World Cup bomb plot detailed by al-Qaeda suspect
An alleged al-Qaeda militant detained in Iraq has given details about a plan he had to attack the World Cup in South Africa next month.
The Saudi man, Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani, told reporters he had suggested an attack on the Dutch and Danish teams in revenge for cartoons drawn of the Prophet Muhammad.
On Monday Iraqi police claimed to have prevented an attack on the World Cup.
The claims prompted phone calls from South African police, trying to find out what was going on.
'Target fans' Mr Qahtani was arrested after Iraqi forces found a note detailing the plan in a hideout used by two senior al-Qaeda figures, killed in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8687537.stm
"We discussed the possibility of taking revenge for the insults of the prophet by attacking Denmark and Holland," Mr Qahtani told the Associated Press.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10125271.stm
An alleged al-Qaeda militant detained in Iraq has given details about a plan he had to attack the World Cup in South Africa next month.
The Saudi man, Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani, told reporters he had suggested an attack on the Dutch and Danish teams in revenge for cartoons drawn of the Prophet Muhammad.
On Monday Iraqi police claimed to have prevented an attack on the World Cup.
The claims prompted phone calls from South African police, trying to find out what was going on.
'Target fans' Mr Qahtani was arrested after Iraqi forces found a note detailing the plan in a hideout used by two senior al-Qaeda figures, killed in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8687537.stm
"We discussed the possibility of taking revenge for the insults of the prophet by attacking Denmark and Holland," Mr Qahtani told the Associated Press.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10125271.stm
