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EU security commissioner warns of al-Qaeda attacks
 The EU's security commissioner said on Saturday he believed suicide bombings in London in July were likely to have been the work of groups linked to al Qaeda and warned more attacks in Europe were to be expected.Franco Frattini, the European Union's commissioner for justice and security, said he would look at guidelines for action to prevent and fight terrorism at a European Parliament session next week and has said efforts to create an EU-wide intelligence network should be agreed next week. He told Reuters the data collection proposal would be on the agenda of a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers in the English city of Newcastle next week. The former Italian foreign minister, who is visiting Latvia, said British authorities were studying a video statement by one of the London suicide bombers aired by Arabic TV station Al Jazeera to find out if al Qaeda was behind the attack. "But my personal opinion, at this stage, is that, unfortunately, the terrorist attacks against democratic countries will continue," Frattini told a news conference. "Al Qaeda-linked groups are likely (to have been) behind the attack on London." The British government has made no comment about the video but several experts have said al Qaeda probably did not play a major role in the London attacks. Frattini said he believed London and European freedom had been deliberately targeted by al Qaeda. "That is why, unfortunately, I believe this terrible strategy of terrorists will not stop here." Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-09-04 |
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