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Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home.
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Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.
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The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
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Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.
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If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.
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We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.
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Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.
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Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.
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In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.
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Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims.
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Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.
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I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.
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The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.
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Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.
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In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.
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