Oslo, Feb 19, 2010 -- The Norwegian Police Security
Service (PST) in its annual assessment of threats against
national security said that the threat level in Norway is
still low, but that it could quickly change in 2010.
PST states that international terrorism will continue to
affect the overall threat situation in Norway in 2010, and
that terrorist attacks can be carried out without prior
information or warning.
The report says that there are some individuals in Norway
who provide support to extreme Islamist players abroad who
have a local or regional agenda, and that threat from
extreme Islamists in Norway may increase if their contacts
abroad change their strategy to incorporate targets in
Norway.
PST-chief Janne Kristiansen says Norway is about to enter
a new phase. She says that PST detects a development
comparable to that of other European nations where terrorist
acts or attempted attacks have been attempted earlier.
The PST report states that radicalisation continues to
occur in some of the extreme Islamist environments in
Norway. A few charismatic leaders legitimate and glorify the
use of violence as a political tool and encourage others to
support extreme Islamist organisations abroad, PST says.
Report published on the website of
PST says, foreign states’ intelligence activity in
Norway and against Norwegian interests will remain at a high
level
in 2010. PST anticipates that political decision-making
processes related to the High North will be
particularly susceptible to foreign intelligence
activities. Furthermore, advanced technological
environments in the Norwegian petroleum and energy sphere
will be vulnerable targets.
It must be expected that Norwegian dignitaries will
continue to be the object of threats in 2010.
However, experience has shown that very few attempts are
made to put such threats into effect. Any
physical attacks on dignitaries, or harassment of them,
will most likely occur without prior threats and most often
spontaneously.
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