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| Minister knew of newspaper massacre plot |
| 2010-12-31 |
| DANISH Justice Minister Lars Barfoed has revealed he was informed weeks ago of a plot to massacre staff at a Danish newspaper. "I don't recall the date, but I have been informed for several weeks that the case was under way. I have been continuously updated about this, among other things because of the serious nature" of the case, Mr Barfoed told the Politiken newspaper's online edition. Five men were arrested on Wednesday in Denmark and Sweden for hatching what Danish officials said was a plan to kill as many people as possible in an assault on the Copenhagen offices of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. The paper published in September 2005 a dozen cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that later triggered violent and sometimes deadly protests around the world. Jyllands-Posten's Copenhagen office building also houses the offices of Politiken, which is Denmark's other leading broadsheet. "It is with disgust that I heard about the bestial terror plot against those of you who work in the building, but which also in reality was a plot against Danish citizens and society," Mr Barfoed told Politiken. "At the same time it is very satisfying as justice minister to see that we have a very hard-working and competent intelligence service, which together with others is capable of conducting surveillance, investigating and stopping this kind of operation." Danish intelligence agency PET worked closely with its Swedish counterpart Saepo on the case, since four of the five suspects were based in Sweden. The men, four of whom have been remanded in custody, had been kept under surveillance for months, the agencies have said, stressing the arrests foiled an imminent attack. Mr Barfoed said on Wednesday the arrests prevented the most serious attack to ever occur in Denmark. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Moose, given the minister's comment ...disgust that I heard about the bestial terror plot... creativity flowers bloom. Do they have camels in Denmark? How about goats? |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2010-12-31 09:53 |
| #1 In many such cases I think the best approach would be a counterterrorism unit given some liberties to discreetly neutralize such threats. That is, once a group like that has been identified, with strict controls to verify that they are for real, then authorize a covert assassination unit to off them in nasty, even humiliating, "accidents". Things like slip-and-fall while wearing women's undergarments, heels and makeup. Choking on a pork sandwich. etc. Be creative. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-31 07:35 |