Online Calls Increase for Terrorist Attacks at Euro 2008 | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 15.05.2008
Swiss authorities are reportedly taking seriously al Qaeda Internet appeals for attacks to be launched against the Euro 2008 soccer championships. Switzerland and Austria are hosting the tournament in June. The number of incendiary messages on two Web sites favored by the terrorist group has proliferated in recent weeks, according to a senior Swiss security official. "We are on alert and we are following these jihad forums very closely. It is through these that Bin Laden's agents awaken dormant cells. The situation is serious even if it is frustrated people hiding behind these sites," the official told Switzerland's La Liberte newspaper. "We are taking these threats seriously," he said. One of the sites said: "Let's transform the two most secure countries in Europe into hell, like the hell in Iraq and Afghanistan," according to the official. Another message said: "The hour has come for fighters of the faith they must make themselves heard."
The number of incendiary messages on two Web sites favored by the terrorist group has proliferated in recent weeks, according to a senior Swiss security official.
"We are on alert and we are following these jihad forums very closely. It is through these that Bin Laden's agents awaken dormant cells. The situation is serious even if it is frustrated people hiding behind these sites," the official told Switzerland's La Liberte newspaper. "We are taking these threats seriously," he said.
One of the sites said: "Let's transform the two most secure countries in Europe into hell, like the hell in Iraq and Afghanistan," according to the official. Another message said: "The hour has come for fighters of the faith they must make themselves heard."
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