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Arrests Continue in Suspected Paris Chemical Plot
Three men were arrested last month as part of the continuing investigation of a terrorist network that planned a chemical weapons attack and other strikes in Paris, French police and judicial officials said yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 27, 2003). Three Algerian nationals were detained Jan. 11, officials said. More than 20 people have been arrested since December 2002 as part of the investigation of suspected Islamic militants supporting Chechen rebels, according to the Associated Press. The suspects reportedly planned a chemical attack and attacks on the Russian Embassy in Paris and the Eiffel Tower, officials said. They also allegedly planned strikes in the United Kingdom and had links to Islamic radicals in Spain, the daily Le Parisien reported. Other targets in Paris included a clothing store in the high-traffic central Paris district of Les Halles, police stations and Israeli interests, the suspects said, according to judicial officials. In raids leading to the initial arrests, investigators discovered chemical formulas for explosives, a toxic gas delivery device, lists of chemicals and their price and a protective suit, judicial officials said (Pierre-Antoine Souchard, Associated Press/Canada.com, Feb. 16).
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