UPI International Intelligence articles from August 2005

UPI International Intelligence archives from August 2005

Walker's World: Blair's only opposition.
August 1, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PERIGUEUX, France, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The places where the British political classes like to take their summer vacations, the manor houses of Tuscany and Perigord, the fishing inns of Scotland and the quintas of Spain...

Politics & Policies: Iraq - exit strategy?
August 1, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Despite repeated statements that progress is being made in Iraq, the fact is, it really ain't. Indications seem to point that the Bush administration is now starting to look into ways of...

Analysis: Iran, EU in collision on nukes?
August 1, 2005... Byline: MODHER AMIN TEHRAN, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Iran has warned the European Union it will nuclear activities at a uranium conversion plant in the central city of Isfahan if the European troika of Britain, France and Germany fail to present...

Analysis: Rains to cost India $1 billion.
August 1, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- India had suffered financial losses of $1 billion following torrential rains that have lashed Bombay, the country's business hub, since last week, and the damage is likely to rise after...

States discuss joint statement on N. Korea.
August 1, 2005... Byline: EDWARD LANFRANCO AND JONG-HEON LEE Nations meeting to end the impasse over North Korean nuclear weapons program are haggling over a joint statement, and South Korean officials said Pyongyang's suspended light-water nuclear reactor...

Mideast Watch: Will U.S. back democracy?
August 1, 2005... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush's call for a U.S. commitment to the democratization of the Middle East is clearly well intentioned. The president was surely right when he stated in his Nov. 6, 2003, speech...

Outside View: True meaning of Zionism.
August 1, 2005... Byline: GERSHON BASKIN JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- I made aliya 27 years ago from New York after being very active for 10 years in the Zionist youth movement's Young Judea. I grew up with a pluralistic attitude toward Jewish life in...

U.K. to halve Northern Ireland troops.
August 1, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The British government is to withdraw half of its troops from Northern Ireland over the next two years as part of its response to the Irish Republican Army's ending of its armed campaign....

Analysis: New head at DaimlerChrysler.
August 1, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- After the head of DaimlerChrysler AG announced last week he would leave the German-American car maker at the end of the year, company shares skyrocketed. Investors in Frankfurt...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 1, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Iran plans to restart nuclear activities Iran's Supreme National Security Council said Sunday the Isfahan plant would resume activities Monday on sensitive uranium conversion activities, according to...

The debate over the Energy Bill continues.
August 1, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- While proponents of the $14.5 billion energy bill say the legislation meets the challenges of U.S. energy security, opponents affirm the rich will get richer without the legislation...

Analysis: Garang's death leaves hole.
August 1, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The death this past weekend in a helicopter crash of John Garang, Sudan's first vice president for only three weeks but long-time leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement,...

Analysis: 'Back door' appointment for Bolton.
August 1, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- With John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations blocked in the Senate his "recess appointment" Monday was a foregone conclusion if the Bush administration wanted a...

Anti-withdrawal groups renew struggle.
August 1, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Young Israelis with bulky backpacks were seen on roadsides heading south, after settlers leaders' called supporters to go to the town of Sderot and beat anticipated police attempts to...

Analysis: Abdullah promises refrom.
August 1, 2005... Byline: DALAL SAOUD BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz has been the de-facto ruler of the oil-rich Kingdom since his brother King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. Little change is expected...

Garang's death puts peace into question.
August 1, 2005... Byline: AZAM S. AHMED WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Riots have erupted in Khartoum following the death of John Garang, the former Southern Sudanese rebel leader who after 22 years fighting the government joined them as vice-president last...

Equality on the job still eludes France.
August 1, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT News last month that the conservative French employers' union had elected its first female head might have stirred a national debate about sexual equality in France -- had it not gotten buried by more...

Analysis: Fahd dead, Abdullah is new king.
August 1, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The king is dead. Long live the king. Saudi King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz died Monday in a Riyadh hospital after a long illness, sending oil prices soaring over $61.02 a barrel. The royal...

Saudi Arabia moves toward women suffrage.
August 2, 2005... Byline: LARA SALAHI WASHINGTON, D.C., Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia may be following in Kuwait's footsteps after the country's Municipal Electoral Commission promised citizens women could take part in the next elections --...

Analysis: Seoul feels heat on Iraq force.
August 2, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The South Korean government is under growing pressure to withdraw thousands of troops deployed in Iraq a year ago to help U.S.-led efforts to rebuild the country. With concerns growing...

Analysis: India seeks crime boss' return.
August 2, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The United States seems uninterested in helping India to extradite mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim from Pakistan because it does not want to upset relations with its front-line ally in the war on...

