NationStates Jolt Archive


I Guess They're Still Upset About The Cartoons

Deep Kimchi
05-09-2006, 15:09
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.336634886&par=0

Will wonders never cease - if you think about it, aside from the cartoons, what has Denmark ever done to piss anyone off (in the last hundred years or so)?

Copenhagen, 5 Sept. (AKI) - Danish police have arrested nine suspected terrorists, the country's security intelligence service announced on Tuesday. The nine, all believed to be men under the age of 30, were detained in overnight raids on Denmark's third largest city of Odense. All had been under surveillance "for some time," and were detained on suspicion of planning terrorist acts.

The arrests happened in the Odense suburb of Vollsmose, Lars Findsen, head of the Danish Security Intelligence Service (Pet) was quoted as saying. He said the suspects "had acquired material ... to build explosives in connection with the preparation of a terror act".

This is getting monotonous. I can almost write these articles myself now.

"Young Muslim males between the ages of 16 and 40 were arrested under suspicion of planning terrorist acts. Security services say that the suspects "had acquired material to build explosives in connection with the preparation of a terror act."

Just change the country on a daily basis, and we have a story bot.
Szanth
05-09-2006, 15:12
Yeah pretty much. They probably make them out to be more dangerous and important in the news story to make it sound more like an accomplishment and less like a precaution.
Ny Nordland
05-09-2006, 15:51
At least Denmark isnt as bad as Sweden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5h4uhwWW68

I know Fox News isnt reliable in some cases but about Malmö, they are right. They'd be for Göteborg as well. At least some popular Danish politicians are smart:


The changes to Denmarks immigration laws, have drawn some criticism from the Swedish government, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner. In a response to the criticism from the Swedish government Pia Kjaersgaard said: "If they want to turn Stockholm, Göteborg or Malmö into a Scandinavian Beirut, with clan wars, honour killings and gang rapes, let them do it. We can always put a barrier on the Öresund Bridge."


Pia Kjaersgaard is the leader of Denmark's 3rd biggest party, DF.
Intestinal fluids
05-09-2006, 16:09
Is it that Denmark has done something to piss Al-Q off and they are seeking some form of revenge on Denmark or is Denmark considered an easy place to make plans to attack other countries with little chance of capture?
Szanth
05-09-2006, 16:59
I think it's mostly because of the cartoons. Anyone who directly pisses them off seems to become an automatic target. Aimbot, olol.