Well, it appears the militant Osama bin Laden and his merry band of liberators pose a thread to the EU. Just hope the folks in Europe are paying attention.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Al Qaeda remains the major terrorist threat to the European Union and a fresh attack by Islamist militants is likely, the bloc's new anti-terrorism chief said on Monday.
"An attack perpetrated by local or international networks remains likely," Gilles de Kerchove, appointed in September to coordinate member states' counter-terrorism policies, told EU lawmakers.
"Al Qaeda ... continues to be the most serious terrorism threat to Europe," de Kerchove told the European Parliament's justice, liberty and security committee.
He said the movement founded by Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, who inspired the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, inspired local radicals.
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