Analysis: Schroeder and Merkel meet on TV.
August 2, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- It's Gerhard Schroeder's trump card, and he wants to play it as often as he can: The chancellor and his Social Democrats have opted for two televised debates with the...

Brit claims torture at 'ghost prisons'.
August 2, 2005... LONDON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A British man accused of being an al-Qaida terrorist has claimed that for more than two years he was tortured and interrogated at U.S. "ghost prisons" around the world before being moved to the U.S. naval base in...

France to toughen anti-terror legislation.
August 2, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT In the latest signal of a tougher European response to terrorism after the London bombings, the French government is expected to modify its penal code against certain terrorist accomplices. The proposed...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 2, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Oil companies find more opportunities in Iran Royal Dutch/Shell aims to acquire more upstream projects in Iran now after Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh inaugurated its $1 billion buyback project for the...

Analysis: Fast-moving succession in Sudan.
August 2, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Sudan, a country used to years of violence and turmoil, suffered another bloody blow Tuesday with the untimely death of former rebel leader, Vice President John Garang. "We...

Analysis: Sino-U.S. ties, and geopolitics.
August 2, 2005... Byline: EDWARD LANFRANCO BEIJING, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- America responded to China's challenge in the rapidly developing geopolitical economy with a partial explanation seeking to build, not burn, bilateral trade ties. Deputy Secretary of...

Commentary: Grapeshot for USS Gravy Train.
August 3, 2005... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- In 1960, chief executive officers earned about two times more than the president of the United States. They now earn 62 times as much as the president. At least, that's according to...

Walker's Word: Islam splitting Britain.
August 3, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The political fallout from the London bombings is now threatening Britain's long tradition of bipartisan policies on race and immigration. David Davis, front-runner to be the next official...

Politics & Policies: A nuclear-armed Iran?
August 3, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The latest U.S. intelligence estimates indicate that Iran is now a decade away from being able to manufacture key ingredients allowing it to build a nuclear weapon. This is double the...

Settlers launch new anti-withdrawal drive.
August 3, 2005... SDEROT, Israel, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Some 25,000 people according to police estimates converged on Israel's southern town of Sderot Tuesday to try and stop the planned withdrawal from the neighboring Gaza Strip. The YESHA Council of settlers,...

Analysis:India seeks security for pipeline.
August 3, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Analysis: India seeks to address security concerns ahead of signing gas pipeline with Iran By Kushal Jeena India should not sign a $ 4.2 billion pipeline deal with Iran and Pakistan...

Analysis: Mercedes in the repair shop.
August 3, 2005... KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Even the German chancellor once desired one: "If I ever become famous, I'll pick you up in a Mercedes," Gerhard Schroeder in his youth reportedly told his mother. Owning a Mercedes-Benz long was a status...

Analysis: Impromptu terrorists 'new nightmare'.
August 3, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Thousands gathered near Bologna's main railway station Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of Italy's worst-ever terrorist attack. On Aug. 2, 1980, an explosion demolished part of the...

DUP: Devolution endangered by Ulster moves.
August 3, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The actions of the British government in response to the Irish Republican Army's statement that its armed campaign is over has done considerable damage to prospects for the restoration of...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 3, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Chinese firm to build rig in Colorado China's HongHua will be the first Chinese unit to be put to work in the United States, breaking the monopoly of U.S. and Canadian firms. Some Colorado newspapers...

India's doubts over pipeline.
August 3, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Indian media reports indicate New Delhi may be having doubts over the political viability of the $4-plus billion pipeline from Iran. "I am realistic enough to realize that there...

Citizen participation key to Saudi reform.
August 3, 2005... Byline: LARA SALAHI WASHINGTON, D.C., Saudi Arabia, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- As Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah takes the helm of the kingdom upon the death of his half-brother Fahd, dealing with the continued threat of al-Qaida insurgency will...

Analysis: Army ousts Mauritania president.
August 3, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- It took a military coup to bring Mauritania's pro-U.S. President Muawiya Ould Taya to power 21 years ago: it took another one to unseat him Wednesday. A military junta announced that it...

Analysis: U.S. unhappy with UN summit plan.
August 3, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The United States said Monday the timing of a blast from Washington at preparations being made in the U.N. General Assembly for next month's summit of world leaders was...

Analysis: Indo-U.S. ties not to hurt China.
August 4, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- India's warming relations with the United States would in no way impinge on its relations with China, Indian diplomatic analysts said Thursday. "The joint India-U.S. statement covering...

Outside View: Saudi succession question.
August 4, 2005... Byline: THOMAS W. LIPPMAN WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has brought forth reassuring words from Riyadh of a smooth transition to the new monarch, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, and stability in the kingdom....

