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A plot to bomb Gibraltar's main shopping centre during the Olympics has been foiled, according to reports in the Spanish media.
The plot involved three suspected al Qaeda terrorists, the reports said.
Sky sources say the reports are credible and that British intelligence was involved in monitoring the suspects although that role was described as "minimal".
The target in the British territory was said by El Pais newspaper to be the main shopping centre.
Three suspects are in custody. When police raided the home of one, Cengiz Yalcin, a Turk, near the border with Gibraltar, th
Apparently plans and video were found of what was going to happen.... fly a remote plane over the main shopping centre and drop the bombs off..
The video is said to show him piloting a large remote-controlled plane. The aircraft drops two packages from the air to the ground at which point "Yalcin celebrated his achievement", said El Pais.
Magomedov is thought to be a former member of the Russian special forces "Speznatz" unit and an expert in explosives.
Originally posted by XeroOne
Apparently plans and video were found of what was going to happen.... fly a remote plane over the main shopping centre and drop the bombs off..
Can a commercially-available remote plane carry anything more than a tiny amount of explosive? I doubt it.
Originally posted by XeroOne
reply to post by TruthxIsxInxThexMist
A mixture of Al Quaida, a few insurgents and rebels - guys with actual weaponry and some combat experience. They're a different breed to the middle-class Jihobbyists in the UK and US, who are weak-minded enough to be influenced by some other middle-class recruiter.
You surprise me, I thought you were going to say the CIA
I really did think you would say them because thats what most members would say here... well those in the USA anyway