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May 13, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5314517/Al-Qaeda-suspects-plotted-attack-on-Britain-from-behind-bars.html

Al-Qaeda Suspects "Plotted Attack on Britain" from Behind Bars

[Telegraph-UK] Nick Squires and Duncan Gardham - Italian police on Tuesday arrested two al-Qaeda terrorists suspected of planning attacks on Britain and France from inside an Italian prison as part of a Europe-wide network. During wiretapped conversations, Bassam Ayachi, 62, a Syrian imam with French citizenship, and Raphael Frederic Gendron, 33, a Frenchman who converted to Islam, discussed an attack on Charles De Gaulle airport outside Paris and spoke of the need to "strike at the British," Italian police said. "They are key figures in al-Qaeda's European organization," said Giorgio Manari, the chief of police in Bari.

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