Terrorism threat in Europe

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11460335
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11467150

Security sources warned last week of potential plots on the scale of the Mumbai attacks in 2008.

US authorities have cited France, Germany and the UK as possible targets.

The US state department said on Sunday that a "variety of means and weapons" might be used against official and private interests.

The British Foreign Office said that there was a "high threat" of attack in France and Germany and the government said the threat level in the UK remained at severe.

French officials said there was no reason to raise the current red alert status to scarlet.
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In recent weeks, the Eiffel Tower in Paris has twice been evacuated because of bomb threats.

Police say a man has been arrested south-west of the city on suspicion of issuing bomb threats.

Tourists continued to queue at the base of the Eiffel Tower on Monday and a small number of soldiers patrolled the area as usual.

In Italy, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the threat level remained high and security forces were watching the situation closely.

This is not it all, several countries have increased their alert level for terrorism before any of .

Well good thing I don't live in Berlin, London and Paris. 9/11 coming soon to theaters in Europe.

I'm suprised they didn't turn towards my country yet. Probably not enough people or something.
Most likely target, from my point of view, would be France. With their burqa ban and stuff.

As always I'm wondering what and how they'll assult, but that's just the diseaster tourist inside of me.

Don't underestimate Europol, they have things pretty good under control, but there can always be one random retard that slips through the net...

You can't stop them in a free democratic society as Europe is... The only thing you can do is live your free life normally and don't worry about those individual retards.

Terrorism is a product of all era's, not specifically only our own time...

i heard about this briefly on the morning news today. i find it odd how word was given by the US saying to travelers going to europe "we're not saying to not go to europe."

statistically the average joe schmoe has little chance of dying in a terrorist attack. (i base this off of numbers pulled outta my ass and/or common reasoning.)

It's also funny that this politician in Netherlands is facing jail for saying that Islam promotes violence. That's the truth, Koran basically says "Kill everyone who doesn't believe this book".

It's also funny that this politician in Netherlands is facing jail for saying that Islam promotes violence. That's the truth, Koran basically says "Kill everyone who doesn't believe this book".

That's a pretty biased opinion fyi.

It's also funny that this politician in Netherlands is facing jail for saying that Islam promotes violence. That's the truth, Koran basically says "Kill everyone who doesn't believe this book".

That's funny because it also echoes the Bible.

It's also funny that this politician in Netherlands is facing jail for saying that Islam promotes violence. That's the truth, Koran basically says "Kill everyone who doesn't believe this book".

God, you're even more narrowminded than SOMEONE I KNOW WHO JUST GOT RELEASED FROM HIS TEMPORARY BAN.

Read the goddamm thing first if you want to make an opinion about it.

Islam doesn't promote violence and crimes like this. It's interpretation. It's always interpretation. There's a bit of a vague point in their religion where it says "you will go to (their) heaven if you die for a cause." A cause is usually an interpretation.

Before we all get the facts wrong, the Dutch ultra right wing politician Geert Wilders is prosecuted because of the following statements by him:

 Statements by Geert Wilders

- "The tsunami of a for us unknown culture, that becomes more dominant every day. That will have to be stopped."

- "The Koran promotes hate and murder, that's why it doesn't fit in our society. If Muslims want to participate in our society, they have to reject the Koran. I can see that this asks a lot from them, but we have to stop making concessions."

- "Is there a connection between Islam and Criminality? Absolutely, the numbers show it. One of every five Moroccan young adults is registered as suspect in the police records. Their behavior is connected to their religion and culture. You can't see those two separately. The pope was right with his comment: Islam is a violent religion."

- "It are facts. Islam is a violent religion. If Mohammed lived here today, this Parliament would immediately agree to tar him and deport him out of this country."

- "The Koran is the Mein Kampf of a religion that seeks to eliminate others, these others - non Muslims - called infidel dogs, inferior beings. Read the Koran, that Mein Kampf, again. No matter what version, you shall see that all evil that the sons of Allah spread to us and themselves, can be traced back from that book."

