Egypt Arrests 23 Suspects in Plot to Attack U.S. Troops in Iraq

[kskiska]

CAIRO, Egypt - Police have arrested 23 suspected Islamic militants who allegedly sympathize with al-Qaida and sought to carry out attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and elsewhere, Egypt's interior minister said in an interview published Wednesday.

The suspects, who included Egyptians and international students at Egypt's foremost Islamic university, were arrested two weeks ago, and two more members of their group are being sought, Interior Minister Habib el-Adly told the weekly Al-Mussawar magazine.

He said the group believes in al-Qaida ideology but is not a branch of the group blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

The members planed to take part in "jihad (holy war) spots abroad: in Afghanistan, to back Taliban and al-Qaida; in Iran, in case of an American invasion; in Bangladesh, Burma, Dagestan and especially Iraq and Palestine."

He said that in confessions after their arrests the suspects expressed anger at the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

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[Sweetpea]

1. I suspect there are many groups like this

Gore was right in his assesment that Iraq was a distraction against the war on terror.

[nyrnyr1994]

2. "Bring 'em on..."

I'm sure you're all tired of seeing this quote, but it looks like all of them are coming out of the woodwork now...