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"Mr President, I would like to pick up on some of the points made by Mr Belder just now and make a general observation: it would seem that, in this debate – with a few rare exceptions – we are discussing in fairly general terms almost the Kantian idea of terrorism, whereas the danger is present not just outside the European Union but within its borders too. I am afraid Islamic terrorism has already arrived on our doorsteps.
After 11 September, the United States, although undeniably bound up in what is, not least, a political web of interests with the oil-producing countries, attacked without hypocrisy the issue of fundamentalist terrorism, declaring out and out war on the many-headed hydra of Al-Qaeda.
Here in Europe, however, we have to record a less-highly charged atmosphere. Evidence of this is, not least, the language people use and the way they find it difficult to use the words ‘Islamic’ or ‘Islamic fundamentalist’ in conjunction with the word ‘terrorism’. It would seem that Europe wants to play down the contribution to terrorism of certain Arab and Islamic countries such as Iraq, Syria, Libya, the Sudan, Iran and others.
Speaking just now, Mr Belder mentioned the Lebanon, and he was right to do so, for three reasons. Firstly, this is an attempt to obtain neutral status and to delude ourselves that, in this way, we can avoid terrorist action in our own territory. Secondly, this is an attempt to safeguard business relations. Thirdly, it is an attempt to maintain constant energy supplies. These are three extremely clear motives: fear, money and oil. Europe appears to be hiding, for these reasons, from a danger which, it must be stressed, has already penetrated its borders. Only a few days ago in my country, a magistrate specialising in combating terrorism – Gerardo D’Ambrosio – condemned the presence of between 1500 and 2000 warriors of Allah in our country alone. The Antimafia Commission has condemned the collusion between the Mafia and terrorism on a number of occasions: in my country, the Mafia organisation, the Camorra, regularly supplies terrorists with false documents. In its motion for a resolution, the European Union rejects any attempt to defend or justify terrorism. That is a perfect description of the behaviour during the days immediately following 11 September of at least 100
in 100 Mosques or Islamic centres, particularly the famous centre in London.
It is our duty to clamp down on such attitudes and behaviour and bring to justice the people, groups and organisations which promote terrorism."@en1
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