Al Qaeda planning attacks on Denmark
Rustam(Denmark), June 14: Al Qaeda is planning to carry out attacks on
Danish soil, the head of the Scandinavian country`s pet intelligence service warned in a newspaper interview. "We see now.....al Qaeda behind a targeted training and planning of terror attacks on Danish soil," PET chief Jakob Scharf said in an interview with free daily Nyhedsavisen. "Al Qaeda has had, and still has, a strong wish to hurt Denmark and Danish interests," he added. The terror network claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad last week that killed six people, including two Pakistanis working at the mission and one Dane of Pakistani origin.
Rustam(Denmark), June 14: Al Qaeda is planning to carry out attacks on
Danish soil, the head of the Scandinavian country`s pet intelligence service warned in a newspaper interview. "We see now.....al Qaeda behind a targeted training and planning of terror attacks on Danish soil," PET chief Jakob Scharf said in an interview with free daily Nyhedsavisen. "Al Qaeda has had, and still has, a strong wish to hurt Denmark and Danish interests," he added. The terror network claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad last week that killed six people, including two Pakistanis working at the mission and one Dane of Pakistani origin. In an internet statement signed by one of al Qaeda`s leaders, Mustafa Ab
u al-Yazid, the group said it had carried out the attack "in revenge" for Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Danish newspapers first published the controversial cartoons in 2005, sparking violent protests across the Muslim world. Several Danish dailies reprinted one of the sketches in February this year following the discovery of a plot to assassinate the cartoonist. "We are keeping an eye on people and networks in Denmark who constitute a concrete threat and who have the will and the ability to carry out an attack," Scharf said, adding that pet was working to counter the threat. In Sweden, the head of the Saepo Intelligence Service`s counter-terrorism unit, Mats Paulsson, meanwhile told the TT news agency that the agency was monitoring a number of people in the co`Iraqi forces turned the corner in battling insurgents`
United Nations, June 14: Iraqi forces backed by the US-led troops have "turned the corner" in the fight against terrorism and insurgency but the improvement remains "fragile," Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said. Giving his assessment in the UN Security Council yesterday, he said the Iraqi forces have grown to almost 600,000, are better equipped than ever and have assumed primary responsibility in more than half of 18 provinces but they cannot as yet take responsibility for the entire country. This signalled that Iraq would like the American troops to continue after the UN mandate for coalition forces ends on December 31. For that reason, Iraq is negotiating a bilateral pact with the US but so far there has not been much progress. Zebari told reporters that he is hopeful that the accord would be reached but media reports said Iraqi lawmakers, who have to finally approve it, are in no hurry and some opine that it should be finalised only after the new incumbent of the White House is known following the November elections.The reason, they say, that the any agreement would be implemented only by the next administration. Of particular concern to Iraq is the possibility of a spate of compensation lawsuits from victims of Saddam Hussein regime, including in Kuwait, once the UN mandate expires. The Iraqi leaders and the UN are trying to find ways to avoid that and one suggestion is that the Council extends the protection against lawsuit while not extending the mandate of forces. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said any US-Iraq agreement should have a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops. Otherwise, it would cause divisions in the Iraqi society, he said.
untry suspected of travelling abroad for "terrorist training."
u al-Yazid, the group said it had carried out the attack "in revenge" for Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Danish newspapers first published the controversial cartoons in 2005, sparking violent protests across the Muslim world. Several Danish dailies reprinted one of the sketches in February this year following the discovery of a plot to assassinate the cartoonist. "We are keeping an eye on people and networks in Denmark who constitute a concrete threat and who have the will and the ability to carry out an attack," Scharf said, adding that pet was working to counter the threat. In Sweden, the head of the Saepo Intelligence Service`s counter-terrorism unit, Mats Paulsson, meanwhile told the TT news agency that the agency was monitoring a number of people in the co`Iraqi forces turned the corner in battling insurgents`United Nations, June 14: Iraqi forces backed by the US-led troops have "turned the corner" in the fight against terrorism and insurgency but the improvement remains "fragile," Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said. Giving his assessment in the UN Security Council yesterday, he said the Iraqi forces have grown to almost 600,000, are better equipped than ever and have assumed primary responsibility in more than half of 18 provinces but they cannot as yet take responsibility for the entire country. This signalled that Iraq would like the American troops to continue after the UN mandate for coalition forces ends on December 31. For that reason, Iraq is negotiating a bilateral pact with the US but so far there has not been much progress. Zebari told reporters that he is hopeful that the accord would be reached but media reports said Iraqi lawmakers, who have to finally approve it, are in no hurry and some opine that it should be finalised only after the new incumbent of the White House is known following the November elections.The reason, they say, that the any agreement would be implemented only by the next administration. Of particular concern to Iraq is the possibility of a spate of compensation lawsuits from victims of Saddam Hussein regime, including in Kuwait, once the UN mandate expires. The Iraqi leaders and the UN are trying to find ways to avoid that and one suggestion is that the Council extends the protection against lawsuit while not extending the mandate of forces. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said any US-Iraq agreement should have a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops. Otherwise, it would cause divisions in the Iraqi society, he said.
untry suspected of travelling abroad for "terrorist training."
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