A Jurnalul National Story Carried by New York Times

The story on the Al-Quaeda terrorists expelled from Romania and published two days ago in Jurnalul National was carried by newspapers all over the world.

The article described a major operation conducted by the Romanian Counterintelligence Office which resulted in expelling a group of five citizens of Arab origin and denying them re-entry in Romania for the next 15 years.

The Jurnalul National story quotes Marius Bercaru, spokesman for the Office and a few of other officers which were not named for security reasons. The article showed that, at the moment of their capture, the five men waited for the decision allowing them to unleash terror in Romania.

The article in Jurnalul National was fully translated by the international wire services Reuters, Associated Press and France Presse, and picked up by many newspapers all over Europe, North America and Asia.

The New York Times writes that Jurnalul National found out the names of the five Arab operatives who operated first in Iasi and then in Bucharest, in order to "brain-wash the Muslims and indoctrinate them."

CBS American television channel picked up the article carried by the AP, which quoted Jurnalul National identifying the terrorist group leader as Musaab Ahmed Mohamed Mujali, a Saudi citizen.

The on-line version of the MSNBC picked up the full version of the article signed by Razvan Belciuganu and reminded that Romania was, since 9/11, one of the strongest allies of the United States in its fight against terrorism.

AP and AFP articles were also picked up by The Guardian, the Bulgarian wire service Focus, the on-line version of Pravda - in the Russian Federation, the international Chinese radio broadcaster China CRI, etc.