Egypt arrests 25 Islamic terrorists in plots against the Suez Canal
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3744165,00.html
Egypt’s Interior Ministry said Thursday authorities have arrested 25 militants linked to al-Qaeda on suspicion of plotting attacks on oil pipelines and ships crossing the Suez Canal.
In a statement issued Thursday, the ministry said the new cell is led by a Palestinian and includes 24 Egyptians, mostly engineers and technicians.
They planned to use mobile phones to detonate explosives against ships crossing the Canal, the statement said. The group learned how to make car bombs through communicating with al-Qaeda militants on jihadi websites, according to the statement.
The detainees confessed to funding their activities through contributions from Islamic charities abroad and in one case robbed a jewelry store and murdered its Coptic Christian owner.
About three months ago Egypt arrested dozens of operatives suspected of ties with Hezbollah. Authorities believed they were plotting to attack Israeli tourists in the Sinai peninsula.
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the suez is such an important strategic place that any action around it that is positive or negative is going to cause emotive responses..and we know the israelis just sent a nuclear submarine through it in the last week..maybe this group was planning to attack it?
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