February 11, 2009 3:32 PM

Europe Terror Plots Trace Back To Pakistan

By
David Martin
(CBS)  Five European countries are investigating suspected terrorist plots, which track back to al Qaeda's sanctuary in the tribal areas of Pakistan, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.

U.S. officials don't know if it's coordinated, but terrorists arrested in Spain for plotting suicide attacks against the Barcelona subway had traveled to the tribal areas.

They, in turn, had links to suspected terrorists in Germany, France, Great Britain and Portugal, where U.S. officials believe similar plots are in the works.

Martin reports that when U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey was asked how concerned he is on a scale of 1 to 10, he said, "11."

U.S. officials are so worried about the al Qaeda sanctuary in Pakistan, they have offered to send combat troops.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Pervez Musharraf has publicly rejected that, but he admits the stakes are high.

"We have to win," Musharraf said, "because if we lose, I think it will have an impact on the region and the world, maybe in the streets of Europe."

The United States also has plans to increase its training of the Pakistani army -- but that would take years, and the threat is now.

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  • David Martin

    David Martin is CBS News' National Security Correspondent.

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by mattcbsmatt January 28, 2008 9:50 PM EST
THE EPIC BATTLES OF explosive dingleberries and explosive diarrhea : )

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by winnerindia January 28, 2008 9:16 AM EST
Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Iran has the Russian missiles.
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Posted by runningralph at 02:30 AM : Jan 27, 2008
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and that''s why we don''t call Pakistan as ''Axis of evil''. Pakistan is our friend.
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by winnerindia January 28, 2008 9:15 AM EST
" Pakistan''''s Prime Minister Pervez Musharraf has publicly rejected that, but he admits the stakes are high. "

CBS news still doesn''''t know that Pervez Musharraf is Pakistan''''s President not their Prime Minister. So what news could you expect from them? lol


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by winnerindia January 28, 2008 8:48 AM EST
" Pakistan''s Prime Minister Pervez Musharraf has publicly rejected that, but he admits the stakes are high. "

CBS news still doesn''t know that Pervez Musharraf is Pakistan''s President not their Prime Minister. So what news could you expect from them? lol
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by prinzowhales January 27, 2008 3:39 PM EST
Iraqis already feel that the US is the biggest exporter of terror in the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19186.htm

In Palestine, after fifty years of promises, they are beginning to see that negotiating with the Israelis and Americans is a waste of time...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19195.htm

On 9-11, as the planes struck their targets, the head of Pakistani intelligence was having breakfast in Washington with Senator Graham and Representative Porter Goss...the former CIA head appointed by Bush43.
Here he is pictured in Mexico City with the rest of the CIA''s OPERATION 40...an assassination team involved in the JFK assassination and drug dealing.

http://www.masterjules.net/cianewguy.htm

He was meeting on 9-11 with the ISI general who wired the alleged head of the 9-11 plot, $100,000....Now, we know who the real terrorists are...

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by runningralph January 27, 2008 5:30 AM EST
Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Iran has the Russian missiles. The jihadists have their deepest desires almost within their grasp. This war is not about Iraq or Afghanistan or any other country. It is about stopping Islamic jihad. If the West doesn''t fight the game is over. The next game will be between Islam and China.
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by libsluvsuvs January 27, 2008 3:17 AM EST
Posted by FeelFree1 at 04:19 AM : Jan 26, 2008
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come on feelfree..everybody knows where you stand when it comes to terrorism and the deeds they do..
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by libsluvsuvs January 27, 2008 3:15 AM EST
Posted by skyk at 05:17 AM : Jan 26, 2008
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if recent history serves me well..was it not that the UN was heavy in the oil for food scandal?? meaning they were under saddam''s payroll all that time..second..history and pre-ronald reagan liberals were screaming about giving saddam wmd...and trust me..these weapons are not like milk..they dont expire
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by underdogus January 26, 2008 3:40 PM EST
liberalism is a mental disorder....
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by January 26, 2008 12:21 PM EST
Go After Al Qeada anywhere in the world that they are hiding ,The Murders they commited outway everthing ealse!
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