U.S. Sees Europe as New Front Against Islamists

Wall Street Journal, 11Apr06:

The Bush administration has quietly opened what senior officials consider a third front in a global campaign against Islamist extremism, this one aimed at the rising threat from Europe. Senior Bush administration officials have concluded that Europe's alienated Muslim minorities not only endanger Europe's social cohesion but pose an increasing American security threat. Last week Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing: "While Islamist extremism is a global phenomenon, we find the nature of the problem in Western Europe to be distinct - both in its character and its potential to threaten the United States."

Posted on 14 April 2006 @ 17:58