The Week That Was, October 8th – 14th, 2012
Politics / Economy Left-wing candidate Anette Vilhelmsen won the race to become the new Socialist People’s Party leader with a convincing victory over Health Minister Astrid Krag. Business Minister Ole Sohn, facing the…
PET implicated in terrorist wife plot
Danish Intelligence (PET) was allegedly deeply involved in finding a European wife for terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki. Former PET double agent Morten Storm, who revealed last week he had helped PET, and the…
US news show reports on the ‘strangest espionage story ever’
The Danish double agent story has become a hot news item in the USA. In a leading segment on ABC’s Nightly News show, newsreader Dianne Sawyer called it ‘one of the strangest spy…
Muslim double agent urged militants to oppose Denmark
Former PET (Danish Intelligence) double agent Morten Storm incited Danish Muslims to violently oppose Danish society and support militant Islamism abroad while he was still on the agency’s payroll from 2006 until last…
Double agent was recruited in 2006
Morten Storm, who claims he helped Danish Intelligence (PET) and the CIA to locate and murder Anwar-Al-Awlaki, first offered himself to PET as a double agent in 2006, eleven years after he converted…
Danish Intelligence helped CIA to kill terrorist leader says agent
A former undercover agent claims that Danish Intelligence (PET) was directly involved in the hunt for the one of the world’s most wanted terrorist leaders, radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, killed by the…
DID PET act illegally?
Danish Intelligence’s alleged participation in the murder of a terrorist leader has sparked off a debate amongst legal experts who disagree as to the legality of PET’s operations in the war on terror….
Løkke’s China trip provokes angry response
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen heads for China today amidst a storm of criticism from opposition parties. During his 3-day official visit the former prime minister will discuss a new Denmark-China cooperation agreement…
Denmark to invest $5.4 billion in new warships
The government is aiming to become a ‘maritime superpower’ by building its own fleet of warships, Defence Miniser Morten Bødskov said yesterday at the launch of a new development partnership with the business…
DPP facing parliamentary extinction
Despite opinion polls showing the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has fallen below the 2% needed for parliamentary representation, party leader Morten Messerschmidt remains confident of a comeback at the upcoming election. Ranked by…
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