Terror groups in `link up'

PARIS - The Basque separatist group ETA has forged ties with Algerian Muslim guerrillas blamed for a wave of bombings in France…

PARIS - The Basque separatist group ETA has forged ties with Algerian Muslim guerrillas blamed for a wave of bombings in France last year, a French terrorism expert said yesterday. Mr Roland Jacquard of the International Terrorism Observatory, told France Soir that the Islamic Armed Group had asked ETA for "training courses".

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