26th April 2019
Barbados Attorney General Warns Of Terror Threat from ISIS Especilly in the Caribbean
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By Barbados Nation
Barbados Nation:– Attorney General Dale Marshall is warning Barbadians that terrorism threats might be closer to home than they think.
Marshall, who is also Minister of Legal Affairs, said while he was “not trying to scare anybody”, everyone should be concerned about the Caribbean’s reported increase of “radicalised Muslims”, including those in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago.
The changes were intended to boost provisions against money laundering and terrorism financing.
“I have to caution the Barbadian listener that the tentacles of terrorism, though they may not have seen expression in Barbados, we guard every single day against the possibility of it happening here,” the St Joseph MP said.
“You only need to reflect that as far back as the time of Cricket World Cup [2007], there were individuals . . . from Trinidad and Jamaica who were being watched very carefully not just by regional governments, but by the governments of the United States and England and other places because of their associations with significant terrorist organisations.”
“So I am not trying to scare anybody but Trinidad is 40 minutes flying time away from Barbados. Trinidadians come and go, Bajans come and go. Terrorism is something that knows no borders; nobody’s passport has on it a stamp under employment, terrorist,” he warned.
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