[quote]Saudi Arabia has warned France it is the target of an imminent al-Qaeda attack, French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has said.
He said Saudi intelligence agencies spoke of a threat to Europe, and "France in particular", from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
France is already on high alert following warnings of possible attacks aimed at France, Germany and the UK.
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The Eiffel Tower was evacuated twice in September over security alerts.
"I can tell you - and it's not information that's been made public yet - that even a few hours, a few days ago, [we received] a new message, from the Saudi [intelligence] services, indicating to us that Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula was certainly active, or expecting to be active," Mr Hortefeux said in a joint radio and television interview.
He said the threat concerned "the European continent and France in particular".
Mr Hortefeux gave little detail about the information the Saudis had provided, but said the threat was real.
It appears to have been released by the government as a warning to the French public that they must remain vigilant, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.
The authorities have been criticised for scaremongering, our correspondent says. The the official threat level in France remains one below the highest level of scarlet.
Europe plot The Saudi warning is the latest to put French security forces, and those of other European countries, on heightened alert.
Word of a plot threatening France, the UK and Germany emerged last month.
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 countries.
Ten gunmen attacked targets in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, killing 166 people in a three-day rampage.
Increased drone missile attacks in the tribal regions of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan were said by officials to be an attempt to disrupt the plot.
Earlier in October, France warned its citizens travelling to Britain to be "extremely vigilant" amid fears of a possible attack.
A few days previously, Britain had raised its alert level from general to high for travellers to Germany and France. [/quote]
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Mumbai style attacks are effective if they just shoot everyone and not take hostages but really, France, the UK and Germany have much better police forces than India and while they would be able to kill plenty of people, it would be nowhere near as bad.
Soon my calender will be filled with rememberence days.
god I cant find that video anywhere link it to me !
[QUOTE=doom65;25481151]god I cant find that video anywhere link it to me ![/QUOTE]
Google "End of the world" or End of ze world".
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Ahahaha, that was awesome.
Imagine if they put like 10 well trained "snipers" on the Eiffel Tower. It'd be like that Texas clocktower shooter times 10.
Good Lord...
DOUBLE ZE SECURITY AT ALLZ ZE WINE AND CHEESE FACTORIES!
[QUOTE=booster;25482285]Imagine if they put like 10 well trained "snipers" on the Eiffel Tower. It'd be like that Texas clocktower shooter times 10.[/QUOTE]
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You underestimate ze french.
Spy is italian
spy is franco spanish
[QUOTE=booster;25482285]Imagine if they put like 10 well trained "snipers" on the Eiffel Tower. It'd be like that Texas clocktower shooter times 10.[/QUOTE]
Would be hard to do considering anyone can simply access to the higher floors with and elevator.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;25481018]Mumbai style attacks are effective if they just shoot everyone and not take hostages but really, France, the UK and Germany have much better police forces than India and while they would be able to kill plenty of people, it would be nowhere near as bad.[/QUOTE]
Most European countries have battle tested counter terrorism units who have teams ready around the clock, whatever happens will be reacted to fast and will be ground into the dust with the rage of 100 blue giant stars.
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[QUOTE=booster;25482285]Imagine if they put like 10 well trained "snipers" on the Eiffel Tower. It'd be like that Texas clocktower shooter times 10.[/QUOTE]
And then 20 well trained sniper teams would be put into the area around the tower with the express orders of: "Do not move a fucking muscle not even to piss, until every last one of those snipers are dead"
No wonder the french seem so uptight.
They're the laughing stock of the western world, and everyone picks on them.
Nice of the Saudis to do that, after all, 80% of the 9/11 Hijackers came from Saudi Arabia and they knew about it beforehand
Still nothing will happen. Hopefully.
I'm going to Paris on wednesday with my school :ohdear:
Also it's going to be pleasant what with all these riots...
Nothing will happen, find something better to do.
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