The world is on Al-Qaeda alert - and Israel has been the most recent to be targeted.

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In a related item, "This will be a quick and immediate procedure to prevent the terrorism war from arriving in other European capitals," the British diplomat said. In addition to Great Britain, other countries that have agreed to this step are the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasah reports that European countries plan to expel thousands of Moslem "refugees" beginning in February 2004. The paper quotes a British diplomat to the effect that rising terrorism has led the EU to decide to formulate a joint counter-terrorism plan - including the expulsion of Middle Eastern, Asian and African Moslems. Preparations for the deportations have already begun. In addition to Great Britain, other countries that have agreed to this step are France, Spain and Italy - despite their objections to similar plans for many years. Some of the candidates for deportation are wanted by their native governments. "Their fate is up to their own governments," the diplomat was quoted as saying. "Throughout the years in which they lived amongst us, they showed ungratefulness for the protection we provided them."

Some 28 million Moslems currently live in the European Union, of whom 25% are citizens and another 40% are illegal aliens.