Outside View: New road in U.S.-Saudi ties.
August 4, 2005... Byline: ALLEN KEISWETTER WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The death of Saudi King Fahd and the ascension of Abdullah Abdulaziz al Saud, his half-brother, to the throne portend no major changes in the U.S.-Saudi relations or on issues of great...

Analysis: Can sports break ice in Korea?
August 4, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE JEONJU, South Korea, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Reconciliation and reunification fever was sweeping a South Korean stadium Thursday where players from North and South Korea fielded for the East Asian title, showing that the...

Analysis: Adidas to challenge Nike.
August 4, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Yokohama, summer of 2002: Brazil played Germany in the final of the FIFA Soccer World Cup. Brazilian forward Ronaldo and colleagues, dressed in yellow and blue Nike jerseys,...

How Britain helped Israel make the bomb.
August 4, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Britain secretly sold Israel a key ingredient for its nuclear program in 1958, recently declassified documents have revealed. Official government papers released by the British...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 4, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Russian oil firms to give gas a color Russian oil companies plan to color their gasoline in an effort to combat counterfeiting, Russia's Financial News daily reported. Russian Industry Ministry...

Venezuela to diversify oil markets.
August 4, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Venezuela will sell six oil shipments to Uruguay this year under preferential terms as President Hugo Chavez aims to diversify oil markets and possibly spread his political...

Continued violence claims 130 in Sudan.
August 4, 2005... Byline: AZAM S. AHMED WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The untimely death of John Garang, the leader of the southern Sudanese rebellion who recently was sworn in as the country's first vice president , has resulted in daily violence by his...

Anti-withdrawal protest dissipates.
August 4, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT OFAKIM, Israel, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The settlers' second attempt to send thousands of people marching down highways to the Gaza Strip settlements fizzled out Thursday morning. The right wing activists had hoped...

Walker's World: 60 dangerous years.
August 5, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PERIGUEUX, France, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The 60 years that have passed since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima have seen an extraordinary period of human wisdom, combined with a remarkable amount of luck....

Politics & Policies: Bush has a strategy.
August 5, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- "I have a strategy for success in Iraq," said President Bush, speaking to the American Legislative Exchange Council in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday. That is good news. We could use a good...

Analysis: Colombian heads development bank.
August 5, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Last week's election of Luis Alberto Moreno as president of the Inter-American Development Bank puts a savvy diplomat from Colombia in charge of the biggest single source of development...

S.Korea spy agency faces wiretapping probe.
August 5, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- South Korea's state spy agency is under fire for illegally wiretapping private telephone calls of major politicians and businessmen. The wiretapping scandal, which involves the country's...

Analysis: India, Pakistan to meet on nukes.
August 5, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- India and Pakistan need to strike a pact to notify each other of missile tests, Indian strategic analysts said Friday. "It is imperative for India and Pakistan to sign a formal deal to...

Analysis: German opposition loses ground.
August 5, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- For the first time since German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announced early elections in May, the Christian Democrats/Christian Socialists and coalition partner Free Democrats...

Commentary: Iran on points?
August 5, 2005... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Better late than never. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was on target when he decided to drop the ghastly acronym for the global war on terror, GWOT - sounds like guck in the...

Bottom Line: Housing bubble, RIP.
August 5, 2005... Byline: GREGORY FOSSEDAL NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- There's an old joke about a particular economic model that observers note has predicted five of the last three recessions. Prognosticators, including me, have a similar record on the U.S....

Blair pledges hard line on fanatics.
August 5, 2005... Byline: HANNAH STRANGE LONDON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair outlined measures to crack down on extremists Friday, pledging "the rules of the game are changing." After the July 7 bombings and the failed attacks two...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 5, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Saudi Arabia: oil policy to remain same Although Saudi Arabia said the death of King Fahd would not fundamentally change its oil policy, experts say the policy was changing over the past few years. ...

Muslim youths face conflict of cultures.
August 5, 2005... Byline: KATHLEEN HWANG SEOUL, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The search for causes behind the July 7 bombings in London, and attempted bombings two weeks later, has sparked an examination of the Muslim community and its relationship with mainstream...

Toronto crash: Rare setback for Air France.
August 5, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT First the Air France crash in Toronto was the miracle of the week, the seemingly certain tragedy that was serendipitously avoided. Now, the stormy landing that broke Flight 358 into three pieces and set it ablaze...

'Terrorist provocation' fails, so far.
August 5, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A right-wing extremist who deserted the army with his gun killed four Israeli Arabs in an apparent attempt to provoke riots that would scuttle the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip...

