Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe has been given extra security protection after an Islamist website used by Al-Qaeda members listed him as a target, police said on Wednesday. A police source said Delanoe's protection had been "slightly reinforced", although he said the "threats are not specific and do not come from a site linked directly to Al-Qaeda."
The Socialist mayor, who is strongly tipped for reelection in March, said he was informed on Saturday of the threat, picked up by a US agency that monitors Al-Qaeda messages on the Internet. It lists Paris and its mayor as targets for attacks, with the aim of provoking the downfall of President Nicolas Sarkozy. |