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They are being... Related News France arrests two on suspicion of terror: minister 3:52am EDT Yemen al Qaeda warned tribe against helping government Wed, Nov 3 2010 Analysis: Parcel bomb plot shows Saudi al Qaeda challenge Mon, Nov 1 2010 WRAPUP 4-Governments tighten air security after Yemen plot Mon, Nov 1 2010 Dutch ban freight, post from Yemen after bomb alert Mon, Nov 1 2010 Analysis & Opinion On either side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border: Bajaur and Kunar Taliban talks: “an iffy, high-level treaty” Related Topics World » PARIS | Thu Nov 4, 2010 10:22am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - French police, on heightened alert for potential terrorist attacks, have arrested two people on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Thursday. "These are serious counts. They are being questioned at this moment," Hortefeux told France 2 television. "They were arrested for (suspicion of) links to a criminal enterprise with a view to preparing a terrorist act." He said 85 arrests of a similar kind had been made since the start of the year and that 27 of those were still behind bars. Asked if the two arrested were planning an attack in France, Hortefeux replied: "That's what we will find out or not from what they say in the custody hearing." Governments, airlines and aviation authorities around the world have been reviewing security since U.S.-bound parcel bombs sent by air from Yemen were intercepted in Dubai and Britain at the end of last week. "I can tell you for example that one of these packages was defused just 17 minutes before the planned explosion time," Hortefeux said. "Yemen is an extremely sensitive country, clearly. We know that in this part of the world there's a strong surge of al Qaeda, of Islamic militancy," he added, without saying which of the bombs he was referring to or giving other details. France is on high alert for several reasons. Seven people, including five French citizens, were kidnapped by the North African wing of al Qaeda in September and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said in a message aired on Al Jazeera TV on October 27 that the kidnappings in Niger had been prompted by France's unjust treatment of Muslims. Before the two new arrests announced by Hortefeux, French police arrested 12 people in early October in swoops he said at the time were directly linked to a campaign to counter an elevated terrorism threat in Europe. "There has undoubtedly been a build-up of information that has prompted us to be particularly vigilant," Hortefeux said. France had to be on the watch on several fronts including the risk posed by Basque separatist group ETA, and now a spate of parcel bomb incidents in Greece that police there consider unconnected to al Qaeda. "And there's the Islamic militant threat, which is strong and is real," he said. Hortefeux said France was now planning extra steps to "profile" airline passengers from certain countries. The Eiffel Tower and surrounding area was evacuated in late September and again shortly after that. Security officials said at the time France had received a tip-off of a planned suicide attack on the Paris metro. (Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Charles Dick) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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