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By: AmCham Denmark (Sep 08, 2006)

Experts at Nordic Security Challenges 2006 identified a number of terrorism trends in Denmark and elsewhere in Western Europe that companies and governments are tracking, including:

• Office complexes, transportation systems, commercial shipping, passenger aircraft, hotels, bars, discos and foreign workers and contractors are on the list of so-called “soft targets.”
• Nordic countries each have their own threat levels. The Muhammad cartoon controversy in early 2006 distinguished Denmark among potential terrorists.
• “Home-grown” radical Islamic cells inspired by, but not necessarily connected to, Al-Qaeda are proliferating. Al-Qaeda’s extended organization is declining, while the number of those cells increases.
• The Iraq War is an enormous training ground for international Jihadists, who fan out and serve as “gatekeepers” for those local cells in numerous countries.
• The London Tube bombings in July 2005 have spurred a variety of responses by law enforcement and governments, including more electronic surveillance systems and deportations, as well as community policing in immigrant communities.
• More terrorists are local, young (even adolescents). More are educated and middle class. They often commit small-scale crimes and dwell on the fringes of Islamic communities and mosques.
• More IT terrorist threats intended to disrupt businesses across the globe instantaneously.
• More large companies are preparing detailed plans with chains of command to help them respond to terrorist incidents.