Boston Bombing Coincidence?........Arab Al Qaeda Cell Is Arrested In UAE.(SKY).Authorities in the Gulf State said the seven were various Arab nationalities and had been recruiting, financing and providing logistical support to the terror organisation.
State news agency WAM also reported that the group had sought to expand their activities to other countries in the region.
"The cell was planning actions that would target the country's security and the safety of its citizens and residents, and was carrying out recruitment, and promoting the actions of al Qaeda," WAM said.
"It was also supplying it [al Qaeda] with money and providing logistical support and seeking to expand its activities to some regional countries."
The gang will be questioned and put on trial, the statement added.
The US-allied UAE is a federation of seven emirates and a major trading hub that has supported Western efforts to counter militancy in the region.
Its population, estimated at over eight million, comprises nearly 90% foreigners lured by work opportunities in the wealthy country.
It has been spared any attack by al Qaeda and other insurgency groups but some of its emirates have seen a rise in Islamist sentiment in recent years.
In December, the UAE said it had arrested a cell of UAE and Saudi Arabian members of a "deviant group" which was planning to carry out militant attacks in both countries and other states.
The phrase "the deviant group" is often used by authorities in Saudi Arabia to describe al Qaeda members. Hmmmm......We'll deport your nationals, just give us something in return comes to mind.Read the full story here.
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