Another example of how wide-ranging and multi-threaded the Iraqi threat is. Glad the Czechs are more diligent than other Europeans who are not cooperating.
Iraqi agents plotted an attack on the Prague headquarters of U.S.-run Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to stop its Arabic-language broadcasts to Iraq, a top Czech intelligence officer said on Wednesday. Jiri Ruzek, director of the Czech Secret Service, said Iraq had ordered its intelligence agents to seek ways of halting the broadcasts, which were launched several years ago.
It was the first time a top Czech official had publicly confirmed long-standing rumours that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, financed by the U.S. Congress, might be the target of an attack. Czech police and the army have tightened security in and around the radio station's offices, located at the top of Wenceslas square in the historic centre of Prague. Ruzek said Iraqi intelligence activity in the Czech capital was the reason for the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats in the past week, leaving only one official at the Iraqi embassy.
Posted by Alan at March 27, 2003 11:19 PM