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Posted on Monday, 06 February 2012 13:19
Ethiopia arrests suspected al-Qaeda militants
By *The Africa Report*
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*Ethiopian police on Monday said they had arrested eight suspected al-Qaeda
members who were planning terrorist attacks.*
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Police's national intelligence and security service taskforce said the
suspects were arrested after they were found "organising, providing
training and educating recruits with assistance from the East Africa
al-Qaeda group."
According to a statement, the suspects had links with al-Qaeda cells in
various parts of the world.
"The terrorist cell in Ethiopia have strong links with the Somali terror
group, Al-Shabab and al-queda terrorist cells in Kenya, Sudan, Philippines,
Saudi Arabaia and South Africa," the taskforce said.
The identity of the suspects has not been revealed and no further details
on the case were immediately available.
In the past, Ethiopia has blamed its neighbour Eritrea for terrorist
attacks on its territory.
But after its intervention in the Somalia war where it sent troops to back
the transitional government last month, there have been fears of attacks by
al-Qaeda and al-Shabab militants.
Ethiopia was making its second foray into Somalia after the December 2006
intervention saw the overthrow of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which
had been in power in Mogadishu for a few months.
Al Shabab threatened to retaliate.
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