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Europeans Warn of Attacks
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, November 15, 2002; Page A01
BERLIN, Nov. 14 -- Normally circumspect European intelligence and law enforcement officials have issued a wave of stark warnings in the last two weeks in an echo of U.S. fears that another terrorist attack may be on the way, including the possibility that al Qaeda could employ chemical or other weapons of mass destruction against European targets. The statements -- by officials in Britain, Germany and France, as well as by the head of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency -- represent a breadth of concern that the continent has not experienced since immediately after the attacks in New York and at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, that killed more than 3,000 people and galvanized international efforts to combat terrorism. Some European politicians, fearing public panic, have attempted to play down any clear and present danger. But the release Tuesday of a tape-recorded statement attributed to Osama bin Laden threatening Britain, France, Italy and Germany, as well as Canada and Australia, has compounded the sense of threat.

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