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Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from Al-Qaeda against Europe, particularly in France, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said.He said he was not overestimating the threat or underestimating it but that, based on a number of elements, the threat is real. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an arm of Al-Qaeda thought to include Yemenis and Saudis, has stepped up attacks on Yemeni and Western targets since it claimed a failed US airliner bombing in December. Hortefeux's remarks indicated that the new warning was not connected with the heightened alert in France in late September based on a tip-off that a female suicide bomber was planning to attack its transport system.
