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A senior member of al-Qaeda in Iraq who was arrested two weeks ago had been planning an attack against the football World Cup in South Africa next month, an Iraqi security spokesman said on Monday.Abdullah Azzam Saleh Misfar al-Qahtani, a 30-year-old Saudi, "participated in the planning of a terrorist act in South Africa during the World Cup," said Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim Atta.He added that Qahtani, who was in charge of "security" for the terror network in Baghdad, was in contact "with the terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri to organise the plan hatched by Al-Qaeda".Zawahiri is al-Qaeda's number two and deputy to Osama bin Laden.South African police said they were making inquiries into Qahtani's claims."The South African police are still working on getting confirmation," said Nonkululeko Mbatha, spokeswoman for the national police chief.
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