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07/06/2004:

"Members of a Terror Cell Arrested"

Group planning attacks on Western interests in Africa arrested: Report

PARIS (AP) - Libyan security forces arrested members of a terror cell that planned attacks on Western interests in Africa while hiding out in the Sahara Desert, a French news report said Sunday.

Several members of Algeria's Salafist Group for Call and Combat were caught in late June at Libya's border with Chad, the report in Le Journal du Dimanche said, citing an unnamed source close to a European counterespionage service.

The Salafist group is believed responsible for the kidnappings of 32 European tourists in the Sahara last year.
Full Article : brunei-online.com