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Security services have under-estimated plans of chemical attacks in Europe by terrorists who are in contact with extremists in Pakistan, according to a senior French counter-terrorism official. 8216;8216;We have under-estimated the terrorists8217; willingness and capacity to develop chemical arms,8217;8217; the official was quoted as saying by London daily Financial Times. 8216;8216;The alleged plotters have been in contact with extremists in Pakistan, as the plot was discovered when their phone calls were monitored by GCHQ,8217;8217; he said. 8216;8216;The Pakistani element was also totally under-estimated8230;,8217;8217; he said.

He said militants within the LeT, which has close links with Al Qaeda, had helped develop chemical arms skills, now dispersed to several parts of the Al Qaeda. 8216;8216;There are links between the groups that have chemical expertise. Chechnya is where they learned the skill,8217;8217; he said. 8212; PTI