PARIS (VOA-islam.com): Five people were arrested back in around Paris, France, they were accused of being Islamic militants who have been trained in areas near Afghanistan Pakistan.

Some areas in western Pakistan along the border has long been used as a base by Islamic militant groups International.

Some of them were arrested on the outskirts of Roissy, where France's largest airport is located, according to security sources.

Police and intelligence have been interrogating suspects at this time.

Some of the arrested accused associated with a death threat that was made several weeks ago against the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Theorem Boubakeur, according to French radio RTL.

Moon yesterday, Al Qoidah leader Osama bin Laden has warned France that bans the use of veils in public places and French involvement in the war in Afghanistan will be rewarded Al Qoidah by attacking the French citizens.

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux later said that the country now faces a real terror threat and he urged "total alertness," that's why the French are keen to do the arrests of Muslims who they suspect.
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