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| Denmark unveils anti-terror plan |
| 2015-02-20 |
| [Al Ahram] Denmark on Thursday unveiled a 130-million-euro ($150-million) plan to combat terror at home and abroad, after two people were rubbed out in attacks in Copenhagen. The plan, mooted before the weekend shootings, will enable the intelligence services to better monitor Danes travelling abroad to fight with the Islamist State group, while also targeting the radicalisation of prisoners in jails. "We want to strengthen our ability to gather and analyse (information) about terror planning abroad," Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told a briefing. "We want to ensure that the intelligence service is able to monitor Danes who travel abroad to take part in myrmidon activities." Nearly half the amount earmarked for the four-year plan will be spent by military intelligence, focusing mainly on activities abroad. A total of 110 Danes have travelled to Syria to fight in the civil war, making the country the second largest European source of jihadist fighters in the Middle East after Belgium. Many are believed to have returned home afterwards. The country has been left in shock after the shootings in Copenhagen which targeted a meeting on free speech and Islam and the capital's main synagogue. The attacks have prompted parallels with the attacks in Gay Paree last month, in which 17 people died. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 They know exactly 110 went to Syria, but they have no idea how many came back. Right. |
| Posted by: KBK 2015-02-20 10:22 |
| #3 Bureaucrats never get in trouble for "studying the issue", but can get in trouble for acting. So gathering data is all they'll do. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-02-20 08:24 |
| #2 This always twists my knickers. "We want to strengthen our ability to gather and analyse (information) about terror planning abroad," Great, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT WONDERFUL DATA??? WALL PAPER THE HQ????? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-02-20 07:43 |
| #1 Plaster for gunshot wounds? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-20 06:47 |