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11/11/06

The Age: Al Qaeda may plan Europe transit attacks

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Al Qaeda may plan Europe transit attacks

Al Qaeda may be planning to attack rail and air travel in Europe - possibly targeting the busy holiday travel season - according to intelligence findings. The report, citing Arab and other intelligence sources, said interrogations of al Qaeda suspects who recently left Afghanistan and Pakistan raised the concerns.

"One suspect said plans for repeating the Heathrow attempt (a plot foiled in August to bomb trans-Atlantic airplanes) were all prepared," the network quoted an Arab official as saying. "It is now a matter of taking action ... al Qaeda's strategy appears to be raising the pressure in Europe," the official, who requested anonymity, told the network.

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