[pp.int.general] sign, translate & release press release on Frattini

[Amelia Andersdotter]

On 15/09/2007, Mårten Fjällström <marten.fjallstrom at piratpartiet.se> wrote:
> To be specific the editorialising text between the quotes is citing
> Europol (because that is a source that can not be claimed to be soft on
> terrorism).
>
> If this is the statistics in question (and it is the attributed source):
> http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/TESAT/TESAT2007.pdf
>
> Islamic terrorism has one case (separatism leads with 424, total 498)
> during 2006.(p.14) During 2006 is critical there, I find no number given
> "since 2001".
>
> So I have changed it to (change words or phrasing marked here with #)
>
> "
> According to Europol statistics as of spring 2007, there was one confirmed
> islamist terrorist attack in Europe #last year#. With arrests at more than
> 200 islamist terrorist #suspects# in 2006 #alone# the european police
> forces has proved to treat this #seriously#. But is this not just prove
> that the hard line is working?
> "
>

Ah yes. "Where do Muslim terrorists fit in all this? The Muslim
extremists were responsible for a single attack in Germany. On 31
July, two suitcases packed with explosive devices were placed on board
regional trains in the Cologne area. The devices failed to detonate.
Two Lebanese nationals were subsequently arrested and charged."
(http://www.newstatesman.com/200705210023)

The same article does however state that we could boost the number of
arrests to more than 400, because apparently most of the arrested
alleged terrorists are not reported as arrested because they are, as
on Guantanamo, enemy combatants.

I stand corrected. I interpreted the Europol report as saying that the
attack had been aborted before it occurred. My apologies.

/amelia

> Good catch!
>
> --
> Mårten Fjällström
> Party Secretary, Piratpartiet
>
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0200, Andrew Norton
> <andrew.norton at pirate-party.us> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:33:33 +0200, "Amelia Andersdotter"
> > <teirdes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The Europol report mentions one attack in Germany in 2006 which was
> >> aborted. There has also been the Glasgow incident in summer 2007. If
> >> we wish to base our view of the world on statistics of events that
> >> have not occurred I shall be sure to express my deepest concern about
> >> that as well.
> >
> > Eugh, don't get me started on the Glasgow/london stuff recently. Those
> > were jokes. I'm sorry but anyone who actually finished school in the UK
> > and did a chemistry GCSE would have made a more effective bang. That
> > being said, it did end up working, by making the government cause panic
> > and spread fear through the populace.
> >
> > Andrew
> > (who went to school in the UK)
> >
> >>
> >> /amelia
> >>
> >> On 14/09/2007, Carlos Ayala <aiarakoa at yahoo.es> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ----- Mensaje original ----
> >>> De: Jan Huwald <jh at sotun.de>
> >>> Enviado: viernes, 14 de septiembre, 2007 10:08:32
> >>>
> >>> -----------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Hello:
> >>>
> >>> Reading the manifesto, I've read this:
> >>>
> >>> "According to Europol statistics as of spring 2007, there has been one
> >>> confirmed islamist terrorist attack in Europe since 2001. With arrests
> >> at
> >>> more than 200 islamist terrorists in 2006 the european police forces
> >>> has
> >>> proved to treat this serious. But is this not just prove that the hard
> >> line
> >>> is working?"
> >>>
> >>> But there have been two islamist terrorist attacks in Europe since
> >>> 2001:
> >>>
> >>> - 11-M-2004, Madrid
> >>> - 7-J-2005, London
> >>>
> >>> ¿Haven't any of those attacks been confirmed as islamist? See you
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>    Carlos Ayala
> >>>
> >>>     ( Aiarakoa )
> >>>
> >>>                                         Chairman of the PIRATA National
> >>> Board
> >>>
> >>>  ________________________________
> >>>
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