Al Qaeda plot to attack FIFA WC unearthed
May 18th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANINormal
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London, May 18 (ANI): Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman
al-Zawahiri is planning to carry out a terror strike at the eagerly awaited
FIFA World Cup 2010, a recently arrested Al Qaeda operative has disclosed.
The operative,
Azzam Saleh Misfar al-Qahtani is a former Saudi Army Colonel and has previously
been behind two suicide bombings in Baghdad, and had been appointed as the
security chief for al-Qaeda’s local branch in Iraq.
It has
emerged that England’s opening match against the US was the likely target.
“He
participated in the planning of a terrorist act in South Africa during the
World Cup. He was in contact with the terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri to organise
the plan hatched by al-Qaeda,” the Telegraph quoted Major General Qassim
Atta, head of security in Baghdad as saying.
This
revelation will probably lead to a review of security arrangements in South
Africa, security forces there had hitherto been concentrating on curtailing
violent crime for which the country is notorious.
There
are precautions against terror strikes but the police say they are still
investigating the claims.
“The
South African police are still working on getting confirmation,”
Nonkululeko Mbatha, a spokeswoman, said. (ANI)
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