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I.              Lead Section

'''1.    The article mentions that al-Qaeda was involved in the Moscow Metro Bombings, however, they were only suspected perpetrators. I cannot decide whether or not to omit this piece information yet.'''

'''2.    The article also mentions that the group was responsible for another attack but when you follow the link it provides, this information proves to be false. I will remove the information that states al-Qaeda was responsible for the Domodedovo and Ile de France attacks.'''

II. Eastern Europe

i.              North Caucasus

In 2010, Russian police shot and killed a militant in the Russian republic of Dagestan. The man was later determined to be one of the co-founders of the North Caucasus branch of al-Qaeda. The man’s name was Mohamed Shaaban.

III. Northern Europe

i.              Sweden

1.    I will add a citation to the information about this attack.

ii. United Kingdom

In 2006, al-Qaeda had plotted to blow up as many as six passenger jets mid-flight between the U.S. and Britain. British authorities arrested twenty-one mostly British citizens in London prior to the planned attack. Extraordinary security measures were taken, such as banning all hand-luggage on flights out of the U.K. Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest airport, was forced to be shut down in the wake of the arrests.

'''1.    I will provide more facts about the planned attack at Heathrow Airport in 2003. Information is lacking in this section of the article.'''

'''2.    I will also provide more information about the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in this section. Who were the perpetrators? How did they have links to al-Qaeda? Etc.'''

In 2006, an American named Syed Hashmi was arrested in London with a connection to al-Qaeda. He was involved in a plot to stage a series of  “spectacular attacks.” The man was planning to board a flight to Pakistan and was accused of providing funds and military equipment to members of al-Qaeda. The man was 26 years old at the time of his arrest. The military equipment being provided was intended to be used overseas (especially Afghanistan) so that it could be used against U.S. soldiers.

IV. Southern Europe

i.              Bosnian War

1.    Provide more information about bin Laden visiting camps in Bosnia during this time.

ii. Italy

In 2015, the Vatican was listed as a possible target for an attack by people associated with al-Qaeda.

In 2016, Italy’s foreign ministry issued a travel advisory to Egypt. The advisory came after a bus bombing in Taba and terror threats from al-Qaeda. The bus bombing had been claimed by al-Qaeda via Twitter as a warning to foreigners to “leave the country.” The foreign ministry had issued the travel advisory just before Easter when many Italians visit Red Sea resorts. Other European Union countries also advised their citizens to not travel to Egypt around the same time, including Belgium and Germany.

In 2006 an ex-minister in Italy created T-shirts with Mohammad on them. Al-Qaeda later singled out the minister in an audio recording. Ayman al-Zawahri, the deputy leader of al-Qaeda at the time, urged Muslims to launch attacks in Madrid. The minister was pleased to have been singled out in the recording.

iii. Kosovo War

iv. Spain

In 2012 Spanish police arrested three men suspected of being members of al-Qaeda. Authorities think that the three were plotting to attack American or British targets. The men had obtained explosives and arrests were made because of worries that the group would become operational. The men had ties to  Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani terror group with connections to al-Qaeda.

V.            Western Europe

i.              France

In 2012, a man named Mohamed Merah, was suspected of being behind a series of attacks in Southern France. It was initially thought that the gunman was under instruction by al-Qaeda, but an investigation into the matter concluded that he was not under the influence of al-Qaeda or any other militant group.

ii. Germany

1.    In this section I will provide more details about the threats that were made against Germany in this video.

In 2011, Germany police officers arrested three people claiming that they were members of al-Qaeda. The three people that were arrested were said to be planning an attack using explosives. The three men had been under surveillance for seven months. Authorities decided to act when they realized the men began preparations for testing explosive devices. It was reported that the police had confiscated materials needed to make an explosive in the arrest.

VI. See also

VII. External Link

VIII. Further Reading

IX. References

Peer Review

This sandbox is very readable, I went through it and I had no problems reading it. It makes sense to me and I had no problem understanding the information that was provided and the information provided was useful for making the article was before they started editing the article.

In the Lead Section point 1, they discusses that they are unsure if they should mention al-Qaeda being involved in the Moscow Metro Bombings, they should mention that and mention how they are suspected and that the attack has not been confirmed to be perpetrated by them.

I think the content in this sandbox is pretty good, as it provides a good amount of detail to the current article. I also like the removals they make from the initial article as they remove superfluous information that was initially in the article.

In section V, II, 1-It says “In 2011, Germany police officers arrested…”, it should say “In 2011, German police officers arrested…”

In Section IV, II, 1-It says “In 2006 an…”, it should say “In 2006, an…”

In Section IV, IV, 1-It says In 2012 Spanish..”, it should say “In 2012, Spanish…”

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I noticed no spelling errors when reviewing this article.