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Europe

EU authorities warn of risk of terrorist attacks during the holidays

2023-12-06

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson warned of the risk of terrorist attacks in European countries during the New Year holidays amid the conflict in the Middle East, the Associated Press reported on December 5.

And not just from the Moslem colonists — Antifa and Communist “activists” have been getting in on the action, too, claiming that Israel is an evil capitalist colonist society.

“With the war between Israel and Hamas and the polarization it has caused in our society, as well as the upcoming holiday season, there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union,” Johansson warned.

In addition, she added, the European Commission will allocate an additional 30 million euros to strengthen security in vulnerable areas of EU member states.

As Regnum reported, Hungarian historian László Bernát Veszprémi previously warned that a large-scale “bloody” civil war threatens Europe due to the public reaction in European countries to the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The expert added that in the future, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim actions of an ultra-right nature are likely to intensify in European countries. Terrorist attacks that may be carried out by right-wing radicals will push Islamists to retaliate, and such confrontation will lead to civil war.

RUSSIA'S POSITION
As reported by IA Regnum, the Russian President has previously repeatedly stated that Moscow has never refused negotiations with Kiev. The Ukrainian authorities prohibited these negotiations for themselves, Putin noted, recalling that in the spring of 2022, representatives of Kyiv initialed a peace agreement, but after the withdrawal of units of the Russian Armed Forces from Kyiv, they refused to implement it. In addition, according to the Russian leader, the key to solving the problem of Ukraine is on the side of the West.

The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry have repeatedly noted that Russia is ready for peace negotiations with Ukraine, provided that Kiev fulfills the requirements set before the start of a special military operation, and provided that new territorial realities are recognized - the return of four regions to Russia in 2022.

POSITION WEST
According to Western leaders, peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia should not be held to the detriment of Kyiv. Thus, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on March 20 that Washington would oppose any peace plan if it did not provide for Russia’s retreat from new regions.

The Kremlin then said that the US leadership was “maniacally determined” to prevent the Ukrainians from even thinking about the hypothetical possibility of entering a peaceful settlement path.

However, later in November 2023, observers of the German newspaper Bild reported in their material that the US and German authorities want to force the leaders of the Kiev regime to peace negotiations with Moscow and therefore send Ukraine such shipments of weapons that are enough to hold the front line, but not for an offensive.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the BBC adds:

A similar warning came from German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser who told reporters the EU had to keep a close eye on threats and propaganda, as there was a high "risk of further emotionalisation and radicalisation of violent Islamist perpetrators".

Many European countries have seen a surge in hate crimes since Hamas gunmen attacked Israeli communities.

EU ministers were meeting after a deadly attack close to the Eiffel Tower on Saturday in which a 23-year-old German tourist called Collin B was stabbed to death, and his girlfriend and a British tourist were wounded. The young German couple had visited Disneyland Paris, the Louvre and taken selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower before the attack.

Police said the 26-year-old French suspect, identified as Armand R,

...that’d be Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab...

who comes from a non-religious Iranian family had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The man, who was arrested at the scene, had previously been imprisoned for planning a terror plot in the La Défense business district outside Paris. In 2020, he was interviewed by French police for having communicated with Abdoullakh Anzorov, who murdered teacher Samuel Paty. Anti-terror prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said that Armand R's mother had raised concerns about his behaviour although there was no evidence at the time to take further measures against him.

Germany has also been on high alert for possible attack.

Last week two boys were detained in different parts of the country on suspicion of planning a militant Islamist attack on a Christmas market in the city of Leverkusen.

And a 20-year-old Iraqi who arrived in Germany last year is in custody on suspicion of planning a knife attack on a Christmas market in Hannover.

The head of German domestic intelligence in the eastern state of Thuringia, Stephan Kramer, has warned of the "considerable potential for danger" posed by Hamas-sympathisers, not just to Christmas markets but to major sporting events such as the Paris Olympics and the Euro 2024 football championships next year.

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#1 "Hi, I'm a dead terrorist."

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-06 11:00

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