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Once again, authorities have beaten terrorists at their game:
A terrorist plot to blow up an El Al jet at Geneva airport with an RPG missile in December was uncovered by the Swiss and French intelligence agencies, details released for publication on Friday revealed.
The Yedioth Aharonot newspaper reported that a secret agent working undercover amongst an Islamic terror cell in the city discovered the plan after three immigrants of Arabic origin boasted of their attempts to smuggle weapons from Russia with the ultimate goal of shooting down an Israeli plane at the airport.
When the matter was reported to Israeli security, El Al changed the flight paths of all its Geneva-bound planes, landing them at Zurich Airport the following week.
Swiss officials reported than no arrests were made following the discovery since the plan had yet to reach its final operational stages.
And, while this is a victory of sorts, it is also further revelation that the legal systems of Western countries are ill-equipped to deal with the War on Terrorism. The fact that these men could not be taken into custody and subjected to intense interrogation techniques aimed at getting information from them to prevent future attacks, shows that we are not serious.
This will bite us in the ass, eventually, and bigtime.
Can you say "mushroom cloud'?
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Green Energy
Plot To Down Israeli Commercial Airliner Foiled In Geneva
Once again, authorities have beaten terrorists at their game:
A terrorist plot to blow up an El Al jet at Geneva airport with an RPG missile in December was uncovered by the Swiss and French intelligence agencies, details released for publication on Friday revealed.
The Yedioth Aharonot newspaper reported that a secret agent working undercover amongst an Islamic terror cell in the city discovered the plan after three immigrants of Arabic origin boasted of their attempts to smuggle weapons from Russia with the ultimate goal of shooting down an Israeli plane at the airport.
When the matter was reported to Israeli security, El Al changed the flight paths of all its Geneva-bound planes, landing them at Zurich Airport the following week.
Swiss officials reported than no arrests were made following the discovery since the plan had yet to reach its final operational stages.
And, while this is a victory of sorts, it is also further revelation that the legal systems of Western countries are ill-equipped to deal with the War on Terrorism. The fact that these men could not be taken into custody and subjected to intense interrogation techniques aimed at getting information from them to prevent future attacks, shows that we are not serious.
This will bite us in the ass, eventually, and bigtime.
Can you say "mushroom cloud'?
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