Surface to Air Missiles Smuggled into Europe
Charles Johnson
Sun Oct 30, 2005 at 8:02 am PST • Views: 290
Terror cell ‘smuggled missiles into Europe’.
An Islamic terror cell has smuggled two surface-to-air missiles into Europe in a plot to shoot down planes at one of France’s main airports, it was claimed yesterday.
French and Algerian extremists with links to al-Qa’eda bought the Russian SA-18 Grouse missiles from Chechens in 2002 and smuggled them via Georgia and Turkey, according to French anti-terror sources quoted in Le Figaro.
Both missiles and several of the extremists are reportedly still at large.
French anti-terrorism investigators learned of the missile terror plan while interrogating a Jordanian al-Qa’eda operative close to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the Islamic terror group in Iraq.
Adnan Muhammad Sadik, alias Abu Atiya, is now being held by the Jordanian authorities.
He is believed to have been al-Qa’eda’s chief in the Caucasus and responsible for training foreign “holy warriors” - many of whom returned to their countries of origin to set up sleeper cells.
According to Abu Atiya, one such group, the so-called “Chechen network”, returned to France with the missiles and chemical and biological agents such as botulin, ricin and cyanide.
Maybe Prince Charles should appeal to Abu Atiya for tolerance.
Frank says: