{"id":342719,"date":"2018-01-07T06:11:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T05:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/security-chief-says-terror-threat-is-new-normal\/"},"modified":"2018-01-07T06:11:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T05:11:51","slug":"security-chief-says-terror-threat-is-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/security-chief-says-terror-threat-is-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Chief Says Terror Threat Is \u2018New Normal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/01\/06\/sweden-security-chief-terror-threat-new-normal\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Director-General of the Swedish Security Service (S\u00e4po) has confessed that terrorism is now the \u201cnew normal\u201d in his country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anders Thornberg <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-42285332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the BBC that, while the Scandinavian country only had to monitor around 200 extremists a few years ago, it now has at least 3,000 to contend with \u2014 no small task for a country of just 10 million people, where the authorities\u00a0are already unable to deal with a growing migrant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2017\/11\/20\/sweden-crimes-surge-new-highs-migrant-influx\/\">crime wave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have never seen something like this before in my career in the service,\u201d admitted the security chief, who has served with S\u00e4po for three decades. \u201cWe have a new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2017\/11\/Sweden-Crime-Stats.png\" width=\"639\" height=\"549\" title=\"\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Thornberg indicated that one of Sweden\u2019s top concerns is returning Islamic State fighters, who travelled from the Scandinavian country in <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/isis-terror-recruiting-europe-belgium-france-denmark-sweden-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">very high numbers<\/a> despite\u00a0its long-standing policy of neutrality and record of non-intervention in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/01\/06\/sweden-security-chief-terror-threat-new-normal\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Saturday, January 6, 2018  at  9:03 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/what-happened-in-sweden-security-chief-says-terror-threat-is-new-normal.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/what-happened-in-sweden-security-chief-says-terror-threat-is-new-normal.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BreitbartJanuary 6, 2018 The Director-General of the Swedish Security Service (S\u00e4po) has confessed that terrorism is now the \u201cnew normal\u201d in his country. 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