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From: <LavozdeCubaLibre@aol.com>
To: <JoseFdez@aol.com>
Subject: U. S. Embassies and Consulates around the world are targets.
Date: Saturday, September 15, 2001 1:13 PM

PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - A French radio station said on Saturday an
Islamic
militant arrested in Belgium was allegedly planning to attack the U.S.
embassy in Paris.

Radio 1 Europe said the man was one of six suspected extremists arrested in
Brussels and Rotterdam on Thursday as European police forces joined to crack
down on possible guerrilla networks.

"He is a fundamentalist of North African origin, in his 30s, and was trained
in Pakistan," the radio said.

"According to our information, (he) was planning a series of attacks on
American interests in France, notably the United States embassy in Paris."

A judicial source told Reuters investigators probing the risk of attacks on
U.S. interests in France were interested in the suspect. The investigation
began before Tuesday's terror attacks in the United States.

Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, suspected of being behind the attacks
in which some 5,000 people are missing, has training camps for militants in
Afghanistan, which neighbours Pakistan.

Radio 1 Europe said Belgian police who raided the suspect's home found a
Kalashnikov rifle and documents that were being examined. It appeared the
man
had made several trips to France.

"His network was apparently connected to other networks operating in
Europe,"
the radio said.

A spokeswoman for Brussels prosecutors said on Thursday police had arrested
two suspects in the wealthy suburb of Uccle, home to many embassies and
diplomats, and found two Uzi machine pistols during searches.

The identities and nationalities of the suspects arrested in Belgium and the
Netherlands were not disclosed.

Two other men were detained in Brussels but later released. Police also
seized documents.

The Brussels public prosecutor's office will ask an examining magistrate to
charge the two suspects with illegal possession of weapons of war, a
spokeswoman said.

Radio 1 Europe said two French magistrates specialising in terror cases
would
travel to Brussels on Monday to consult on the case.

On Saturday, police carried out further house searches in connection with
the
arrests in a Brussels suburb and seized documents, the public prosecutors'
office said.


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