How an Attempted Terror Attack Against World’s Tallest Tower was Averted

Ma’ariv (p. 10) by Jacky Hugi -- It was supposed to be the September 11 of the Arabs, but luck was with the intended victims: the security services of the United Arab Emirates succeeded in foiling a plot to blow up the tallest building in the world, the Dubai Tower, which was concocted, it is suspected, in Tehran. So far eight suspects have been arrested, all of whom hold various Arab citizenships, and the Abu Dhabi government has imposed a full blackout on the affair and refuses to divulge any details.
Information recently obtained by Ma’ariv from Arab sources reveals, for the first time, the details of the mega-terror attack from the school of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The details show that the members of the ring that were caught had a large quantity, a few tons, of explosives, bomb belts ready to be activated and a large quantity of automatic rifles that were sent by plane from Iran. In addition, the group plotted to attack an army base on EUA soil.
The Dubai Tower skyscraper is to be officially dedicated at a ceremony on December 2, 2009, after six years of construction. […]
According to information that has reached Ma’ariv, the plot was discovered two months ago in wake of the arrest of eight suspects. Some were caught in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the six emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The others were arrested in the port city of Kawr Fakkan in the Sharjah emirate. They were interrogated thoroughly, and it turned out that the group had close ties with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Of the eight, three were UAE citizens,, and the rest Sudanese and Palestinians. The three locals are Abed el-Latif Mohammed, Abdullah Sibluah and Jassem el-Sweidi. All are being held in Abu Dhabi prison, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and are being questioned.
The Ras al-Khaimah emirate, where the ring carried out most of its activity, had close ties with Tehran, unlike the policy of the main administration, which has a chilly relationship with the Iranians. […]
The UAE government became aware that an Iranian base was being established in the Ras al-Khaimah emirate under its sovereignty. There are direct flights between Iran and the emirate three times a week, in light planes. The planes enjoy immunity and their contents are not checked. The security services began to pay special attention to traffic to and from Iran. That’s how they found that the eight suspects were in close contact with militants in Tehran and with Iranian citizens living in the country, and put them under surveillance.
In mid July the UAE security services discovered that the light planes from Iran were bringing explosives and weapons in large quantities. They discovered that the destination of the shipment was the eight suspects, and then made the arrests. The investigation into the affair continues, and there may be more arrests. The intelligence services are focusing their investigation on the involvement of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, but are also examining the possibility that al-Qaida or extremist organizations in Saudi Arabia were behind the plan. […]