France On Red Alert

Reminder: There is a 1,400 year old war going on. It is all around us. The enemy wants to kill us. Since the bombing in Algeria earlier this week, French security is freaking out over the implications that the explosion in their former colony - and source of many new immigrants - will have. They are not optimistic. Interior Minister Francois Baroin, who replaced Mr Sarkozy at the end of March, said France was under a "real, varied and complex threat" from terrorism. "What happened in London, Madrid and even New York could have happened here," Mr Baroin said. Francois Bayrou spoke about terrorism on a visit to Marseille. He added that since last week security measures for the election had been stepped up. France is on the red alert level - the third highest out of four, the highest being scarlet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6551955.stm target="_blank"'>FULL STORY at BBC...