TEN HELD IN EUROPEAN TERROR PROBE

CNN/AP:

Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said.

One suspect was detained in Germany, another in the Netherlands, with the rest detained in France, said a senior French police official who was only authorized to discuss the arrests on condition of anonymity.

The suspects' nationalities were not given but officials said they were Turkic-speaking.

French police suspect they collected funds for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a militant group said by the United States to have close ties to al-Qaida.

The senior official described the arrests as "preventative" because the funds thought to have been collected were not known to have been used to carry out terror attacks.

The French arrests were made in Mulhouse, near the border with Germany, and in the Rhone region in the south. France's anti-terror agency, known by the initials DST, conducted the French operation.

Suspects' homes were being searched.

The official said at least eight people were arrested in France and that other arrests were possible.

I THINK THEY'D LOVE TO STAGE A BIG ATTACK TO HELP OBAMA, (BY SHOWING THAT "BUSH/GOP DID NOT MAKE ANYONE SAFER").