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Israeli Bedouin indicted as Al-Qaida spy |
2008-08-24 |
![]() According to the indictment, Abu Rakak would frequently surf Web sites affiliated with Al-Qaida and the Islamic Jihad, and also corresponded with other surfers, from whom he received video files displaying terrorist activities. He also allegedly compiled instruction manuals for preparing explosive charges, and the indictment accuses Abu Rakak of planning to plant charges on routes used by Israel Defense Forces patrols. Rakak's arrest was the third apprehension in one month of Israeli Arabs for alleged links to Al-Qaida. In early July, two Bedouin citizens from Rahat were arrested under suspicion of passing strategic information to Al-Qaida, a charge the men's relatives are denying. Khaled Abu Rakak's father, Khalil, said the entire case was fabricated. "They framed us with things we never committed," he told Haaretz. The father, who is the head of Tel Sheva's education department, said he did not care to elaborate on the subject. Later in July, six Arabs - two of them Israeli citizens and the other four Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem - were also arrested for alleged links to Al-Qaida. The suspects allegedly planned to attack U.S. President George W. Bush's helicopter during one of his recent visits to the region. |
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