European Countries Seek Sweeping New Powers To Curb Terrorism

New submitter cooler-than-ice (3981829) writes with this story from the Washington Post: Belgian leaders on Friday sought sweeping new powers to monitor and punish their citizens for involvement with terrorism, joining France in an effort to rewrite laws just hours after dozens of arrests across Europe offered dramatic evidence of the threats security officials say are facing the continent. From the article: Apart from expanding powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals, Belgian leaders on Friday proposed devoting an additional $348 million to counterterrorism efforts. They also said they wanted the ability to take away identity documents to make it more difficult for people to travel to Syria and elsewhere. ... “As a result of the events in Paris, combined with what happened yesterday in Belgium, the political unanimity is quite great,” said Rik Coolsaet, a terrorism expert at Ghent University. “It is a bit of 9/11 syndrome.” France is also charging forward with attempts to expand government powers to monitor threats — and to punish those who praise or do not readily condemn terrorism. Leaders this week called for new legislation to significantly bolster domestic intelligence agencies.

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Re:To curb terrorism

[OzPeter]

Perhaps we in the west should start with curbing muslim immigration.

Are you then suggesting that the muslim equivalent of anti-Semitism is an acceptable practice? Limiting immigration because of a person's religion and not because of their character?

Re:Almost all normal people realise

[dmbasso]

If by "normal" you mean the normal curve, I guess you're right... probably the majority of the population is ignorant people that can't analyze the facts for themselves. Easier to watch Fox News and hate the other group.

Re:To curb terrorism

[majid_aldo]

uhh did you know that the West has, and in particularly the US, has imposed itself on uhh basically all the middle east???