Al Qaeda Terrorist setting up sleeper cell in Botswana - claim

Scores of suspected Al Qaeda terrorists are in police cells awaiting deportation to their home countries, while several others are being investigated for money laundering and trying to establish a sleeper cell in Botswana – highly classified information passed to the Sunday Standard has revealed.Sleeper cells are groups of terrorists who are already in place and ready to act, as opposed to hit squads, which are infiltrated into the target country shortly before an attack. Sleeper cells are trained and ready to carry out attacks at a designated time and place. According to some, the teams assembled in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam before attacks on American Embassies there were classic al-Qaeda sleeper cells. Sleeper cells are loosely organized, and blend into communities easier through legitimate employment.Most Al Qaeda agents in Botswana are believed to have used the country’s boom in imported second hand cars as a cover.Security agents are understood to be investigating a number of suspicious foreigners who are running second hand car dealerships. Most do not use banks to save their business proceeds or to carry out their business transactions. Investigations into the company directorships have turned up names of directors in Kenya where an Al Qaeda sleeper cell was unveiled a few years ago.Investigations have also centered on the influx of Middle Easterners, mostly Egyptians who have been flocking into Botswana in large numbers,,.more..http://sundaystandard.info/news/news_item.php?NewsID=4310&GroupID=1