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| Danish Police Arrest 9 Terror Suspects |
| 2006-09-05 |
| Police in Denmark on Tuesday arrested nine people suspected of plotting a terror attack with materials they acquired to build explosives, intelligence officials said. Justice Minister Lene Espersen called the case "very serious," and said the group had been under surveillance for some time. "It is among the worst that has happened in Denmark," she told the TV2 channel, without providing any details. Lars Findsen, head of the Danish Security Intelligence Service, said the suspects had acquired materials to build explosives "in connection with the preparation of a terror act," without elaborating. He did not reveal the planned target of the attack and said it was hard to evaluate how far the plot had come along. "With the general terror situation, the Danish Security Intelligence Service didn't want to run any unnecessary risk," Findsen said. He said the suspects _ one ethnic Dane and eight people with immigrant backgrounds, all between the ages of 18 and 33 _ would face a custody hearing later Tuesday in Odense, 100 miles west of Copenhagen. Espersen said all nine were Danish citizens. The suspects were arrested early Tuesday in Vollsmose, a mostly immigrant suburb west of Odense, Denmark's third-largest city. The sweep came nearly two weeks after four young Muslims were charged in Copenhagen in connection with a Bosnian terror probe. Investigators said the network planned to blow up a target in a European country to force the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. The four men, who have not been identified, were charged with helping to provide weapons and explosives to two men arrested in Bosnia. The four have denied any wrongdoing. Police did not say if the new arrests were related to that case. Findsen said, however, the arrests were not related to a terror investigation in Germany in which four Lebanese suspects are being held in connection with a failed train bombing attempt. German media claimed one of the suspects, Youssef Mohamad el Hajdib, who was arrested Aug. 19 in the northern German city of Kiel, was heading to Denmark. German and Danish media reported German police found a telephone number in his pockets for Abu Bashar, an imam living in Odense. Abu Bashar has denied knowing el Hajdib but told newspaper Fyens Stifitstidende that it was a matter of time before terrorists would strike Denmark. "I fear a terror attack in Denmark because there are Danish troops in Iraq," he was quoted as saying. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 mam Bashar's ingratitude should be rewarded with a one-way plane ticket to Iraq Only if he's dumped out from 35,000 feet over Ramadi - without a parachute, and with his turban glued to his scalp. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-09-05 16:49 |
| #4 More good news. Thank you Denmark. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-05 15:45 |
| #3 "I fear a terror attack in Denmark because there are Danish troops in Iraq," he was quoted as saying. The usual veiled threat by Islamic clergy. These thankless ingrates cannot bring themselve to understand that Saddam is no longer slaughtering hundreds of their fellow Arabs every stinking day. Nor that our current efforts focus on eliminating terrorist elements that continue to slaughter dozens of innocent Iraqi citizens on a near-daily basis. Noooooooooooo. It's all about being the "crusading" Westerners "occupying" their precious sh!thole of a charnel house. Imam Bashar's ingratitude should be rewarded with a one-way plane ticket to Iraq so he can once again enjoy all the benefits of living in a muslim majority nation. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-05 13:51 |
| #2 He said the suspects _ one ethnic Dane and eight people with immigrant backgrounds, all between the ages of 18 and 33 _ would face a custody hearing later Tuesday in Odense, 100 miles west of Copenhagen. Espersen said all nine were Danish citizens. Britannica definition of ethnic group: Social group or category of the population that, in a larger society, is set apart and bound together by common ties of language, nationality, or culture. 9 Danish citizens= 1 ethnic Dane and 8 mongrels? |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-09-05 12:23 |
| #1 "The four have denied any wrongdoing . . . " Of course. "German police found a telephone number in his pockets for Abu Bashar, an imam living in Odense . . ." The guy's contact in Denmark. Probably already had safe houses lined up, etc. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2006-09-05 11:11 |