Iraq - Inglese

Terrorism Raids Net 20 Suspects

[NYT - Europe]

Twenty suspected Islamic militants were arrested around Europe in an operation led by the Italian police to break up what it said was a cell recruiting suicide bombers for Iraq and Afghanistan. Among arrests in Britain, France and Portugal, the Italian authorities said they had arrested 11 men in northern Italy, most of them Tunisians. While the authorities said the group did not appear to be planning attacks inside Italy, they said they confiscated Al Qaeda manuals for making explosives, remote detonators, poisons and instructions on guerrilla techniques. Last month, Spain arrested six North Africans suspected of recruiting bombers to go to Iraq and Afghanistan.