Israel Arrests Six Arabs In "Al Qaeda Cell" Conspiring To Assassinate Bush

Reuters reports that Israel charged six Arabs on Friday of "trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush." They used a cell phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Bush's delegation. Apparently these terrorists were not taking very much precaution as they were posting questions on al Qaeda frequented websites for help in shooting down helicopters. Four of the suspects are Palestinian Arabs of East Jerusalem. The other two are Israeli Arabs. The Shin Bet said the men had met a number of times at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in attempts to organize a local Al Qaeda network. They said computers seized from several of them contained bomb-making manuals.


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