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Six
Israeli Arabs Arrested on Suspicion
of Planning to Kill President Bush
 Four Israeli Arabs from east
Jerusalem and two from Nazareth have been indicted for allegedly
setting up an Al-Qaida cell in the capital and offering their services
to global Jihad elements, security officials announced Friday. One of
the suspects allegedly made contact with those elements in an attempt
to assassinate US President George W. Bush during his visit to Israel
in May.
The group, arrested in a joint operation by the Shin Bet (Israel
Security Agency) and the Israel Police, includes two students at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, one of whom lived in the university
dormitories at Givat Ram with a view of a helicopter landing pad in the
campus stadium.
Using a camera, the student filmed helicopters taking off and landing
and made contact via the Internet with Al-Qaida elements to discuss
bombing one of Bush's helicopters on his Independence Day visit.
The six were identified as Ibrahim Na'ashaf, 22, from Taiba - a physics
and computer science student at Hebrew University; Muhammad Najam, 24,
from Nazareth - a chemistry student at the university; Yousef Sumarin,
21, from Beit Hanina; Anas Shwayke, 21, from Jebl Mukaber; Kamal Abu
Kweidar, 22, from Jerusalem's Old City; and Ahmad Shwayke, 21, from
Shuafat.
According to security officials, the six created a closed religious
terror cell and were also active in the Temple Mount's Al-Aksa Mosque
as well as throughout east Jerusalem.
Investigators found bomb-making instructions on the personal computers of several of the suspects.
In a related development, two Beduin from the Negev town of Rahat were
charged on June 9 with plotting terrorist attacks via the Internet with
al-Qaida members overseas and marking out civilian and military sites
as targets.
Officials said Friday that the latest indictments were further indication of an Al-Qaida presence in Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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