1.   But police say there are also increasing numbers of Algerian radicals entering the country to join the loosely organized ranks of Islamic extremists financing their activities through crime.

2.   But sources said all three have strong links to an underground of Algerian radicals residing in Montreal and involved in criminal enterprises.

3.   French authorities investigating a wave of terrorist bombings jailed four suspected Islamic extremists Friday in a widening probe of Algerian radicals.

4.   Underscoring the terrorist threat from Algerian radicals, police on Friday broke open a clandestine ring funneling fake IDs to Muslim militants around Europe.

5.   Elsewhere, the arrest of an Algerian Islamic radical in France was providing vital data on al-Qaeda, French magistrates told AFP.

6.   Police have not charged any suspects but reportedly believe the bombings and attempted bombings are the work of Algerian Islamic radicals.

7.   President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday ordered a border clampdown, saying Algerian Islamic radicals were the likeliest perpetrators of the bombings.