Qaeda-linked group set to attack Europe

The threat is real and our vigilance is total, he said.

An official in Washington confirmed on Sunday that Saudi intelligence officials had sent information to Paris warning of possible attacks in France by al-Qaedas branch in Yemen. The new warning came at roughly the same time that a former Saudi detainee at Guantánamo Bay Jabir Jubran al Fayfi who surrendered to Yemen,the government said.

The official said it was unclear if the information provided to France came from Fayfi.

A US counter-terrorism official said on Sunday: The terrorist threat to Europe unfortunately remains quite real.

If this information is coming indeed from the Saudis,one can expect that it is serious and reliable, said Raphael Perl,the head of anti-terrorism for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.