over-friendly Predator, Mr. Davud was called in to a meeting with the Turkish police while on vacation, and co-conspirator David Jakobsen decided he preferred to try his prospects as Mahmud the Weasel. All in all, a successful exercise in international intelligence cooperation: top guys in untamed Waziristan killed, three terror teams rolled up, and undoubtedly more connections traced from this lot. Also, a nice little background piece from the Pipeline group of independent journalists: A recently disrupted Al-Qaeda plot in Norway (scroll down) On July 8, 2010, German and Norwegian police arrested three terror suspects linked to a wider Al-Qaeda plot to stage terrorist attacks in Norway and other countries. Another arrest was made in Manchester, Britain, involving a Pakistani student named Abid Naseer. Those arrested in Norway and Germany were: Norwegian officials said the three men were planning to stage terrorist attacks in Norway using hydrogen peroxide bombs -- "the same type of homemade bombs allegedly planned in Manchester and New York," the London "Daily Telegraph" reported. This kind of bomb is also referred to as "Mother of Satan." The three men reportedly obtained the chemicals for the bomb in February or March this year. They are believed to be linked to the "East Turkestan Islamic Movement" (ETIM) and the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU). Both movements are close allies of Al-Qaeda and most of their recruits are Chinese Uighurs, ethnic Turks and Uzbeks. |
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