Author: Associated Press
Publication: NDTV
Date: July 10, 2010
URL: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/al-qaida-bomb-plot-3-arrested-in-oslo-36337
Three suspected Al-Qaida members have been
arrested in what Norwegian and US officials say was a terrorist plot linked
to similar plans in New York and England.
The three men, whose names were not released,
had been under surveillance for more than a year. Officials believe they were
planning attacks with portable but powerful bombs like the ones at the heart
of last year's thwarted suicide attack in the New York City subway.
US Attorney General Eric Holder has called
that one of the most serious terrorist plots since 9/11. On Wednesday, prosecutors
revealed the existence of a related plot in Manchester, England.
Officials believe the Norway plan was organized
by Salah al-Somali, Al-Qaida's former chief of external operations, who was
killed in a CIA drone airstrike last year.
