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Al Qaeda threatened Sweden over Afghan troops
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's security service warned in December that Al Qaeda had threatened the country over its peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan but said on Wednesday the alert was over. The SAPO security service said the threat came after parliament backed plans to boost the country's contingent with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, a decision taken despite the killing of two Swedish peacekeepers there in November. "We saw comments from Al Qaeda that were directed against Sweden and we also received other information that constituted a heightened risk scenario," SAPO chief Klas Bergenstrand told Dagens Nyheter newspaper.Posted by: Fred 2006-01-19 |
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