"Released so they could be monitored"

[timework@xxxxxxxxx (Tom Walker)]

Evidence of pigeon fancying in MI6?

>From the Globe and Mail:

>A British newspaper reported Monday that a European terrorist
>cell linked to Mr. bin Laden attempted to launch a sarin gas attack
>on the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, last February.
>
>The attack was due to take place during a parliamentary session
>when 625 Euro-MPs and scores of officials would have been in
>the building. But German police foiled the attempt after breaking
>up the cell, which included Algerian members and operated in
>London, Frankfurt and Milan.
>
>Six men based in Britain were arrested and charged under that
>country's Prevention of Terrorism Act, but later released so they
>could be monitored, the paper reported.
Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
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