Al Qaida New Threats

[Christina]

AL QAIDA THREATENS WESTERN EUROPEMarch 13, 2007The Middle East Newsline reports: “Al Qaida has issued threats against Austria and Germany.Al Qaida has posted a statement on the Internet that warned Austria and Germany to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan. The video statement on Sunday said the two Western European countries would become targets of Islamic insurgents.‘Germany's participation in the U.S. war on Islam and Muslims will lead only to endangering Germany itself,’ the statement said.Al Qaida and Taliban plan an offensive against the NATO force in Afghanistan over the next few weeks, U.S. officials said. They said the campaign would seek to increase casualties and pressure Western partners of Washington to withdraw their military contingents from Afghanistan…”