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Europe
Terror alert on Luxembourg-Basel train line
2007-08-10
French state rail operator SNCF stepped up security patrols and identity checks Wednesday on trains in eastern France following an intelligence tip-off about a possible attack.

French authorities were alerted overnight Tuesday by a third country of an attack risk on the line linking Luxembourg with the Swiss city of Basel
French authorities were alerted overnight Tuesday by a third country of an attack risk on the line linking Luxembourg with the Swiss city of Basel, which cuts across northeastern France, according to a source close to the case. Details of four suspects, all of Iranian origin, have been provided to all three countries concerned.

Regional French authorities earlier stepped up security procedures after receiving warnings of "a specific terrorist threat". Luxembourg and Germany have taken similar steps, the source said. A French official said such alerts were not infrequent, but that French intelligence services had been informed of the situation.
Posted by:lotp

#7  What's Phwench for "Ha! Ha!"

"Le ha! Le ha!"
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-10 10:59  

#6  Actually, France got a fabulous return for helping Khomenei overthrow the Shah. They sold many billions of weapons into the Gulf and got to distract Les Americains for 30 years now. Iran is still France's largest middle east trading partner.
Posted by: ed   2007-08-10 08:43  

#5  What's Phwench for "Ha! Ha!"

/le Nelson
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-08-10 08:38  

#4  You should send more money to Palestinians, Europe.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-08-10 08:00  

#3  This is payback to all those Euros including Mr. Dick (smarty-pants) Marty who dared interfere with our extraoridinary rendition plans and secret prisons. Little did they know that Hitlerburton Cheney is actually on the payroll of Iran and that these prisons were for Iranian "insurgents" not "anti-Ameican" ones. Now they have really pissed off Dick (Cheney, not Marty) and this is what you get in return. Never underestimate who you're real friends or enemies are today.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-08-10 06:13  

#2  Kissing all that Islamic ass sure didn't buy them much now did it?
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-10 02:06  

#1  Iranians, there's a shocker.
When I was a kid there were yellow ribbons on all the trees and nobody wanted to be them when we played "cowboys and iranians".
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-08-10 00:32  

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