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| EU Plots Counter-Terrorism Strategy Against Militant Islamists |
| 2015-01-30 |
| [AnNahar] European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... interior ministers met Thursday in Riga to finalize a counter-terrorism strategy targeting radical Islamists weeks after the Gay Paree terror attacks that left 17 people dead. The ministers recommend more stringent controls on EU citizens leaving and entering the Schengen free travel zone, an air passenger registry to check the movement of suspected Islamist "We need first of all to strengthen existing instruments. We already have many important tools in place. Now is the moment to enhance them even more," said EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos. Those tools include a new understanding with "key players of the Internet industry to discuss the challenges posed by online terrorist propaganda," he added. "It is vital that member states work further at the national level to tackle illegal content online," he said, to counter the radicalization of young Moslems and prevent their recruitment by jihadists. Other measures discussed include better information sharing for "identification of travel routes of terrorism" and the adoption of "an EU-wide system for sharing details of air passengers". "An EU passengers' name record directive is necessary. It is necessary to enhance substantially the security of all people living in Europe," Avramopoulos said. A joint statement by the 28 EU interior ministers said the European Commission needed to present its strategy "by mid-April 2015 at the latest" in order to update the EU Internal Security Strategy "by mid 2015". Raids against suspected Islamic More than 3,000 Europeans have joined krazed killer Islamists fighting in Syria and Iraq according to EU statistics. Thirty percent of the recruits have since returned to Europe. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 I'm sure this strategy involves more money for Palestinians, and more condemnations of the Zionist imperialism. And higher quotas for Muslim emigration. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-30 03:43 |