Combat Terrorism - Spreading from the Middle East to Iraq and Africa
Written by Right Side News
Our own Border between Mexico and the U.S. and Canada ..need to take notice of what happens when illegal immigrants are allowed.
NATO Security Experts Stress Cooperation to Combat Terrorism By Sabina Castelfranco
Security experts gathered for a two-day meeting in Sicily organized by the Italian Atlantic Committee and the Atlantic Treaty Association, umbrella organizations working on security issues in NATO countries. The discussions are focusing on the need to increase stability in the Mediterranean region. These include terrorism in Iraq, the Middle East and N. Africa.
In an address at the start of the conference, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo said the North Atlantic alliance faces new security risks that need to quickly be addressed. Mediterranean countries such as Spain and Italy have experienced an influx of illegal immigrants, particularly from Iraq, Afghanistan, and west Africa.
Although stricter border checks and cooperation with migrants' countries of origin have helped ease the influx, there are other issues that pose security threats to the region. These include an increase in terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Minuto Rizzo outlined steps that the NATO alliance needs to take to combat these issues. "One, developing our cooperation with other international actors; two, improving our capabilities, and three, deepening and extending our partnerships," he said. Minuto Rizzo said more than 50,000 troops are deployed under NATO's operational command on three different continents.
He says a strong partnership is needed between NATO and the European Union in order to maintain security throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In a video message at the conference, Franco Frattini, justice and security commissioner for the EU, agreed on the importance of strengthening Euro-Atlantic ties, which includes the United States, a NATO member.
Frattini says the Mediterranean can and must become a region of peace and economic development. He said NATO can no longer just focus on military defense but must turn toward cooperation on the political and security fronts.
Frattini said that cooperation between the European Union and NATO will strengthen the region's abililty to prevent and react to terrorism. He said Europe is a target of terrorism as are the Mediterranean states, and that is why common efforts must be made. SOURCE:VOA
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Editors Comments: Illegal Immigration provides the highways for terrorists into our country, who's only purpose is to destroy our way of life. Illegal immigration, if allowed to continue, will destroy the country that allows it. It matters not if you are in the middle east or iraq or africa, terrorism will follow if illegal immigrants are allowed to reside.
Although stricter border checks and cooperation with migrants' countries of origin have helped ease the influx, there are other issues that pose security threats to the region. These include an increase in terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Minuto Rizzo outlined steps that the NATO alliance needs to take to combat these issues. "One, developing our cooperation with other international actors; two, improving our capabilities, and three, deepening and extending our partnerships," he said. Minuto Rizzo said more than 50,000 troops are deployed under NATO's operational command on three different continents.
He says a strong partnership is needed between NATO and the European Union in order to maintain security throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In a video message at the conference, Franco Frattini, justice and security commissioner for the EU, agreed on the importance of strengthening Euro-Atlantic ties, which includes the United States, a NATO member.
Frattini says the Mediterranean can and must become a region of peace and economic development. He said NATO can no longer just focus on military defense but must turn toward cooperation on the political and security fronts.
Frattini said that cooperation between the European Union and NATO will strengthen the region's abililty to prevent and react to terrorism. He said Europe is a target of terrorism as are the Mediterranean states, and that is why common efforts must be made. SOURCE:VOA
Castelfranco report (mp3) - Download 521k
Listen to Castelfranco report (mp3)
Editors Comments: Illegal Immigration provides the highways for terrorists into our country, who's only purpose is to destroy our way of life. Illegal immigration, if allowed to continue, will destroy the country that allows it. It matters not if you are in the middle east or iraq or africa, terrorism will follow if illegal immigrants are allowed to reside.