President Holland said France has been “informed directly and indirectly of threats concerning our installations overseas and even our nationals, threats coming from al-Qaida.” The French embassy in Yemen will close for several days. INTERPOL issued a global security alert noting prison escapes last month in nine countries, including Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan, alleging al Qaeda involvement in several of the jailbreaks. France and Belgium proposed the creation of a passenger name record system for tracking European citizens and preventing them from going to fight in Syria or other countries.
