It looks as if this war against terrorism thing has far reaching implications for more countries than just the U.S. The latest news out of France is that an upper-class mall in Paris was the target of an organization that calls itself the Revolutionary Afghan Front:

Detectives were alerted to the package by a note sent to Agence France-Presse, police spokeswoman Celine Diguignard said by telephone. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the explosives couldn’t be set off as they didn’t have detonators. Sarkozy, speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, told reporters he was “vigilant” and wouldn’t compromise with terrorists.

Responsibility was claimed by a previously unknown group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front which sent the note to AFP. The group is demanding the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan before the end of February, according to a copy of the note obtained by Bloomberg.

“Pass this message to your president and tell him to withdraw his troops from our country, otherwise we will take direct action in your capitalist department stores, and this time without warning you first,” the group said in the note.

Although this organization is calling for a withdrawal of troops, the news on CNN this afternoon is that as of April of this year, Sarkozy was actually planning on increasing French troop presence. We’ll see if that actually pans out.