Increased Terrorist Threat Against Sweden in December

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http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_11572433.asp


There was an increased terrorist threat against Sweden from among other groups al-Qaida during December last year.

That is what Dagens Nyheter wrote on Wednesday.

"We recieved statements from al-Qaida along with other information which indicated a heightened threat. They had a focus and concentration towards Sweden which we had not seen before. These threats were related to the Swedish forces in Afghanistan," says Klas Bergenstrand, chief of Säpo [Security Police], to DN.

In December, the Swedish elite military unit SSG was attacked by a roadside IED in Mazar-i-Sharif. Two operators were killed and two others were injured. Soon after the incident, Parliament decided to more than double the 100-man Swedish contingent.

With connections to the attack, Säpo together with Försvarets radioanstalt [Armed Forces Radio Institute] decided to cooperate on analyzing the current threat picture. It was then the increased likeliness of a terrorist attack in Sweden was discovered.

"We also saw a threat against several other European countries. But I want to emphasize that it is very difficult to estimate the risk of a terrorist attack, says Klas Bergenstrand to the newspaper.

Glad that nothing other than the original attack happened last month. What's to say though that the threat picture has changed since then...

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http://sydsvenskan.se/varlden/article136559.ece


The threat against the Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan has dramatically increased. Today foot patrols are no longer carried out, instead four vehicles at the very least have to be used. "Of course you get scared," says Magnus Bratt, a Swedish officer in Afghanistan.


A reason to the changed threat picture is the international action against narcotics, actions that individual countries pursue together with Afghan authorities.

"We are informed a few hours in advance that we are to leave a certain area, we call them "black boxes". A few hours pass and we are then allowed to go back, but we don't know what happened while we were gone and that increases the threat against us," says Magnus Bratt.

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With connections to the attack, Säpo together with Försvarets radioanstalt [Armed Forces Radio Institute] decided to cooperate on analyzing the current threat picture. It was then the increased likeliness of a terrorist attack in Sweden was discovered.

yep... a threat level but is it de facto increased ? who can say, since this is the first time they cooperate.. maybe it has been the same threat level for 3 years. No secret that the police have been working overtime since 9-11 but yep their vision is a bit narrow, as is FRA's. MUST too but domestic terrorism hasn't really been on their Desk...


Good to see they finally work together.

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What I found interesting was this:


The threat against the Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan has dramatically increased. Today foot patrols are no longer carried out, instead four vehicles at the very least have to be used. "Of course you get scared," says Magnus Bratt, a Swedish officer in Afghanistan.

Look at my latest Afghanistan thread and what do you see? Swedish soldiers doing just that... is this something that was decided upon after the update was published?

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What I found interesting was this:



Look at my latest Afghanistan thread and what do you see? Swedish soldiers doing just that... is this something that was decided upon after the update was published?


I think we can assume that is media bollocks... the one who wrote the article says so... not anyone from the military.