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Prague synagogue plot revealed by Oslo terror arrest
By Yossi Melman and Reuters
Czech security services are examining the possibility that a recently uncovered plot by Islamic extremists to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them, was connected to the recent arrest in Norway of a Pakistani suspected of involvement in a shooting at an Oslo synagogue and a plot against the Israeli ambassador to Norway. The first details of the plans to attack a Prague synagogue were reported Friday by the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes. The Czech Republic's leading newspaper quoted unidentified sources close to intelligence agencies as saying the captives would have been held in a Prague synagogue while the captors made broad demands, which they knew could not be fulfilled. When those demands - which were not specified by the sources - were not met, the extremists intended to blow up the building, killing all who were inside, the paper added.
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However, Czech sources have told Haaretz that no arrests have been made, nor have weapons been uncovered in the country. The plan was apparently devised outside the country, and it is unlikely the heightened security measures in Prague thwarted a terror attack at the last minute. The Pakistani was first arrested in Norway shortly after the September 11 attacks, and during his jail term he met an Albanian drug dealer from Kosovo who visited Prague and knew a little Czech. The Pakistani later visited the drug dealer. During his second arrest in Oslo two weeks ago, the Pakistani talked about his relationship with the Albanian, which prompted the Prague alert. On September 23, the government deployed armed guards around dozens of buildings and on the streets in the Czech capital after security services issued a warning that an unspecified attack was imminent. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and government officials have since refused to divulge details of the kind of attack they had feared in Prague "I am not authorized to provide any information in this case," Mlada Fronta Dnes quoted Topolanek as saying when asked about the information provided by the sources Chief Czech rabbi Karol Sidon confirmed that the police had increased its presence in the Jewish Quarter. Sidon said the alleged plot had been directed against the Jerusalem Synagogue, a popular tourist attraction, which is not located in the Jewish Quarter. The Jewish Quarter is part of Prague's Old Town where thousands of tourists - many of them Jews - flock to see centuries-old synagogues and graves. Prague has not been a target of terrorist attacks in the past, although strict security precautions were taken several years ago to protect the downtown headquarters of U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe
By Yossi Melman and Reuters
Czech security services are examining the possibility that a recently uncovered plot by Islamic extremists to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them, was connected to the recent arrest in Norway of a Pakistani suspected of involvement in a shooting at an Oslo synagogue and a plot against the Israeli ambassador to Norway. The first details of the plans to attack a Prague synagogue were reported Friday by the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes. The Czech Republic's leading newspaper quoted unidentified sources close to intelligence agencies as saying the captives would have been held in a Prague synagogue while the captors made broad demands, which they knew could not be fulfilled. When those demands - which were not specified by the sources - were not met, the extremists intended to blow up the building, killing all who were inside, the paper added.
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However, Czech sources have told Haaretz that no arrests have been made, nor have weapons been uncovered in the country. The plan was apparently devised outside the country, and it is unlikely the heightened security measures in Prague thwarted a terror attack at the last minute. The Pakistani was first arrested in Norway shortly after the September 11 attacks, and during his jail term he met an Albanian drug dealer from Kosovo who visited Prague and knew a little Czech. The Pakistani later visited the drug dealer. During his second arrest in Oslo two weeks ago, the Pakistani talked about his relationship with the Albanian, which prompted the Prague alert. On September 23, the government deployed armed guards around dozens of buildings and on the streets in the Czech capital after security services issued a warning that an unspecified attack was imminent. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and government officials have since refused to divulge details of the kind of attack they had feared in Prague "I am not authorized to provide any information in this case," Mlada Fronta Dnes quoted Topolanek as saying when asked about the information provided by the sources Chief Czech rabbi Karol Sidon confirmed that the police had increased its presence in the Jewish Quarter. Sidon said the alleged plot had been directed against the Jerusalem Synagogue, a popular tourist attraction, which is not located in the Jewish Quarter. The Jewish Quarter is part of Prague's Old Town where thousands of tourists - many of them Jews - flock to see centuries-old synagogues and graves. Prague has not been a target of terrorist attacks in the past, although strict security precautions were taken several years ago to protect the downtown headquarters of U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe
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