“In recent years, Denmark and the rest of the Western World have experienced an increasing threat of terrorism. PET’s Centre for Terror Analysis (CTA) assesses that Denmark continues to face a serious threat of terrorism from networks, groups and individuals who adhere to a militant Islamist ideology.”
Μετάφραση: Στις ημέρες μας, η Δανία και ο υπόλοιπος δυτικός κόσμος βιώνει μία αυξανόμενη απειλή τρομοκρατίας. Το τμήμα Ανάλυσης Τρομοκρατίας της υπηρεσίας μας (Danish Security and Intelligence Service ->Centre for Terror Analysis) εκτιμά ότι η Δανία συνεχίζει να βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπη σοβαρών απειλών από ομάδες, δίκτυα ή μεμονωμένα άτομα, τα οποία ανήκουν στο χώρο της επιθετικής ισλαμικής ιδεολογίας
In recent years, Denmark and the rest of the Western World have experienced an increasing threat of terrorism.
PET’s Centre for Terror Analysis (CTA) assesses that Denmark continues to face a serious threat of terrorism from networks, groups and individuals who adhere to a militant Islamist ideology.
In particular, the reprinting of the cartoons of the Prophet in February 2008 has meant that Denmark and Danish interests are considered a high-priority terror target among militant Islamists.
A tendency has been observed where the focus on Denmark has typically intensified whenever comparable cases have appeared in Denmark and abroad that have been perceived as a provocation against Islam.
Declarations from al-Qaida and related groups underline the continued strategic focus on Denmark of militant Islamist terrorist groups. CTA assesses that the capacity and will to carry out a terrorist attack using relatively simple means is present in Denmark. This is emphasised, for instance, by the terrorist case from Glasvej in Copenhagen, where two people in October 2008 received lengthy prison sentences, and also by the terrorist cases from Vollsmose and Glostrup, where a number of individuals in 2007 received lengthy prison sentences for attempting to commit acts of terrorism.
There are also renewed indications that terrorist groups abroad are seeking to send terrorists to Denmark in order to commit terrorist attacks. A number of people residing in Denmark have also travelled to conflict zones, primarily in Somalia and Pakistan, in order to receive militant training or participate in hostilities against, among other things, the international military presence and local authorities. It is possible that some of these individuals will return to Denmark and use their skills to continue carrying out terrorismrelated activities.
There is a specific terrorist threat to persons and locations with connection to the cartoons depicting the Prophet. Since 2007, militant Islamists in Denmark and abroad have on several occasions planned, and in certain instances, attempted to carry out attacks against the Danish cartoonist Kurt Vestergaard or the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that printed the cartoons. In September 2010, a person at the Hotel Jørgensen in Copenhagen inadvertently detonated a bomb that was most likely intended for Jyllands-Posten. In January 2010, a person attempted to carry out an attack on Kurt Vestergaard at his home, and the person accused of this terrorist act was sentenced to nine years in prison in February 2011 (the case has since been appealed to the High Court). In autumn 2009, two persons were arrested in Chicago for planning a terrorist attack on Jyllands-Posten in Denmark. During the investigation, information has emerged of links between one of those arrested and established militant Islamist terrorist groups. One of the arrested persons has, among other things, confessed to planning terrorist attacks in Denmark.
Furthermore, in July 2010, in the first edition of the online English language magazine, Inspire, which is published by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, focus was placed on persons related to the cartoons of the Prophet. In PET’s view, Inspire is yet another example of how al-Qaida has become increasingly professional in its propaganda and employs new methods to communicate its messages, which to a greater extent than before are targeted at recipients in Western countries. It is the assessment of PET that through the magazine Inspire, as well as in the network’s other propaganda, al-Qaida seeks to maintain and perhaps strengthen militant extremists’ negative focus on Denmark and Danish interests.
CTA assesses that militant Islamists in Denmark and abroad also in the long term will regard persons and places with connection to the cartoons of the Prophet as legitimate and attractive targets for attack.
Terrorist attacks can take place without the availability of prior intelligence-based indications, i.e. without warning. The terrorist attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005 are clear examples of such attacks.
28/05/2015
http://dia-kosmos.blogspot.gr/
The threat against Denmark
In recent years, Denmark and the rest of the Western World have experienced an increasing threat of terrorism.
PET’s Centre for Terror Analysis (CTA) assesses that Denmark continues to face a serious threat of terrorism from networks, groups and individuals who adhere to a militant Islamist ideology.
In particular, the reprinting of the cartoons of the Prophet in February 2008 has meant that Denmark and Danish interests are considered a high-priority terror target among militant Islamists.
A tendency has been observed where the focus on Denmark has typically intensified whenever comparable cases have appeared in Denmark and abroad that have been perceived as a provocation against Islam.
Declarations from al-Qaida and related groups underline the continued strategic focus on Denmark of militant Islamist terrorist groups. CTA assesses that the capacity and will to carry out a terrorist attack using relatively simple means is present in Denmark. This is emphasised, for instance, by the terrorist case from Glasvej in Copenhagen, where two people in October 2008 received lengthy prison sentences, and also by the terrorist cases from Vollsmose and Glostrup, where a number of individuals in 2007 received lengthy prison sentences for attempting to commit acts of terrorism.
There are also renewed indications that terrorist groups abroad are seeking to send terrorists to Denmark in order to commit terrorist attacks. A number of people residing in Denmark have also travelled to conflict zones, primarily in Somalia and Pakistan, in order to receive militant training or participate in hostilities against, among other things, the international military presence and local authorities. It is possible that some of these individuals will return to Denmark and use their skills to continue carrying out terrorismrelated activities.
There is a specific terrorist threat to persons and locations with connection to the cartoons depicting the Prophet. Since 2007, militant Islamists in Denmark and abroad have on several occasions planned, and in certain instances, attempted to carry out attacks against the Danish cartoonist Kurt Vestergaard or the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that printed the cartoons. In September 2010, a person at the Hotel Jørgensen in Copenhagen inadvertently detonated a bomb that was most likely intended for Jyllands-Posten. In January 2010, a person attempted to carry out an attack on Kurt Vestergaard at his home, and the person accused of this terrorist act was sentenced to nine years in prison in February 2011 (the case has since been appealed to the High Court). In autumn 2009, two persons were arrested in Chicago for planning a terrorist attack on Jyllands-Posten in Denmark. During the investigation, information has emerged of links between one of those arrested and established militant Islamist terrorist groups. One of the arrested persons has, among other things, confessed to planning terrorist attacks in Denmark.
Furthermore, in July 2010, in the first edition of the online English language magazine, Inspire, which is published by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, focus was placed on persons related to the cartoons of the Prophet. In PET’s view, Inspire is yet another example of how al-Qaida has become increasingly professional in its propaganda and employs new methods to communicate its messages, which to a greater extent than before are targeted at recipients in Western countries. It is the assessment of PET that through the magazine Inspire, as well as in the network’s other propaganda, al-Qaida seeks to maintain and perhaps strengthen militant extremists’ negative focus on Denmark and Danish interests.
CTA assesses that militant Islamists in Denmark and abroad also in the long term will regard persons and places with connection to the cartoons of the Prophet as legitimate and attractive targets for attack.
Terrorist attacks can take place without the availability of prior intelligence-based indications, i.e. without warning. The terrorist attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005 are clear examples of such attacks.
28/05/2015
http://dia-kosmos.blogspot.gr/