# Al Qaeda bust in ZA
Not sure what to make of this: Al Qaeda ring bust in SA
Aside: as Vaz mentions, hearing that boxes of South African passports were found in UK raids isn't particularly reassuring, least of all for the rest of the world's perception of us.
Speaking about the South African operation, [Police Commissioner] Selebi told the committee: "We arrested some people who had evil intentions against this country - we did not tell anybody - five days before the election. We got these people to leave."Of course, it's worrying. Well done to the SAPS for nailing these people and booting them out. But I'd like to know what these evil intentions were... unlike Spain, there would have been nothing to gain from "influencing" our elections. Iraq and the Middle East were a complete non-issue. We're not involved in Iraq, our government has condemend the US occupation and we must be one of the most Middle-East friendly nations in the world. I find it hard to believe that we'd be the target of "evil intentions."
Aside: as Vaz mentions, hearing that boxes of South African passports were found in UK raids isn't particularly reassuring, least of all for the rest of the world's perception of us.
File under: politiek : {2004.05.27 18:01}
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