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A commando-style terror plot that allegedly called for simultaneous attacks in multiple European cities has been disrupted, a senior U.S. intelligence official told Fox News late Tuesday, after the CIA launched a barrage of drone strikes in Pakistan to help thwart the plot.
The plot, which included simultaneous attacks on hotels in London, as well as cities in France and Germany, was in an "advanced but not imminent stage," Sky News reported. The plotters are purportedly of Pakistani or Algerian origin and have been trained in Pakistan's tribal areas.
While officials are still working to understand the plot, a leading concern is that the plotters were modeling their European assault on the 2008 attack in Mumbai, India, in which armed gunman killed more than 200 people in coordinated attacks at hotels and other easily accessed venues, current and former officials said.
Several U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal they haven't seen a terror threat as serious as the European plot for many years. "This isn't just your typical Washington talk about how the threats have evolved. People are very concerned about what they're seeing," the counterterrorism official said.
Intelligence leading to their arrest had resulted in heightened security at airports across Europe
FOXNews.com - 'Mumbai-Style' Terror Attack in Europe Foiled
Oh brother.