Spain must learn from other European countries and adopt clear measures for restraining the power of radicalized messages. They cannot worry that they are violating rights or sacrificing liberties. It is not about sacrificing rights. It is instead about protecting democracy and freedom; it is about fighting against the enemies of democracy and freedom that are in our midst and just outside our borders. Descargar PDF

The issue of influx of foreign Salafist jihadists has become a well-known reality since September 2007. Everyone seems to think that if this influx were stopped, it would substantially contribute to the resolution of this conflict. Because of this new reality, it is potentially easier to fight back. Anthony H. Cordesman’s very well-documented analyses, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C.,have contributed the understanding ofcomplex issues such as the mysteries of Salafist jihadist terrorism on Iraqi soil [1. However, the intervention by Coalition forces last September in Sinjar, about 10 kilometers from the Syrian border, unraveled a substantial file with more than 700 incidences of foreign jihadists arriving in the country since August 2006. Descargar PDF

Five suicide bombings since April 11 are enough to conclude that terrorism is not residual in Algeria and its increasingly ferocious manifestation should call everyone’s attention in the Maghreb as well as in Europe – if it has not occurred yet.

The death of four suicide bombers in Casablanca on April 10th, and the bomb attacks in Algiers on the following day, perpetrated by three suicide bombers, must be considered as one more step in the unstoppable surge that the Salafist Jihadistthreat means for all us, regardless of who provides the victims every time. (When we finished writing this analysis, the tally was 33 casualties and 200 injured).

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