UAE says arrests al Qaeda-linked cell targeting security

DUBAI (Reuters) - Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday they had arrested a seven-member group linked to al Qaeda which was planning actions against the country's security.

State news agency WAM said the members were of various Arab nationalities and were recruiting, financing and providing logistical support to al Qaeda. They had also sought to expand their activities to regional countries, WAM said.

"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," WAM said.

The U.S.-allied UAE, a federation of seven emirates and a major oil exporter that has supported Western efforts to counter militancy in the region, 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.

(Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by William Maclean and Pravin Char)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/uae-says-arrests-al-qaeda-linked-cell-targeting-070232999.html

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