Al Qaeda rot attacks Denmark

NY Times:

After three terrorism cases in less than two years, including a reported bombing plot broken up this month, intelligence officials say tiny Denmark is on the front line in the battle against Islamic terrorism in Europe.

“Even though we’ve prevented one terrorist attack, we know that there are still people in Denmark and abroad that have the capacity, the will and the ability to carry out terrorist attacks in Denmark,” Jakob Scharf, the head of Danish intelligence, said in an interview in his office here.

He was referring to predawn raids on Sept. 4 that resulted in the arrests of eight suspects, two of whom are still in custody on terrorism charges and are accused of planning a bombing attack.

American authorities helped Danish security officials locate the suspects through electronic intercepts from Pakistan, just as they did in arrests the same day in a bombing plot in southern Germany, intelligence officials in Washington said. They said one of the men in the Danish case received instruction within the past 12 months in explosives, surveillance and other techniques at a terrorist training camp in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.

With Europe again focused on the threat posed by terrorist plots, Denmark illustrates the powerful interplay between foreign agitation and domestic discontent. The country became a target of foreign Islamist terrorist groups two years ago after a conservative newspaper here published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, drawing worldwide attention. At home, the children of Muslim immigrants complain of job discrimination and integration problems, feeding the disenchantment of the small but growing Muslim population.

“In the schools, Danish teachers are always talking about democracy and human rights, but now they see what Denmark is doing in Afghanistan and what they did here with the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad,” said Imran Shah, 31, who leads a youth group at a local mosque. “They ask themselves, is this a democracy or are they talking about double standards?”

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What a clueless question. It appears the person asking it has not absorbed any of the first principles of human rights such as the ability to make fun of Mohammad which is a right everyone has. What Denmark is doing in Afghanistan is helping Muslims but this idiot acts as if they are making war against Islam. How does these people become so ignorant?

Denmark is a good ally in this war and deserves our support. I am glad we were able to help them uncover the plot hatched in Pakistan. I think it is a good bet that if Democrats were in charge the chance tat the plot was uncovered is remote because of their terrorist rights agenda.

There is much more in the story. One of the plotters had a direct connection to al Qaeda.