Al Qaeda Terrorist Plots Alert In Europe

CNN reports that European intelligence agencies are on alert for new al Qaeda terrorist plots following the arrest of two men at an Italian port and investigations into the activities of an alleged al Qaeda network based in Brussels.


Bassam Ayachi officiated at the wedding of Malika el Aroud(on picture) (Credit:CNN)

The two arrested are closely tied to a Brussels-based al Qaeda recruiting network, Belgian counter-terrorism officials said. They are Bassam Ayachi, 62, and Raphael Gendron, 33 and they were detained in the port of Bari on November 11 last year after allegedly trying to smuggle three Palestinians and two Syrians into Italy in the false bottom of a camper van they were driving.

A bug planted by Italian police in the suspects' detention facility picked up snatches of conversation about an alleged scheme to attack Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Paris. Charles de Gaulle Airport is the biggest and busiest airport in France.

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