Poland is one of the US’s more visible supporters in the War Against Radical Islam, so this story should come as no surprise. The Islamists are planning mass murder to intimidate our allies: French Citizen Held in Poland Terror Probe. (Hat tip: MakeMyDay.)

WARSAW, Poland - A French citizen has been arrested in western Poland and was being investigated as a terror suspect after he was caught taking pictures of a natural gas distribution plant, officials said Thursday.

The man, identified as Michael N., 23, is being investigated by prosecutors in the western city of Poznan on charges of planning an attack that could threaten the lives of many people, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison, said spokeswoman Urszula Kula.

He was arrested Friday after being spotted by railway workers hiding in the grass taking pictures of Poland’s largest natural gas distribution plant in Swarzedz, in western Poland, Kula said.

“Other evidence gathered in the investigation so far justified the charges and the arrest,” said Dariusz Bogaczyk, spokesman for the Poznan branch of Poland’s internal intelligence agency.

UPDATE at 8/19/04 8:42:04 pm:

Expatica has a crucial detail that the Associated Press thinks needs to be hidden from you:

The suspect is of Algerian origin, according to Poland’s Fakt newspaper.

(Hat tip: SoCalJustice.)