Our Norwegian correspondent Zylark reported yesterday on the torching of an asylum center by disgruntled illegal immigrants. Today’s installment concerns last week’s arrest of three suspected Al Qaeda terrorists.
And then we have the three terrorists, thwarted by some good intelligence work, albeit somewhat prematurely.
Someone somewhere leaked to some press agency that something was about to happen, so the secret police had to act before they really wanted to. The situation was under control, the chemicals that were supposed to be used in the terror action had been swapped with more inert substances, the suspects were under constant surveillance, and all was fine.
But this will lead to the three being charged with planning terror attacks, rather than the more serious crime of attempting to carry out terror. It would have been preferable if they had been caught red-handed.
Yay for the press!
Of course, the Norwegian press have run a number of stories of how nice and proper these people are. The usual: being good neighbors, quiet people. Because normally terrorists have a sign on their door that says “Islamist terrorists inside, do not disturb!”
Sigh.
Though for some reason our politicians, and not least our press — who could have a field day scoring massive points by going against Islam — seem to waffle. Assuring us that all is fine. Nothing to worry about.
This, I loathe to say it, seems to be normal.
And perhaps it is. But that does not make it right, nor something we should resign ourselves to.
— Zylark
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