Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Norway's Crystal Ball

I leave you with a look into the future:

"Norway says terror threat is likely" AP   November 06, 2014

COPENHAGEN — Norwegian intelligence authorities say the Nordic country ‘‘likely’’ will be threatened by or hit with an act of terror in the next 12 months.

The Joint Counter Terror Center said Wednesday that the Islamic State group, among others, has called for terror acts against countries that are part of the US-led alliance against the group. Norway is sending 120 soldiers to join the campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and help train local troops there.

The center says the country’s military, police, and political decision-makers could be exposed by that decision.

Benedicte Bjoerndal, head of Norway’s domestic intelligence agency, singled out recent attacks or planned attacks in Britain, Canada, and Australia that have targeted soldiers and police officers as examples of why the assessment of terror threats was changed.

The evaluation came as Prime Minister Erna Solberg told Parliament about her government’s decision to send troops to Iraq. ‘‘We will not allow threats from terror organizations to dictate our security policy,’’ Solberg said.

Wednesday’s assessment was not as high as in July, when the domestic intelligence agency said it had information about an imminent ‘‘concrete threat’’ from people with links to Islamic fighters in Syria. The threat level eventually was downgraded.

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Why would they want to attack Norway -- unless it were for the iron ore coming from Narvik? 

Farewell, dear readers.