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Busted Islamist cells 'planned attacks' in Morocco

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 16:45

Members of two radical Islamist cells dismantled at the weekend in northern Morocco wanted "to carry out jihadist attacks" in the kingdom and had contacts in Spain and Belgium, the interior ministry said on Thursday. "The members of the two cells, indoctrinated with takfirist (extremist) ideology, had forged links with like-minded people abroad, in occupied Melilla and in Belgium," the ministry said. Melilla is a Spanish enclave in northern Morocco. Eight people suspected members of the cells were arrested on Sunday in Nador, a security source told AFP.

Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy'

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 13:30

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested three members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in the country. The suspects were arrested with explosives intended to be used to bomb a Western embassy after an investigation showed threads in Pakistan, Iran and Algeria, Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference. Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," said the interior minister.

Egypt says foils Qaeda-linked plot to attack Western embassy

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 10:31

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy and other targets in the country. Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," including a plot to attack a Western embassy which was in its final stages, Mohammed Ibrahim said at a press conference. The minister did not identify the embassy. se/jds

Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy'

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 10:31

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy and other targets in the country. Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," including a plot to attack a Western embassy which was in its final stages, Mohammed Ibrahim said at a news conference. The minister did not identify the embassy.

Third suspect arrested in rail plot didn't enter U.S. from Canada: feds

The Canadian PressMay 10, 2013 21:00

OTTAWA - A terror suspect recently arrested in the United States did not enter that country from Canada, the federal government said Friday. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested the Tunisian-born man, who had been studying in Canada, could not actually have been here when he entered. "When we became aware of security concerns, he was back in Tunisia, and his study permit was not renewed," Kenney told a news conference.

Qaeda in North Africa urges hits on French interests

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 11:40

A leader of Al-Qaeda in North Africa has urged Muslims worldwide to attack French interests in retaliation for France's military intervention in Mali, a threat President Francois Hollande said is being taken seriously. "It is your duty, all Muslims... to attack French interests everywhere," Abu Obaida al-Annabi said in a video message posted online. Annabi, presented as the head of the council of dignitaries of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), called for "full mobilisation" to combat the "new crusade of France."

Hollande says France taking AQIM threat seriously after video

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:50

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande said France was taking seriously the threat from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) after a purported leader of the Islamist group called for attacks on French interests in a video on Tuesday. "We are taking very seriously the threat from AQIM, which this reminds us of," Hollande told a news conference, when asked about the clip in which a bearded man named as Abu Obeida Yusef al-Annabi, a senior AQIM official, calls for attacks on French interests around the world.

France taking Qaeda threats 'seriously'

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 08:30

President Francois Hollande said France was taking seriously a call by Al-Qaeda's north African wing for Muslims worldwide to launch attacks against the country's interests over its military operation in Mali. "We are taking seriously the threat by AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb)," Hollande told reporters, adding that despite considerable losses inflicted on Islamists in Mali, "the terrorist threat has not disappeared." ha-mad/txw/gd

Two soldiers wounded in Tunisia jihadist hunt

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 07:45

Two Tunisian soldiers were wounded Monday when a device exploded in the Mount Chaambi border region during the ongoing hunt for a group of jihadists who have mined the area, a medic said. "Two soldiers were wounded, one of whom lost his leg and the other was hurt in one eye," said a doctor at the hospital in Kasserine, the regional capital just a few kilometres from the theatre of operations.

'Qaeda' gunmen kill 5 Yemen soldiers, says official

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 10:45

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed five Yemeni soldiers in an attack on Saturday on a checkpoint southeast of Sanaa, an official said, while two assailants were reportedly killed. The attack targeted an army checkpoint in the district of Rada, where the interior ministry said late Friday it mounted security measures following intelligence about possible attacks by Al-Qaeda militants. Five soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in the attack, the local government official told AFP, adding that some gunmen were also killed.