Sweden, Norway nab Islamic terror suspects

Reuters/NY Times:

Swedish and Norwegian security services detained six people on Thursday on suspicion of offences related to terrorism.

Security services in the neighboring countries gave few details on the cases, but Swedish news agency TT said the raids were coordinated.

"Three people have been taken into custody," said Maria Martinsson, spokeswoman for the Swedish Security Service.

"They are suspected of preparing terrorist activity and of financing terrorism."

Norway's state security police said in a statement it had also detained three people on suspicion of funding terrorist activities abroad.

The raids took place around the Swedish capital Stockholm and also close to Oslo, Norway's capital.

Norway's intelligence agency said earlier this month that the threat of terror attacks by Islamic radicals was rising in part because of the country's military presence in Afghanistan.

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I guess Osama can't brag anymore about not attacking Sweden. More an more of his plans and that of the jihadis are now being preempted for two reasons. Increased security and intelligence compounded by the degrading of al Qaeda's capabilities resulting from taking out several of its operational leaders. Zawahiri can brag about finding people to step up to the job, but they do not have the experience and the intelligence to take over immediately. If these people were not related to al Qaeda, it probably means they had even less training and skills. It would be a sign of the degradation of the overall jihadi effort.

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