Israelis Bust Bush Assassination Terror Cell

Four Israeli Arabs from east Jerusalem and two from Nazareth have been indicted for allegedly setting up an Al-Qaida cell in the capital and offering their services to Global Jihad elements, security officials announced Friday.

One of the suspects allegedly made contact with those elements in an attempt to assassinate US President George W. Bush during his visit to Israel in May.

The group, arrested in a joint Shin Bet-Israel Police investigation, includes two Hebrew University students, one of whom lived in the university dormitories with a view of a helicopter landing pad.

These guys may have been amateurs, but their intentions were quite real. They were looking for advice and guidance from al Qaeda via Internet queries, which is how the cell caught the attention of the Israeli Shin Bet. Where these men chose to meet should not really come as much of a surprise either.

These six men were meeting and plotting at the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. That would be the mosque on the Temple Mount.

Investigators found bomb making instructions and other related information on the computers of the men.