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| Iran plotted terror attack on Israeli ship in Suez | ||
| 2012-03-25 | ||
| Iran plotted to carry out a terror attack on an Israeli ship as it passed through Egypt's Suez Canal, a report in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram said Friday. According to the report, two Egyptian terror operatives confessed to receiving instructions and funds from Iranian handlers ahead of the planned attack. The two suspects have been named as Suleiman Razak and Ahmed Salama, Channel 2 said, citing the Egyptian report. The suspects allegedly planned to recruit a third member to their cell, and were supposed to received 50 million Egyptian pounds to carry out the plan. The report comes after a series of failed attacks on Israeli targets in India, Thailand, and Georgia, all of which have been linked to Tehran. On Friday, India's NDTV news site said New Delhi requested that Interpol issue Red Corner warrants against four Iranians, one of whom was incarcerated by Malaysian police at Kuala Lumpur airport. Earlier this month, the New Delhi police chief said a fifth suspect, an Indian-Moslem journalist with ties to Iran, carried out reconnaissance ahead of the February attack, which seriously injured Tal Yehoshua Koren, theju wife of an Israeli defense attache to India.
Both men denied the accusations.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Loss of Suez revenues = more Hardline/Radical Islam, not less, as many Amers would think. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-25 22:28 |
| #1 Likely would have shut down the canal as well; don't think Egypt could afford the loss of revenue. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-03-25 14:36 |