Paris: Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb planning attack in France

Paris: Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb planning attack in France

According to a report on French station TF1, the anti-terrorist services opened in Paris an investigation into Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (ASIM).  RTL confirms this, saying that the investigation started at the end of 2008.

After dismantling the 'Afghan channels' whose goal was to send candidates to Jihad in Afghanistan, the anti-terrorism unit heard of a suspect who was contacted via the internet by a senior leader in ASIM and asked to commit a suicide-attack in France.  The man refused, but an investigation revealed that other people received this proposition.

Though al-Qaeda is growing weaker in the Maghreb, the security services are taking this matter very seriously.  However, they do not know whether there are terrorists willing to take action.  According to RTL, the candidate hasn't been found and he would then have to be trained in handling explosives.

Source: Le Parisien (French)

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