By Michelle Kosinski, NBC News Correspondent
Last year saw several large-scale and highly publicized terrorist plots in Europe. There was the failed attempt to set off car bombs in London, including outside a busy nightclub on June 29 ; an attack on the Glasgow airport that ended in a nasty fire and a roundup of several suspects , most of whom worked in the U.K. in the medical profession; and arrests in Germany of young suspects who had been to Pakistan recently, allegedly for terrorist training, accused of plotting to attack U.S. interests.
These three cases attracted global attention, but would you believe that there were actually 583 failed, foiled or successfully executed terrorist attacks in the EU last year alone? That is about a 25 percent jump over 2006, according to the latest EU report on terrorism, released earlier this month.
More than simply a list of numbers and dates – its contents, compiled by Europol, are intriguing.
It paints a picture of suspected terrorist activities and trends in Europe. And what happens there is significant to the rest of the world. We've seen Europe become a first stop, in the exportation of terror from suspected training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ...( read more ) ...
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By Michelle Kosinski, NBC News Correspondent
Last year saw several large-scale and highly publicized terrorist plots in Europe. There was the failed attempt to set off car bombs in London, including outside a busy nightclub on June 29 ; an attack on the Glasgow airport that ended in a nasty fire and a roundup of several suspects , most of whom worked in the U.K. in the medical profession; and arrests in Germany of young suspects who had been to Pakistan recently, allegedly for terrorist training, accused of plotting to attack U.S. interests.
These three cases attracted global attention, but would you believe that there were actually 583 failed, foiled or successfully executed terrorist attacks in the EU last year alone? That is about a 25 percent jump over 2006, according to the latest EU report on terrorism, released earlier this month.
More than simply a list of numbers and dates – its contents, compiled by Europol, are intriguing.
It paints a picture of suspected terrorist activities and trends in Europe. And what happens there is significant to the rest of the world. We've seen Europe become a first stop, in the exportation of terror from suspected training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ...( read more ) ...