French agents have arrested a nuclear engineer from CERN and his brother on suspicion of having links with al Qaida. The suspect had made contact with al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and suggested possible targets in France. He had the intention to carry out terrorist attacks in France.
H/T: Palmach's Musashi
From Times Online
French agents have arrested a researcher from Europe's top atomic lab on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda, fuelling fears that terrorists could be targeting the nuclear industry.
The 32-year-old man, who was detained along with his brother, works for the prestigious European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva, Switzerland, according to French police sources.
''The inquiry will doubtless say what were the objectives in France or elsewhere and indicate perhaps that we have avoided the worst possible scenario,'' said Brice Hortefeux, the French Interior Minister.[...]
The suspect is believed to have been in contact with members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an Algerian-based terrorist organisation which joined Osama bin Laden's network in 2007.
A source said French intelligence officers had intercepted messages in which the man had suggested targets in France.
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I am surprised the French did not an apology for disrupting the Islamist agenda to prevent the indigenous Muslim population from rioting.
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