Weapons deal with the US increases danger of terrorism in Norway

27. Oktober 2004

Weapons deal with the US increases danger of terrorism in Norway

The threat of terrorism against Norwegian targets is greater than for some time, after it became known that the US borrowed advanced military equipment from Norway just before the was with Iraq.

This is the opinion of expert on terrorism, interviewed by NRK Radio.

-Anything that could tie Norway closer to the US in connection with the war in Iraq, would give a potensial increase in the danger a terrorist attack against Norway and Norwegian interests abroad, says Marcus Buck at the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Granada in Spain.

Researcher on terrorism at the University of Bergen, Jan Oskar Engene, says to Dagsavisen that targets other than military may also be attacked.

The Security Police, however, does not want to increase the level of threat because of the weapons deal wit the US, and does not want to comment further to NRK.

(NRK)

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