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 wingnutx
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 UK questions Iranians filming Jewish centers 
#2005680 - 10/13/03 05:18 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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British police recently questioned a group of Iranian tourists after they were seen covertly shooting video film of Jewish community buildings in London, Newsweek magazine reported.
Newsweek said in its Monday's edition that the Iranian "tourists" were detained and questioned by British police in recent weeks, but the magazine did not identify which Jewish buildings had been filmed and provided few other details.
The report said British police have warned the country's Jewish community of a threat of imminent terrorist attacks.
The British warning comes as some US Department of State officials mull issuing an official warning to the US travellers to Britain, according to the magazine.
"US officials say no comparable intelligence has recently surfaced about threats to Jewish targets in America," Newsweek said.
"British security officers say that while they can't predict specific attacks, urgent measures are needed to protect potential targets such as synagogues and community centers," the report said.
It added that the warning to British Jewish centers comes as some US officials say recent intelligence indicates backsliding in official Iranian attitudes toward Islamic terrorism and al-Qaeda.
British police have been on a heightened anti-terrorist alert since the September 11, 2001, attacks against New York and Washington.
London has been America's chief ally in the White House's self-professed war on terror, including supporting the US-led war in Iraq.
The Newsweek report comes after British police arrested a Pakistani man under anti-terrorism laws last week amid fears of a plot to carry out a bombing in London, according to the Daily Mirror newspaper.
The paper quoted a senior source in London's Scotland Yard police department as saying: "We made the arrest because of fears that a plot by al-Qaeda to launch a terrorist attack in Britain was reaching the advanced planning stage. We think a bombing was being planned to take place in London."
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=18640&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
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