(Los Angeles Times) Sebastian Rotella - Between 50 and 150 Muslim men, including several suspected Islamic extremists, have taken classes in recent years with a Tunisian instructor at a diving school in Eindhoven, Holland. Dutch investigators worry that al-Qaeda-trained divers could plant explosives on the hulls of ships, act as seagoing suicide bombers, or sneak aboard vessels and commandeer them for attacks. Diving students were also linked with al-Qaeda operatives convicted in Morocco of plotting maritime attacks on U.S. ships in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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