Swiss foil terrorist plot to shoot down plane

GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss intelligence services foiled a terrorist plot to shoot down an Israeli plane over Geneva, the Federal Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
Seven people of North African origin are under arrest in Switzerland in the plan, said a statement from the prosecutor's office. Swiss officials declined to give further details.
Israeli media reported last month that the Swiss cell planned a rocket attack on an El Al plane that would take off from Geneva in December 2005. The airline had moved its flights to Zurich for a week.
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