Southwestern France on "Scarlet Alert" Status

Following the harrowing attack on Jewish school children in Toulouse yesterday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy elevated the Midi-Pyrenees region's security level. The weapon used in the attack was the same one used in the murder of three French paratroopers in the same region earlier this month. Terrorism has long plagued the country, but this new spate of attacks seems to indicate a new threat.