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LONDON — Europe is on high alert over concerns that terrorists based in Pakistan have been planning Mumbai-style attacks in London and other cities, Sky News reported Tuesday.
A Western counterterrorism official said some missile strikes in a surge of attacks by unmanned U.S. drones in Pakistan were aimed at disrupting the plots .
Intelligence agencies have intercepted information suggesting that a group thought to be linked to al-Qaida has been planning attacks in Britain, France and Germany, sources told Sky News.
Four U.S. security officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, told Reuters that initial intelligence reports about the threat first surfaced roughly two weeks ago, around the time of the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
The alleged plot was thought to be in the "advanced but not imminent stage," Sky News said.
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