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France warns of upcoming terrorist attacks in Australia
The French authorities have warned of a likely terrorist attack in Australia this year, according to the Herald Sun newspaper. It said the French had confirmed that a terrorist cell in Sydney with plans to launch a devastating attack was broken up after the arrest of French terrorist suspect Willie Brigitte. But they said a sleeper cell still existed in Australia, which is regarded as "weak" by extremist organisations. Senior French sources fear the cell is planning a post-Iraq war attack and believe it is linked to little-known groups in the Russian region of Chechnya and the former Soviet state of Georgia.So it looks like Basayev as well as the LeT are going to global to pick up the slack for the International Front ... "An attack in Australia is inevitable. I would not be surprised if something occurred in this year," one senior official was quoted by the newspaper as saying. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-02-15 |
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