Free Republic

AS Abu Musab al-Zarqawi continues to wreak havoc in Iraq with his international band of jihadists, European governments are increasingly worried about his ability to inspire and organise terrorist attacks in western Europe. Counter-terrorism experts meeting in Israel this week say the war in Iraq has given new impetus to Zarqawi's growing al-Qa'ida network in Europe. The EU's counter-terrorism co-ordinator, Gijs de Vries, said: "The trend is clear. As was already apparent in the Madrid attack and the killing of the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, Europe has become both a target and a source of terrorism perpetrated in the...