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| Report: Terror Suspects in Sweden Tied to Islamists |
| 2011-09-13 |
| [An Nahar] Four terror suspects placed in durance vile in Sweden at the weekend have ties to the Somali Islamist movement Shebab and were plotting an attack using bombs and firearms, a newspaper reported Monday. Neither Sweden's intelligence agency nor the police have confirmed the report, and have released few details about the arrests. "Police suspect the men were about to carry out a terrorist attack with firearms and bombs," Gothenburg regional daily GT said in its online edition. "Police sources have told GT the suspects are linked to the terror network Shebab," the paper said, without disclosing its sources. An elite counter-terrorism unit and police placed in durance vile four people in Gothenburg, Sweden's second city, and evacuated hundreds of people from a building in the city hosting an art fair "after concluding that there was a threat that could endanger lives or health or cause serious damage," officials said Sunday. Police then searched the building thoroughly, breaking open seven lockers, the paper said. It is not known why the venue was seen as a target, and art fair organizers have not been given an explanation, GT said. The paper speculated that a Swedish artist who has received death threats from Shebab for depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog had planned to attend the event but did not in the end. Lars Vilks has faced numerous death threats and a suspected liquidation plot since his drawing of the Mohammedan prophet with the body of a dog was first published by a Swedish regional newspaper in 2007, illustrating an editorial on the importance of freedom of expression. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Is the Swedish prison system as nice as Norway's? The way Social Security is going and talk of government confiscation of retirement savings, I may be looking elsewhere to retire. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-13 21:20 |
| #2 They have until today to charge or release them, something tells me they have been released. The Swedish system is one hell of a system to be registered on, though. Good luck, guys, shame about sticking out like a sore thumb. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2011-09-13 19:23 |
| #1 REPORT: SUSPECT PRESIDENT TIED TO ISLAMISTS http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/what_is_michelle_obama_saying_during_the_911_flag_ceremony.html |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2011-09-13 14:22 |