- "The core of the problem is the fascistic Islam, the sick ideology from Allah and Mohammed, as written in the Islamic Mein Kampf: The Koran."

- "Everyone shall fit themselves to our dominant culture. Those who don't, won't be here in twenty years. They will be deported out of The Netherlands."

- "These Moroccan boys are really violent. They beat up people because of their sexual orientation. I have never used violence myself."

- "I have good intentions. We're allowing something to happen, what will change our society as a whole. I know myself that in a few decades there won't be an Islamic majority. But it is growing. With aggressive elements, imperialism. Walk trough the streets and see where it leads to. You feel you don't live in your own country anymore. There is an ongoing battle and we have to defend ourselves. There will be more Mosques then Churches in the near future!"

Now the problem with Wilders is that he can make it sound like that all the problems in a country (The Netherlands in this case) are caused by the Islam, ignoring that there are -way- more other important problems in a country that need more attention (poverty / government finances / etc). What he does is make and elephant out of a mosquito (that's a dutch expression, but I think you people know what it means).

And by blowing the problem out of proportions, Wilders insults and degrades a large portion (10% of the population of The Netherlands which are Muslim, but haven't done anything wrong. The result is that these innocent people who haven't done anything wrong will be treated as second grade citizens, creating a new "Untermensch", the same way Hitler did with Jews when he tried to take power in Germany in the 1930's. Blaming them for everything that was wrong in society, and deporting them out of that same society.

Wilders is just the biggest attention wh0re in politics in Western Europe today, all he lives for is getting more power, no matter what, even if it means insulting, trolling and spitting on large innocent groups in society who in majority haven't done anything wrong... He's just a sad person, deceiving people who vote for him, with the false promise that he alone, can and will save The Netherlands from an imaginary evil enemy.

Today was the first day of the Wilders trial, and it will continue tomorrow... Geert Wilders claims he has the right to publicly state these opinions, because of the right of freedom of expression, even if he insults others with it... He demands a -complete- fundamental freedom of expression, so everyone can say -anything- about others in public, without any consequences.

I would say that a complete fundamental freedom of expression is not the right way to go in a democratic peaceful country like The Netherlands always was...

Edit:
The funniest part is that The Netherlands is one of the countries with the fewest crime in the world, we even have so low crime rates that we sell some of our jails for Belgium criminals to be put in, because we have too few criminals here to put them all in jail... :+)

Now that I think about it, isn't Rayquaza2233 Muslim?

It's also funny that this politician in Netherlands is facing jail for saying that Islam promotes violence. That's the truth, Koran basically says "Kill everyone who doesn't believe this book".

Crusades.

Now that I think about it, isn't Rayquaza2233 Muslim?

Yes he is.
i remember him mentioning this during the mafia game he ran which was pretty troll-tastic.

@Devil : It continues to surprise me everyday that he hasn't been shot by islamatic people yet, what the hell are they waiting for?

@Devil : It continues to surprise me everyday that he hasn't been shot by islamatic people yet, what the hell are they waiting for?

The Netherlands is such a carefree country, most people don't even bother going there, it's just too much of a hassle, why bother about a moron such a Wilders? In 20 years, hardly anyone will remember him. Attention wh0res like him are just passing by in time like the seasons in a year...

I was afraid to take the MRT for a few weeks after a report that states that a map of Singapores MRT was found in a JI home which had Orchard circled.

Anyway, @satelite say whatever you want, here in asia, religions live in peace, except for maybe indonesia but yeah, i have alot of christian/hindu/buddhist etc friends even after threats of extremism.

I agree that it is all the way you look at stuff, muslim society has existed for centuries not having caused a problem. Almost all of the
violence that has supposedly came from the Qur’an, in reality is lead by idiots promoting a very very very extreme version of the book.

I for one have no problem with muslim people, a few of them have been very close friends in my life.

Just like everything in life, alot of people have the wrong idea about the muslim faith/Qur’an.