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2008-07-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israeli Arab arrested on suspicion of planning to kill Bush

Four Israeli Arabs from east Jerusalem and two from Nazareth have been indicted for allegedly setting up an Al-Qaida cell in the capital and offering their services to Global Jihad elements, security officials announced Friday. One of the suspects allegedly made contact with those elements in an attempt to assassinate US President George W. Bush during his visit to Israel in May.

The group, arrested in a joint Shin Bet-Israel Police investigation, includes two Hebrew University students, one of whom lived in the university dormitories with a view of a helicopter landing pad. Using a camera, the student filmed helicopters taking off and landing and made contact via the Internet with Al-Qaida elements to discuss bombing one of Bush's helicopters on his visit for Israeli Independence Day.

The six were identified as, Ibrahim Na'ashaf, 22, from Taiba - a physics and computer science student at Hebrew University; Muhammad Najam, 24, from Nazareth - a chemistry student at the university; Yousef Sumarin, 21, from Beit Hanina; Anas Shwayke, 21, from Jebl Mukaber; Kamal Abu Kweidar, 22, from Jerusalem's Old City; and Ahmad Shwayke, 21, from Shuafat.

According to security officials, the six created a closed religious terror cell and contacted different Al-Qaida and Global Jihad elements over the Internet. They were also active in the Temple Mount's Al-Aksa Mosque as well as throughout east Jerusalem. Investigators found bomb-making instructions on the personal computers of several of the suspects.

On June 9, two Israeli Beduin from the Negev town of Rahat were charged with plotting terrorist attacks via the Internet with al-Qaida members overseas and marking out civilian and military sites as targets. Officials said Friday that the latest indictments were further indication of an Al-Qaida presence in Israel.

Posted by ryuge 2008-07-18 07:38|| || Front Page|| [24 views ] Top

#1 Call your parents boys and tell them we're warming up the bulldozers.

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-18 11:45|| 2008-07-18 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 TOPIX > NEW ISRAELI ARAB ARRESTS SHOW AL QAEDA IS SNEAKING/PENETRATING INTO ISRAEL.

ALso from TOPIX > MCCAIN PREDICTS NEW AL QAEDA TERROR ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-18 22:22|| 2008-07-18 22:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think these Arabs (Israeli or otherwise) thought this all the way through.

Do they really want Dick Cheney to be suddenly President, and extremely pissed off at Arabs? 'Cuz you know the paleotards would be whooping for joy and claiming responsibility.

I suspect Gaza just might disappear. For practice. And that's before he really got mad.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-18 22:39|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-07-18 22:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Heh! They had an episode of NCIS where Hamas or Hezbollah terrorists were plotting to shoot down Marine 1. I'd bet good money that's where this plot was hatched.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2008-07-18 23:15|| 2008-07-18 23:15|| Front Page Top

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