Analysis: U.N. council expansion unlikely.
August 5, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The outlook for U.N. Security Council reform, to bring the council from the post World War II years and into the 21st Century, appears to look bleaker by the day, especially for a...

Immigration debate heats up in France.
August 5, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT France's long-simmering immigration debate has heated up in recent days into a partisan sparring match over the desirability and effectiveness of quotas. The argument not only pits the country's ruling...

Analysis: Iran examines EU nuclear offer.
August 6, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- With Iran threatening to resume its nuclear program, Britain, France and Germany on Friday offered Tehran a comprehensive package of incentives giving it access to nuclear power plus much...

Review of the Arab press.
August 8, 2005... Arab press editorial roundup for Aug. 8: The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi commented on last week's bloodless military coup in Mauritania that toppled the regime of Moawiya Wald Tayaa. It said the coup proved changing regimes did not...

Walker's World: Europe starts to grow.
August 8, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PERIGUEUX, France, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- After years in the doldrums of low growth and high unemployment, the two big economies of old Europe are suddenly starting to show distinct signs of recovery. France and...

Politics & Policies: Al-Qaida's weapons.
August 8, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Ayman al-Zawahiri, the No. 2 man in al-Qaida terror network, appeared on a videotape last week delivering a new warning of death and destruction to the West, unless coalition forces...

Mideast Watch: Saudi succession shadows.
August 8, 2005... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- After the death of the long-ailing King Fahd, the Saudi royal family acted quickly to confirm Crown Prince Abdullah as the new king, and the now King Abdullah immediately named his...

India refuses action on guilty minister.
August 8, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Indian government's refusal to take action against a minister and a lawmaker of the ruling Congress Party, for instigating the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that killed more than 3,000 people...

Analysis: Seoul faces daunting task.
August 8, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- South Korea on Monday vowed to make all-out diplomatic efforts during a three-week recess to bridge gaps over how to end the North Korea's nuclear weapons program. But many analysts were...

Outside View: More alarming than blasts.
August 8, 2005... Byline: BOUTHAINA SHAABAN DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Among the victims left behind by the criminal terror traveling from one country to another is a deep wedge between the cultures of the world. In the aftermath of the London...

Analysis: Kremlin's mixed learning curve.
August 8, 2005... Byline: PETER LAVELLE MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Rescued after being trapped on the ocean floor for 76 hours, Russia's red-and-white mini-submarine AS-28 avoided the same fate of the Kursk exactly five years ago. The Kremlin's request for...

Radical clerics may face treason charges.
August 8, 2005... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Radical clerics who support terrorism could be charged with treason, British police and prosecutors have proposed. The attorney general and director of public prosecutions are...

Germany: Speculation about grand coalition.
August 8, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Several top Social Democrat politicians have started to talk about a "grand coalition" with the rival Christian Democrats, but experts believe such a political symbiosis is...

Analysis: Netanyahu out for the moment.
August 8, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Less than 24 hours after he resigned as finance minister, Binyamin Netanyahu talked about his next goal: the premiership. "I hope to be prime minister soon," he said according...

UPI Energy Watch.
August 8, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Qatar eyes U.S. natural gas market Qatar plans to work with the United States to supply gas to markets on the U.S. East Coast, U.S. Ambassador Chase Untermeyer said Friday. Speaking before the Houston...

Analysis: Beijing's six-party talks fail.
August 8, 2005... BEIJING, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Diplomats were quick to put a positive spin on two weeks of six party talks that ended in failure Sunday without an agenda for a nuclear free Korean peninsula. A fortnight of negotiations hosted by China involving...

Outside View: Wasting America's morality.
August 8, 2005... Byline: ALON BEN-MEIR NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- America's ascent to superpowerdom is one of the most significant events in history since the rise of the Roman Empire. No nation or combination of nations has a greater capacity for good and...

Settles given deadlines to leave.
August 8, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Israeli army informed the Gaza Strip's settlers they must leave their homes and the Gaza Strip by midnight, Sunday, but some settlers are still hoping for a miracle that would...

Analysis: Guilty plea in U.N. scandal.
August 8, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The latest report on the Iraq Oil-for Food Program inquiry Monday set off a chain reaction of events resulting in a guilty plea by a former U.N. official. Benon Sevan, 67, a...

Review of the Arab press.
August 9, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Aug. 9: The Jordan Times said Tuesday the family of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein dismissed his entire defense team except for one Iraqi lawyer. The country's only...

London bombings predicted in French report.
August 9, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT An internal report by France's secret service agency warned Britain faced al-Qaida terrorist threats days before the London bombings, and estimated several hundred Pakistani extremists may be living in France. ...