AP) Officials: Islamic militants were planning attacks against Eiffel Tower, other sites By PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD Associated Press Writer PARIS Suspected Islamic militants arrested in France were planning attacks against the Eiffel Tower, a shopping mall and other sites, as well as against Russian targets in France, police and judicial officials said Wednesday.
French authorities have taken several dozen people into custody over the past 26 months in an investigation into networks of suspected militants linked to Chechnya. Some of those detained have told investigators that the militants wanted to strike the Eiffel Tower, a clothes shop in Paris' busy Les Halles shopping mall, Israeli targets and police stations, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Previously, French authorities had said that some of those rounded up were plotting a chemical attack against Russian interests in France as a show of support for Chechen fighters. Among the suspected targets was the Russian Embassy in Paris. Anti-terrorist magistrates have been investigating the so-called Chechen networks since Nov. 2002. Officials have said that some of those in custody trained with Chechen rebels and met high-level al-Qaida operatives in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, near its border with Russia. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
