Italy: Five Held In Raid On Terror Suspects

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From 'The Guardian': Italian police broke up a suspected terror cell, arresting four Tunisians and a Moroccan in Bologna and the nearby towns of Faenza and Imola. The five were accused of international terrorism, but have yet to be formally charged. A sixth suspect is being sought. Those arrested include the Tunisian alleged ringleader, Khalil Jarraya, a veteran of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, and four others he allegedly recruited to take part in suicide attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The arrests followed a three-year investigation based on wiretaps and on training material found in previous searches of the suspects' homes. 'These are people who were radicalised in the West and declared themselves ready to become martyrs for jihad,' said police in Bologna. The cell is alleged to have sent funds to Bosnian groups linked to terrorist organisations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The money came from legitimate work carried out by the group's members as well as from insurance scams, for which a charge of fraud was added to the arrest warrants. The cell was not part of any specific terrorist organisation, police said, but saw itself as close to al-Qaeda.