Israel Arrests 6 Arabs In Plot Against Bush

From a disappointed Reuters:

A United States Army helicopter, part of an aerial convoy carrying President Bush, lands in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram stadium, Jan. 9, 2008

Israel makes arrests in alleged plot against Bush

Fri Jul 18

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.

Israel’s Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Bush’s delegation.

The suspect then posted queries on Web sites frequented by al Qaeda operatives, asking for guidance on how to shoot down the helicopters, the agency said in a statement…

The Shin Bet identified four of the suspects as Palestinian residents of Arab East Jerusalem and two as Israeli Arabs.

The Shin Bet said the men had met several times at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, seeking to organize a local al Qaeda network. The agency said computers seized from several of the suspects contained bomb-making manuals…

Ho hum. Another day and another plot by terrorists to kill the President.

But imagine the media’s outrage if this were President Obama.