October 28, 2005
Danes Arrest Muslims in Terror Plot
(Copenhagen, Denmark) Four male Middle Eastern Muslims, aged 16 to 20, have been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of planning a suicide terror attack in Europe.
From the BBC:
The arrests were linked to a recent inquiry in the Balkans in which arrests were made and large quantities of explosives were found, police said.
No details were given of the intended target of the group's alleged plot.
"We suspect the four young men of being participants in preparation of terrorist acts somewhere in Europe," said police spokesman Joern Bro.
The suspects are closely linked to three men arrested previously in the Balkans for planning an attack on the British or American embassies in Sarajevo. A tipster in an unnamed Balkan nation led to the arrests.
Notably, most of the reporting on this story is referring to the suspected terrorists as 'men.' In my opinion, 16-year-old boys are not men and at least one of the suspects is 16. The thought of having boys running around Europe with terrorism on their minds is frightening. Boys usually can mingle anonymously in society since they are not old enough to have graduated from school, nor to have a work history, nor to have been in the government or military. Typically, there are no photographs nor fingerprints. Spooky.
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Muslims? Involved in a
terror plot? I am shocked sir!
Shocked I say! I'll bet a dollar they were framed by the Joooooos!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 28, 2005 07:36 AM (0yYS2)
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Sixteen is a whole different matter in Europe. Whereas the U.S seems to revolve around the age of eighteen, in Britain I could legally purchase, and smoke cigarettes, leave both school and home,and sex was considered consensual.
Just a little perspective of sixteen europe vs. eighteen American.
Posted by: dave at October 28, 2005 07:51 AM (CcXvt)
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It's not all that suprising really. Look at how many times the IDF has stopped early teen Palistinian terrorist wannabes at checkpoints. With the hatred these guys are fed constantly, the trend is bound to show up elsewhere in the world. I guess we'll hear how the Danes are the guilty ones because they didn't do enough to integrate them, yada, yada, yada.
Posted by: Graeme at October 28, 2005 07:53 AM (3UvA/)
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I noticed the same thing at a muslim wedding I photographed last year. The two families were pretty much all first and second generation Pakistani-Americans, with a few old-country visitors and recent arrivals. The older ones, the original immigrants and the adult or near adult children who were born here, were all pretty much Americanized, especially the girls, who though being dressed in native clothing, weren't at all shy about me photographing them and who sounded just like any girl in any mall across America.
The difference I noticed was in the boys under 21, who were mostly sullen and kept glancing at me and my wife, who were two of the only three white people there, the third being a guy who converted to marry a muslim girl. The looks they gave me were nothing short of suspicious and hostile, and I suspected that they are products of a combination of normal male teenage angst and confusion and a feeling of alienation from the only society they've ever known. They are strangers in their own country, yet it isn't their own country.
I make no excuses for the bad behavior of anyone, and even less so for anyone who has been given every consideration and opportunity in a society that accepts all without judgment, but I do understand how young muslims males can become so easily radicalised. The only viable solution I can see is to strengthen the rules allowing deportation so that when these boys are clearly failing to assimilate, they should be sent home.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 28, 2005 08:50 AM (0yYS2)
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