French intelligence has produced a dossier saying that Al-Qaeda plans an attack on France during the forthcoming presidential elections, the Arabic-language al-Hayat daily reported on Friday.
There were several indications of a plot to copy the Spanish scenario in France, a reference to the explosions which rocked Madrid in March 2004, the London-based daily wrote. It quoted mainly messages posted on Internet sites close to Al-Qaeda carrying threats against France, accompanied by pictures from the campaigns for the presidential elections slated for spring this year. The newspaper said the eight-page intelligence report took three months to prepare and included contributions from the different French intelligence services, which identified four sources of threat. |