PARIS, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced Tuesday that the French government is to reinforce surveillance in order to fight terrorism and will introduce an anti-terrorist bill within days.

    On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the WWII liberation of the city of Paris, Sarkozy announced that video surveillance isto be increased in public places, and a database of tapped telephone and computer communications will be set up.

    "We are maintaining our operational services on alert" with police, gendarmes and soldiers observing the "level red" anti-terrorist procedures that have been in place since the July 7bombing attacks in London, he told journalists.

    "On this subject, as with others, such as border control and handling immigration flows, cooperation with our European partnersis real. Because we are all exposed," he said.

    He also said that the Interior Ministry would take tough actionagainst any Islamic radical who would make "inciting comments."

    Other measures in the anti-terrorist law he proposes would require cooperation with other EU states, he added. Enditem