They were planning to bomb several embassies and kill some diplomats. From AP, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
At a news conference, Interior Minister Elias Murr identified the leaders of the plot as Ahmed Salim Mikati and Ismail Mohammed al-Khatib, both Lebanese, and said they had eight Lebanese and Palestinian accomplices, who were also arrested on Friday night.Khatib "is an al-Qaida operative ... his role was to recruit fundamentalist youth to carry out operations against coalition forces in Iraq," Murr said. He added that one of al-Khatib's recruits was a Lebanese citizen who was killed in Iraq on Sept. 17.
Prosecutor-General Adnan Addoum told the press conference that both al-Khatib and Mikati had "links to al-Qaida," the militant group led by Osama bin Laden.
The two leaders and their accomplices "cooperated and exchanged information" in planning simultaneous bombings of the Italian and Ukrainian embassies and several Lebanese security and judicial targets, Addoum said.An Interior Ministry statement said the suspects planned to pack a car with 660 pounds of TNT and use it to blow up the Italian Embassy in Beirut.
What!!! Al Qaeda linked to a bombing??? No Way!!! I don't believe it...I Won't believe it.
Al Qaeda are freedom fighters fighting against "zionist and infidel oppression", and other than that are muslims (which are "peaceful").
OT but related; we've heard that the wonderful, peaceful Muslims have just sawed off the head of the second American kidnap victim, and that the Iraqi "government" is to release one of the two "high-value" women captured and imprisoned just after major combat operations--possibly a "cave" to save the life of the poor Brit.
It's long past the time where all foreigners in Iraq should be surgically implanted with on-demand homing devices. Any decent plastic surgeon can do this with virtually no evidence that it has been done.
It's also long past the time where Bush started to get serious about the nature of Islam.
Robert for President (in 2008?)
Hugh for State
Hmmm. Wouldn't you just love to see the debates Hugh or Mr. Spencer would have with Hillary?
One wonders how Muslims have time to pray with all
their 'extra activities' in the 'Religion of Peace and Tolerance...'
Cubed,
Exellent Idea!!!