[Observer-UK] Jason Burke - The English Channel tunnel has been targeted by a group of Islamic militant terrorists aiming to cause maximum carnage during the holiday season, according to French and American secret services. The plan, revealed in a secret report to the French government on threat levels, dated December 19, indicates that the tip-off came from the American CIA. According to the French sources, the plan was put together in Pakistan and is being directed from there. The plotters are believed to be Western Europeans, possibly Britons of Pakistani descent. The French DGSE foreign intelligence service says that levels of communication between militants has not been so high since 2001. The DGSE report also mentions an al-Qaeda project for a "wave of attacks in an unidentified European country planned and run from Syria and Iraq."
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