Well-placed officials described today's investigation as "significant" but emphasised it was not linked to the recent attempted suicide bombing in Stockholm, the Yemen ink cartridge bomb plot, or any other recent attacks or warnings of concerted pre-Christmas terror campaigns in European countries.
Extra security measures will remain in place until further notice, the interior minister said Germany is increasing security at airports and railway stations in light of "concrete indications" of terrorist attacks being planned for the end of November.
He said Saudi intelligence agencies spoke of a threat to Europe, and "France in particular", from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.That plot was said to be linked to al-Qaeda and involved European militants training in Pakistan who were preparing to mount a Mumbai-style attack on the three countrie
I do not believe that this apparent failure to deliver value for money is real, or that some catastrophic explosion is imminent. I think this is just another lobby seeking money. As it plays with its words, the rest of us may shrug and go about our business. But I sometimes wonder who is the real te
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Be very afraid – we are being fleeced by purveyors of fear | Simon Jenkins
