Three Darn Swedish Rascals (Or Terrorists?)
Three young Swedes (19, 22 and 25 years old) was yesterday convicted for terrorist crimes. The sentences varied from eight months to 3,5 years in prison. According to Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter one of the youngsters (the 22 year old) attorney did his job by saying that the court made to much out of the entire investigation. The attorney said he was shocked that his client was convicted. In public television the three were portrayed by the judicial representatives as three confused kids who just had a little to much of constructive fantasy. They were never planning on doing anything out of their planning.
What they did was throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling station during the Iraqi election (Iraqis of varying ethnicity living in Sweden were able to cast their votes in Sweden) last year. Media was informed that the act was performed by "the Supreme Leadership of al-Qaida in Sweden". In a video dispersed on the Internet one of them had dressed up as a mujahedeen, warning Western countries for jihad - in the meaning of Holy War - because of the Allied Forces' invasion and occupation of Iraq. Obviously the guy did a not so bad performance since the videosequence led to a massive operation by American, British and Israeli intelligence. It led to a small house in Trelleborg, south of Sweden, where the 19 year old was living with his parents. Later on the other two was found as well.
By monitoring phone calls and Internet traffic Swedish security police, in cooperation with aforementioned countries, found what they believed to be a second plot. This time a Christian congregation was to be attacked with fireworks and gallons of petrol (since the congregation was way too much pro Israel according to the Three). That is; exactly what your ordinary 20 year old Swede with a bit of constructive fantasy and serious political issues would do - just for the heck of it... NOT!!!
According to Swedish law (derived from an EU directive) a terrorist crime is (roughly translated by me) an act which is intended to instil severe fear among a population or population group or force a government to do or not do something or severely destabilise political, constitutional, economical or social structures in a country. Preparing a terrorist crime also falls under the law, as well as not informing the Police of planned crimes. Throwing Molotov cocktails and creating elaborate plans of attacking a congragation is therefor not difficult to classify as belonging to the 19 different crimes that, according to the law, are seen as terrorist crimes.
The court believed that the convictees intended to instil severe fear, not only among voting Iraqis and members of the congregation, but also among the general public. Case closed? Probably not. The defence lawyers talked about taking the case to a higher level almost instantly after the sentences was revealed.
So, parents throughout Sweden should be aware if their kids hails al-Qaida, manufactures Molotov cocktails in the basement, records hate videos and put'em on the INternet or buys loads of fireworks and petrol if badmouthing Christian congregations for being pro Israel. Your son (or daughter for that matter) might be suffering from a severe case of constructive fantasy...
What they did was throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling station during the Iraqi election (Iraqis of varying ethnicity living in Sweden were able to cast their votes in Sweden) last year. Media was informed that the act was performed by "the Supreme Leadership of al-Qaida in Sweden". In a video dispersed on the Internet one of them had dressed up as a mujahedeen, warning Western countries for jihad - in the meaning of Holy War - because of the Allied Forces' invasion and occupation of Iraq. Obviously the guy did a not so bad performance since the videosequence led to a massive operation by American, British and Israeli intelligence. It led to a small house in Trelleborg, south of Sweden, where the 19 year old was living with his parents. Later on the other two was found as well.
By monitoring phone calls and Internet traffic Swedish security police, in cooperation with aforementioned countries, found what they believed to be a second plot. This time a Christian congregation was to be attacked with fireworks and gallons of petrol (since the congregation was way too much pro Israel according to the Three). That is; exactly what your ordinary 20 year old Swede with a bit of constructive fantasy and serious political issues would do - just for the heck of it... NOT!!!
According to Swedish law (derived from an EU directive) a terrorist crime is (roughly translated by me) an act which is intended to instil severe fear among a population or population group or force a government to do or not do something or severely destabilise political, constitutional, economical or social structures in a country. Preparing a terrorist crime also falls under the law, as well as not informing the Police of planned crimes. Throwing Molotov cocktails and creating elaborate plans of attacking a congragation is therefor not difficult to classify as belonging to the 19 different crimes that, according to the law, are seen as terrorist crimes.
The court believed that the convictees intended to instil severe fear, not only among voting Iraqis and members of the congregation, but also among the general public. Case closed? Probably not. The defence lawyers talked about taking the case to a higher level almost instantly after the sentences was revealed.
So, parents throughout Sweden should be aware if their kids hails al-Qaida, manufactures Molotov cocktails in the basement, records hate videos and put'em on the INternet or buys loads of fireworks and petrol if badmouthing Christian congregations for being pro Israel. Your son (or daughter for that matter) might be suffering from a severe case of constructive fantasy...
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