Al-Qaeda Member Arrested at Hadron Collider

This ain't good. A researcher who works on the Hadron Collider, you know, that big ol thingamabobby that can bring about the end of the world by creating a blackhole, has been arrested for his association with Al-Qaeda.

French agents have arrested a researcher from Europe's top atomic lab on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda, fuelling fears that terrorists could be targeting the nuclear industry.

The 32-year-old man, who was detained along with his brother, works for the prestigious European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva, Switzerland, according to French police sources.

Once again it is the French. What is up with the French lately? They seem to have taken the lead in fighting the Islamic extremists. Has the election of Barack "Nobel Peace Prize Laureate" Obama scared them so much that they have been motivated to take action? A few days ago they tracked down and got some Somali pirates.

For some reason I don't think Al-Qaeda was listening when Barry said he wanted to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Cern said the suspect had ''never been in contact with any elements which could be used for terrorist purposes.''

He was a physician who worked on data analysis ''in the context of a contract with another institute'' and ''none of his research had a potential military application'', it said in a statement.

Well, that's reassuring. Except when you are dealing with suicidal religious nut jobs who love to strap plastic explosive to their chests and walk into markets and go boom.