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| Bolivia Holding Nine Bangladeshis |
| 2003-12-05 |
| More details, EFL: The Bolivian government said Friday it was questioning nine Bangladeshis after French police warned the group may have been planning to hijack an airplane for an attack on an American target in Argentina. OK, that makes more sense, yesterday it seemed like they were going to fly from Bolivia to the US. "We cannot confirm them," Interior Minister Alfonso Ferrufino said of the French police warnings. "I can say no more" The Bangladeshi suspects are being held in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz. A second official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said seven other people - nationalities not provided - had been questioned and released. Bolivian police said they received an urgent warning from Mare Bertrand, a police attache at the French Embassy, that said: "French intelligence services have received information that leads us to think that the citizens from Bangladesh may board planes in South America, hijack them and crash them against U.S. targets." The Santa Cruz daily El Deber reported that the group was planning to fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 2, but the airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, canceled the flight "at the last minute." According to Bolivian officials, the Bangladeshis flew from France to Argentina and on to Bolivia. It wasn’t immediately clear when they arrived in Bolivia. Prosecutor Jaime Soliz said the Bangladeshis will be sent to Argentina. Argentina is well known for it’s creative use of the truncheon Police identified the detained suspects as Jahangir Alam, 24; Morad Hossain, 27; Mihir Lal Ray, 30; Mohammed Jalkaria, 26; Anwar Hossain, 24; Ahmed Chowdhury Fares, 25; Mohammed Mahubud Alam, 24; Mohammed Eftaker Hossen, 24, and Sohel Rana, whose age was not known. Let’s see, one, two, that makes three Mohammeds. Guess that answers that question. Last week, Argentina ordered security to be stepped up near the U.S., Spanish, British and Italian embassies in Buenos Aires after government officials said they received foreign intelligence warnings of possible terrorist threats. Defense Minister Jose Pampuro said Argentina also had boosted border patrols after receiving warnings from "two international intelligence services" - whom he did not identify - that an attack could be imminent. I’m guessing France and Israel. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 The splodeydopes are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. They send terrorists from the poorest, least educated muslim country who can't even avoid the police in the the poorest, least educated south american country. "Tell the statistician to suit up! The 3-stringers have been sent off the field!" |
| Posted by: Former CNN Watcher 2003-12-5 12:47:35 PM |