Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
November 20, 2015
If only the Swedish had done more for these innocents… but they are racists.
Now comes the terror, which never could have been avoided because it is being done by Swedish people.
Swedes are on high alert for a terror attack for the first time in history. While the move has barely grabbed global media attention, it’s a big deal in what is one of the safest countries on the planet, argues The Local’s Editor Maddy Savage.
“I’m watching the press conference and I am wondering if we should stay in tonight,” a Finnish friend texted as Sweden’s Security Service Säpo announced on Wednesday that the terror threat level in Sweden had been raised to ‘high’ amid a hunt for a man suspected of plotting terror crimes here.
“I’ve never seen such serious warnings from the authorities of any Nordic country,” the message continued.
On the streets of Stockholm on Thursday, there were similar jitters.
“I don’t like the subway now. It doesn’t feel nice,” said Helle Aarniporo, 58, who was visiting the capital from Umeå in northern Sweden.
“It’s worse to be here than at home. There are many more people. I’m not from Stockholm, so I don’t know what [places] to avoid or what to do,” she told The Local nervously as she prepared to board the underground at Slussen, a busy station close to the city centre.
For plenty of Swedish residents the idea of a terror attack on home soil remains unimaginable. The country is frequently ranked among the safest and most peaceful in the world.
What?
Not particularly safe for girls then, huh?
There has never before been a nationwide threat level this high, although it was briefly raised in Gothenburg in 2007 amid fears of terrorist activities in the city.
Unlike in Paris, Madrid, London or Copenhagen, there is no history of Swedes being killed at the hands of Islamist extremists in their home country.
Stockholm did experience an attempted suicide attack in 2010, but while the bomber died, only two people were hospitalized with minor injuries.
“It really is a game changer,” said terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp from the Swedish Defence University when contacted by The Local.
“Other European countries are raising the threat levels, so this is part of the European reaction. But also we now have this concrete threat,” he added.
“I think that most people have been pretty ignorant and in a state of denial about the threat of extremism – general Swedes and politicians (…) Now people are waking up to the idea that this is an immediate threat, this is very real.”
Sweden’s new high alert status comes amid growing evidence that rising numbers of residents have links to extremist groups.
Just a day after the deadly attacks in Paris left 129 people dead, Gothenburg was cited as the largest European recruiting ground for Isis per capita by Swedish integration police chief, Ulf Boström.
Sweden’ Security Service, Säpo, revealed last month that more than 300 Swedish nationals have left the country to travel to fight with Islamic extremist groups in Syria and Iraq.
You know what I think you should do, Swedes?
Hold hands with women and go out in the streets and sing songs of peace and love.