Reply #16: Re: Al-Qaida planning Asian attack, expert warns [View All]

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Re: Taiwan News - 8/27/05 - Front Page (no link yet available)
Al-Qaida planning Asian attack, expert warns
AFP/London

"Al-Qaida is preparing an attack on a big financial center in Asia, such as Tokyo, Singapore or Sydney, to undermine investor confidence in the region, France's top terrorist investigator says.

"In an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, Jean-Louis Bruguiere added that several Asian countries are less prepared than Britain or the United Staes for such an attack.

"'We have elements of information that make us think that countries in this region, especially Japan, could have been targeted' by the al-Qaida network, the investigating magistrate said."


This Mr Bruguiere seems to have an inside track. It must be time for Tokyo to contract out some consultants in the domestic security overhaul business.