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EUROPE BRACES FOR A MUMBAI-STYLE ATTACK
The nightmare scenario of a Mumbai-style massacre inside Europe has loomed closer to reality.The German interior minister has issued a warning that there were "concrete indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November". The threat is to Germany - but already French and British security services have been put on a higher state of alert after getting similar warnings from agents. Given that the intelligence received by Germany from an ally is deemed to be "concrete", it is safe to assume this is the latest phase in an effort to unleash carnage on the scale of the Mumbai massacres, in which 178 people were killed and over 300 injured. German authorities have stepped up security at airports and railway stations. But Western intelligence agencies have long recognised their countries are vulnerable to armed multiple attacks on crowded areas. They recall the terror in India was unleashed at 10 different locations. Radical Islamists, carrying authentic European passports, have been very hard to track. But, on October 4, eight Germans were killed in two American drone strikes in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area - the semi-lawless badlands along the Afghan border. This followed the arrest of another German citizen in Afghanistan, who revealed details of planned attacks in Europe to Western intelligence officers in July. A major problem for any groups hoping to use rifles and grenades in an attack inside the UK is the simple difficulty of obtaining the weaponry. Small arms are relatively easy to obtain in mainland Europe, or from neighbouring states, and to smuggle across borders. But the UK's strict gun laws and surrounding seas make obtaining the sort of firepower which could sustain a three or four-day terrorist operation on the Mumbai scale very difficult. Still, Europe's security services remain deeply concerned that radicalised young men from their own countries pose the biggest immediate danger. The UK can anticipate a continued heavy presence of police and other security services on the streets of the major cities. "There has been a steady trickle of volunteers heading for training in places like Pakistan," a Western security source said. "They are potentially great assets to the terrorists because they are able to get back into their home countries much more easily than foreigners." The insider added: "It's not a case of if - but when." Sources also warned that terrorist groups are working on new forms of attack that have not been seen before. Last Updated: 2010-11-17 19:23:12
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The nightmare scenario of a Mumbai-style massacre inside Europe has loomed closer to reality.The German interior minister has issued a warning that there were "concrete indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November". The threat is to Germany - but already French and British security services have been put on a higher state of alert after getting similar warnings from agents. Given that the intelligence received by Germany from an ally is deemed to be "concrete", it is safe to assume this is the latest phase in an effort to unleash carnage on the scale of the Mumbai massacres, in which 178 people were killed and over 300 injured. German authorities have stepped up security at airports and railway stations. But Western intelligence agencies have long recognised their countries are vulnerable to armed multiple attacks on crowded areas. They recall the terror in India was unleashed at 10 different locations. Radical Islamists, carrying authentic European passports, have been very hard to track. But, on October 4, eight Germans were killed in two American drone strikes in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area - the semi-lawless badlands along the Afghan border. This followed the arrest of another German citizen in Afghanistan, who revealed details of planned attacks in Europe to Western intelligence officers in July. A major problem for any groups hoping to use rifles and grenades in an attack inside the UK is the simple difficulty of obtaining the weaponry. Small arms are relatively easy to obtain in mainland Europe, or from neighbouring states, and to smuggle across borders. But the UK's strict gun laws and surrounding seas make obtaining the sort of firepower which could sustain a three or four-day terrorist operation on the Mumbai scale very difficult. Still, Europe's security services remain deeply concerned that radicalised young men from their own countries pose the biggest immediate danger. The UK can anticipate a continued heavy presence of police and other security services on the streets of the major cities. "There has been a steady trickle of volunteers heading for training in places like Pakistan," a Western security source said. "They are potentially great assets to the terrorists because they are able to get back into their home countries much more easily than foreigners." The insider added: "It's not a case of if - but when." Sources also warned that terrorist groups are working on new forms of attack that have not been seen before. Last Updated: 2010-11-17 19:23:12
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