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Swedish PM Does Not Rule Out Use of Army to End Gang Violence

posted by janrinok on Monday February 26 2018, @07:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-guns dept.

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Sweden will do whatever it takes, including sending in the army, to end a wave of violence that has seen a string of deadly shootings, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/swedish-pm-does-not-rule-out-use-of-army-to-end-gang-violence-idUSKBN1F629L

Sweden's murder rate is relatively low in international terms, but gang violence has surged in recent years and Swedes are worried that the police are unable to cope.

In 2016, the latest year for which official statistics are available, 106 people were murdered in Sweden, a country of 10 million.

But Swedish TV reported there were over 300 shootings, mostly in turf battles between gangs over drugs, protection rackets and prostitution.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 26 2018, @11:58PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 26 2018, @11:58PM (#644312) Journal

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino_Sanandaji [wikipedia.org]

    He earned a MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics in 2003 and a PhD from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago in 2011. His PhD dissertation is entitled Essays in Entrepreneurship Policy.

    ... According to Sanandaji, he has purposely never conducted research on immigration so as to avoid having doubts cast on the research. Instead, he refers to research carried out by other individuals.[9] As of 2014, he describes his profession as economic research and writing on immigration as an unpaid hobby

    So, an economic "scientist" with a hobby for social "sciences", who doesn't want to be tainted by prev research on immigration.

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    https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Norell [wikipedia.org]

    Debate rages in Sweden over Muslim Brotherhood report [thelocal.se]

    The report suggests that the Muslim Brotherhood is secretly leading Islamists in building a parallel society in Sweden by infiltrating organizations and political parties in the country.

    It also claims that there is an "established structure of values among the country's political elite which stipulate how as a citizen you should approach 'minorities'".

    But in a blog post signed by 22 Swedish researchers specializing in religious studies, the claims were labelled as "almost conspiracy-theory like", and the study accused of ignoring previous research, lacking sources, and basing conclusions on personal views rather than evidence.

    The idea that Islamists are secretly building a parallel society in Sweden is, according to the 22 researchers "a conclusion which goes against the collective research" in the field.

    "The major shortcoming of the report is that it seems to be completely unaware of Islamic research which currently exists at Swedish and Nordic universities," Lund University professor of Islamic studies Jan Hjärpe, who was one of the 22 researchers to sign the blog post, told The Local.

    "The list of signatories is comprised largely of active researchers who have done and do in-depth studies on a range of the relevant concerns. It is striking that MSB ordered this report without at all consulting the expertise available. I suspect this is due to ignorance on the authority's behalf," he added.

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    Better information can be had from independent researchers like (economist) Tino Sanandaji [2], (researcher) Magnus Norell

    Excuse me, but I feel the number of grains of salt I need to take with the independent researcher cited goes well above my sodium tolerance - I'm not that young anymore.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:49AM (#644339)

    So, Swedish Nazis, then? What we may call "Quisling Meatballs"?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @01:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @01:13AM (#644361)

    Excuse me, but I feel the number of grains of salt I need to take with the independent researcher cited goes well above my sodium tolerance - I'm not that young anymore.

    Nothing worth losing your head over [wikipedia.org] but you can always consult crime rates in origin countries [answersafrica.com] as a proxy. Also; Colombia makes the list, hardly a ringing endorsement of Socialism given the Venezuelan exodus.