500 ‘terror attacks’ in EU in 2006, only 1 by Islamists

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500 ‘terror attacks’ in EU in 2006, only 1 by Islamists

LAHORE: There were almost 500 acts of terrorism across the European Union in 2006, but only one, the foiled suitcase bomb plot in Germany, was conducted by Islamist, according to a new EU report.

German publication Der Spiegel reports that according to a report released on Tuesday by Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement organisation, 498 attacks were carried out in the EU in 2006. Of them, only one was perpetrated by “Islamist terrorists”.

… The vast majority of terrorist attacks were carried out by separatist groups targeting France and Spain. Almost all attacks “resulted only in material damage and were not intended to kill,” the report’s authors write.

… A small number of attacks by left-wing and anarchist terror groups were also carried out in Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain. The report concluded that France, Spain and the UK are the EU member states “most severely affected” by terrorism. daily times monitor

Daily Times

Why create so much unjust hatered against Muslims in Europe?
Who could be behind this. America’s fanatical Christian groups or the Zionists sympathising with Israel?

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Can you give me any examples of "American FANATICAL christian groups" ???

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Hmmm,

Seems like this report might have missed weeks of rioting in France by "Muslim Youth" that resulted in hundreds of cars burned every night. Never mind the death threats against Danish cartoonists. Seems like a rather narrow conclusion, or a focus on things that go boom.

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Verdic-Intellect, If your so concerned about it's authenticity why don't you research it yourself? It mentions Germany's popular Der Spiegel paper. And if you were living in the EU, you would know what Der Spiegel is.

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thats the key difference

they were not intended to kill where as the bombing in madrid killed 200 people, the bombing in london killed over 50

pakistani dragon, you really need to analyze such things before posting them

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PakiDragon, I'm still waiting to hear some examples of these AMERICAN FANATICAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS...

Mercenary... Good point.

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Thank you for your deep and thorough analysis of the report, but i'm afraid that report concerns 2006 only.

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Where Are The Good Christians?
FANATICAL CHRISTIAN INSANITY!!!
3 Fanatic Groups (By the way it’s the third one here)

Anyway, there are plenty of others. Just search for ‘Christian Fanatics’ and you’ll get a list of 74,000 links from the ‘AOL’ search engine. I can’t be bothered to waste my time on them.

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If you are going to make wild accusations against them you should at least spend enough time to know what the heck you are talking about.

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^ I heard it on BBC… they were saying American Government was under the influence of Christian fanatical groups.

Saudis lash US ‘Christian extremists’

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well give credit to european intelligence for stopping these attacks

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What do you give to the European media for keeping it all nicely quite and only picking on the Muslims about things out side of their hemisphere?

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A Neglected Report from Europol
The Islamic Threat to Europe: By the Numbers
By KRISTOFFER LARSSON
Some things interest the media, others don't. Since the fall of the USSR, the United States has sought another menace to designate as the ultimate evil, a world threat the Americans desperately need to take on. The 9/11 attacks gave them that enemy. And when the White House speaks, the media listens obediently.
Over the last number of years the "Islamic threat" has become one of the favourite issues for media coverage. It's all over the news--Muslims leaders pronouncing threats against the countries participating in occupying Muslim land.
While America is the Western country most succumbed to the fear of Islamism, things aren't much better in Europe. Its media is highly Americanised and thus eager to reiterate U.S. governmental positions towards the non-Western world. Islamic terrorism is subsequently a theme close to the hearts of European journalists as well.
Following this, you might think the journalists would be beside themselves with joy when the European Police Office (Europol) releases its first report on terrorism in the EU. I can assure you they weren't. In fact, to my best knowledge, not a single Swedish paper or news-channel has paid any attention to it whatsoever. I haven't seen it receiving much attention in other EU countries either (kudos to the EUobserver for having the decency to report on it). The report is namely a grave disappointment for the anti-Islamic campaigners.
There were 498 incidents in eleven EU countries last year labelled as "terrorist attacks." The Basque separatist group ETA did best (136 terrorist attacks) and was responsible for the only deadly attack, killing two in Madrid. The remaining 497 fortunately cost no human lives.
How about the Islamic terrorists then? Considering the perpetual warnings in our daily papers, the findings in the Europol report is, to say the least, surprising. The truth is that Islamists only carried out one out of the 498 terrorist attacks in the European Union in 2006. Don't believe me? The entire report is available on Europol's website. Had Islamic fundamentalists been behind a higher number of attacks-say 136-it would have been front page news at every big daily. One attack is simply too few--it won't do if the image of an "Islamic threat" is to live on.
The Europol report devotes several pages to Islamist terrorism, despite the low number. Except for the one attack in Germany this group was responsible for (which, by the way, failed and resulted in no victims), also Denmark and the United Kingdom reported that Islamists plotted to carry out one attack in each country respectively (incidentally, all three countries are accessory to the illegal occupation of Iraq). However, since these plans in both cases were exposed before they were set to work, they were not included among the 498. Either way, even after taking these plots into account, the report proves the genuine magnitude of Islamic terrorism in Europe--it's not exactly a huge threat.
If we look at the people arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences, the figures are rather disproportionate; about half of them arrested were Muslim. In plain English: Muslims are a group causing very little terrorism in Europe, while at the same time much more likely to be arrested on suspicion of it. The constant media coverage of Muslims being arrested creates the false image of a serious threat in order to benefit the imperialist world-view Washington wants us to adopt. Meanwhile the Americans and their accomplices are carrying out genocide in Iraq. Clearly, something needs to be done about the media.

