European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse April 292007 stars and stripes Page 13 official saudi plot mirrored sept 11 attacks by Abdullah Sheri and Maggie Michael the associated press Riyadh saudi Arabia some of the militants arrested in a terror sweep in saudi Arabia trained to use civilian air Craft in suicide missions an official said saturday detailing a plot mirroring the sept 112001 attacks on the United states maj Gen Mansour Altura the Interior ministry spokesman said the group of 172 islamic extremists Are carriers of Al Aida ideology working on achieving Al Aida goals which is to take Over the society saudi Arabia announced Friday that one of the largest terror sweeps to Date in the kingdom had stopped plans to mount air at tacks on the kingdoms Oil refineries break militants out of prison and Send suicide at tackers to kill government officials Alturki said that some of those arrested had trained abroad As pilots they were trained on civilian aircraft to use the aircraft As a tool to carry out Sui cide operations Altura told the associated press his comments marked a rare mention of Al Aida by saudi officials who customarily refer to me organization As a deviant group it also was the first confirmation that those arrested planned suicide mis Sions similar to those in the sept 11 attacks Altura said the militants had trained in a troubled country that could be Iraq Somalia Pakistan there Are so Many Trou bled regions in the world i cant specify us officials have warned that Iraq could become a regional base for extremists planning attacks elsewhere in the mid dle East a top cleric and religious adviser to the Interior ministry Sheik Majed Almaral told Alatan an Independent saudi news paper that Iraq had become a base for terrorist groups he did not refer specifically to the newly unveiled plot those groups exploited the deteriorating situation in Iraq to receive those Young men to equip them and train them and then Send Mem Back to work inside other just like what happened in Afghanistan before the cleric was quoted As saying 1 if youve got passion for the game then play to win a season pass to the military Golf course of your Choice in Europe enter our tee off with Volvo military sales and stars and stripes Golf contest april 1230 two Lucky winners will each receive a season pass to the Mili tary Golf course of their Choice a value of More than to win find the stars and stripes bail hidden within the pages of tour Hometown newspaper submit your entry by logging onto and clicking on the link one entry per d card i military Golf directory 2qq7 military in 0rv now even equipped with the West financing find your Volvo cars military sales agent at military sales f3a great More violence feared As Estonia exhumed bodies Tallinn Estonia Estonia defense ministry said saturday it had begun exhuming bodies in a soviet War grave in downtown Tallinn for removal to a military cemetery a plan that angered ethnic russians and led to the worst rioting in the country 16 years of Independence police prepared for a third night of violence after the announcement which was certain to anger Estonia ethnic rus sians who regard the grave As a shrine to red army soldiers who died fighting nazi Germany the previous two nights in Tallinn saw massive worst since the Baltic state split from the soviet Union 16 years ago with nearly 1000 people detained and one killed israeli troops kill at least 3 Hamas militants Gaza City Gaza strip israeli troops on saturday killed at least three Hamas militants who were in route to carrying out an attack the clash came just a Day after palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas held talks in Cairo with Hamas supreme Leader in exile Khaled Mashaal to find ways of rescuing the ceasefire in saturdays incident four armed palestinians tried to Plant a bomb near the Gaza Israel Bor Der and were killed by israeli troops the israeli military said report n Korea puts new missiles on Parade Seoul South Korea North Korea displayed a newly devel oped ballistic missile capable of reaching the us territory of Guam during a military Parade this past week the Chosun do re ported saturday wednesdays Parade in Pyongyang featured three new models including the medium Range mis Sile that can travel 15002500 Miles the report said citing an unidentified South korean government official familiar with an analysis of us satellite images italian airlines to cancer 356 flights due to strike Rome a on Day strike by flight attendants at Italy a italia wifi Likely disrupt the travel plans of More than 30000 passengers on thursday the airline said the airline will cancel 356 flights a italia said from the associated press
