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Thu 05 May 2004Expert says no EU state is safeAll EU member states are at continued high risk of an al-Qaeda terrorist strike and none, including Ireland, should consider itself a safe haven immune from such attacks, the EU's new EU Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator has said.Speaking in Dublin yesterday, Mr Gijs De Vries said al-Qaeda would target whatever locations it saw fit. The size of nations or whether they had participated in the war in Iraq would not necessarily be a factor for al-Qaeda when choosing a target.