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You're observation is rather shallow. The rioting in france were race riots, and not inspired by religion or any Islamist cause. The only people making that connection are the same idiots who think the Cho murders were Islam related.

Insofar as the death threats against Danish cartoonsits is concerned, the Muslim community and leadership by far and wide have cired themselves hoarse in dissociating themselves from the few who insist on violating danish law.

But it goes to show you, Muslims are damned if they do, damned if they don't. Oh, and at this point I request you spare me the "victimhood" lecture.

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How many of these alleged inteceptions have resulted in convictions?

Last person to answer this post wins!!!!
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They’re are PLENTY of crazy ass evangelicals on a crusade in the American military. So please, can the pretense of being pristine. There are indeed fanatical Christians who do not shy away from violence, but unlike their Islamist counterparts they have an advanced military complex that is more or less employable in their designs, and so need not go “rogue” to implement their world view.

Christian fanatics are not nearly as blunt as their Muslim counterparts. They have submitted to the idea of secular rule, and thus are careful of being overtly religious. But only a moron would think that may Christans have not joined the army as part of some devine mission.

From time to time, you get a brazen soul or two who throws caution to the wind, and utters their true feelings.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1016-01.htm

Of course, these fanatics have to be careful, as America is officialy secular and any overt religious mission would be (in theory) crushed as a matter of law.

Mama sora
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5000 minor attacks, mostly non-Muslim. Granted.

1 or 2 major attacks, by Muslims, and on the fringe no less...and so we're meant to believe that Islamic terrorism (sic) is a real thrat emerging from the Muslim community proper.

Nah, that analysis is even more lame.

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the attacks in france ad spain are for land, and are not in the name of religion are they.

if some yemeni came over and blew himself up in an effort to take over portion from KSA, and did not drag god, ummah, jihad and all that jazz in there, it would not be seen as a case of islamist militancy.

These jokers try to paint their selfish little expeditions as some pan islamic missions and use it to get support from simpletons across the region.

Maybe we should be condemnig these guys dragging islam in everything, because then for outsiders there is a link of muslims and some islamic jihad rather than a separatist movement of some folks in some region

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You say that as if you made a profound point. On the contrary; so what?

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if some yemeni came over and blew himself up in an effort to take over portion from KSA, and did not drag god, ummah, jihad and all that jazz in there, it would not be seen as a case of islamist militancy.

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Did you miss the part of conflating *their *claims with the ambitions or feelings of the rest of the community?

It may be a natural reaction to be suspicious of those who are superficially linked to those who commit violence. I do it all the time when I meet an American, for example.

But it is the hallmark of civil behavior that one form opinions on others based on facts and their actions. So such feelings I have are quickly suppressed as it is only fair.

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Maybe we should be condemnig these guys dragging islam in everything, because then for outsiders there is a link of muslims and some islamic jihad rather than a separatist movement of some folks in some region
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The day everyone condemns those who sully the ideals of freedom and liberty by a fanatic few (...well, okay they had 80% support in their ambitions...and they happened to run a nation) we should reciprocate in kind, double so. Until then, I'd ask why are these notions not regarded as being suspect by all as they are currently the basis for a much larger scale militant movement sponsored by various nation states, no less?

Perhaps these Americans, in particular those who oppose the war, have something called "backbone", and would never even entertain themselves being somehow associated with a neo-con initiative.

People will kill others in the name of Islam. Yet, we the ones not involved in any of that, are expected to apologize or explain. By the same token, you damn well better believe people are being killed in the name of democracy...and yet they are exempt from explaining themselves...

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People will kill others in the name of Islam. Yet, we the ones not involved in any of that, are expected to apologize or explain. By the same token, you damn well better believe people are being killed in the name of democracy...and yet they are exempt from explaining themselves...

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nicely put