Al-Qaeda 'targeting European rail network'

[Locutus]

AFP - Al-Qaeda is plotting attacks on Europe's high-speed rail network, German mass circulation daily Bild reported on Monday, citing intelligence sources.

The extremist group could plant explosives on trains and tunnels or sabotage tracks and electrical cabling, said Bild, Europe's most widely read daily.

Bild said the information came from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States, which had listened in to a conference call involving top Al-Qaeda operatives.

The attacks on Europe's rail network was a "central topic" of this call, Bild said.

Authorities in Germany have responded to the threat with discrete measures such as deploying plain-clothed police officers at key stations and on main routes, according to the daily.

According to US media reports, intelligence services intercepted a conference call earlier this month between Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and more than 20 operatives from across the group's global network.

This prompted the US and several allies to shut embassies across the Muslim world, fearful of a major attack.
On August 1, the US issued a worldwide alert, warning of Al-Qaeda plans to launch an attack in the Middle East or North Africa.


Al-Qaeda 'targeting European rail network': report - FRANCE 24

 

[damngrumpy]

We are slowly but surely heading for an out and out confrontation with
Islam and there is no getting around it. We allow people into our midst
that want to harm us and people just accept that. Not all are bad and
that reasoning is fine but how do we determine who is good and who is
bad and how do we protect our society. Politically Correct be damned
sooner or later that question will have to be answered.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

We are slowly but surely heading for an out and out confrontation with
Islam and there is no getting around it.

Who is "we?"

We allow people into our midst
that want to harm us and people just accept that. Not all are bad and
that reasoning is fine but how do we determine who is good and who is
bad and how do we protect our society. Politically Correct be damned
sooner or later that question will have to be answered.

I say kill 'em all. Then all the blacks. Then all the browns. It's the only way "we" can be safe.

 

[Nuggler]

They certainly don't have to target Canadian rail lines. We seem to be doing a bang up job on that ourselves.:-(