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### Viewing cable 05REYKJAVIK520, ICELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM

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05REYKJAVIK520 | 2005-12-20 16:04 | 2011-01-13 05:05 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Reykjavik

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    UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000520

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS
    STATE FOR S/CT:RHONDA SHORE AND ED SALAZAR
    OSLO FOR DATT
    COPENHAGEN FOR LEGAT

    C O R R E C T E D   C O P Y (PARAGRAPH 2 TEXT)

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PTER ASEC IC
    SUBJECT:  ICELAND:  2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM

    REF:  STATE 193439 (NOTAL)
    ¶1.  The following text updates for 2005 the Iceland
    country section of the 2004 Patterns of Global
    Terrorism report:
    Iceland has no military forces.  Nevertheless, its
    leaders have offered strong rhetoric in support of U.S.
    antiterrorism policies, and the Icelandic Crisis
    Response Unit (ICRU), a Ministry for Foreign Affairs-
    run organization of peacekeepers, has contributed to
    counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
    There are no indications of the existence of terrorist
    groups operating inside Iceland or of trafficking of
    weapons of mass destruction (WMD) through the country's
    territory.  The country's top Coast Guard official has
    worried publicly, however, that the surrounding North
    Atlantic Ocean receives insufficient surveillance by
    law enforcement.
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    Operations
    ----------
    During the year, two eight-person ICRU Mobile
    Observation Teams deployed to Afghanistan and were
    attached to PRTs in Meymana (deployed in September) and
    Chagcharan (deployed in mid-October), with rotations of
    personnel planned at three-month intervals.  In
    November, however, Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde
    announced that due to safety concerns Icelandic
    civilian peacekeepers would cease to participate in the
    PRT in northern Afghanistan, although they would
    continue to work in the western region while the
    security situation remained stable there.  There are
    four ICRU members in Sri Lanka with the Norwegian-led
    Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM).  Currently one
    Icelandic policeman is in Kosovo with the international
    police force there.  These peacekeeping deployments
    remain well short of the Icelandic Government's long-
    stated goal of 50 ICRU peacekeepers in the field "at
    any given time" in 2006.  Wages and costs have
    apparently far exceeded government projections, and
    remaining funding has not allowed additional
    deployments.
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    Dialogue
    --------
    Several exchange visits in support of security and
    antiterrorism occurred between U.S. and Icelandic
    Government officials in 2005:
    -- In January the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)'s Rotterdam-
    based U.S. International Port Security Liaison Officer,
    with responsibility for Iceland, visited Reykjavik to
    tour port facilities and share strategies with maritime
    officials. She noted:  "All entities are keenly aware
    of each other's roles and their successful
    collaborative work is evident.Icelandic authorities are
    working to centralize their emergency response efforts,
    further improving communication as well as national
    security, e.g. three major ports in Reykjavik have come
    together to form an Association of Icelandic Ports and
    also the Icelandic Coast Guard/Maritime Traffic Center
    is being relocated with the Icelandic Police/Emergency
    Response Center where incidents can be managed with a
    more integrated approach."
    -- In March the USCG provided Icelandic Coast Guard
    (ICG) Director General Georg Larusson with a weeklong
    orientation to USCG personnel, materiel, and facilities
    on the eastern seaboard.
    -- In May Embassy personnel arranged and partially
    funded extensive U.S. travel and briefings for Jon
    Bjartmarz, Chief Superintendent, National Commissioner
    of Police Security Section, to familiarize him with
    U.S. law enforcement best practices.
    -- Also in May, Embassy personnel organized, escorted,
    and partially funded travel of senior foreign affairs
    journalists from Icelandic print and broadcast media to
    Brussels, Vienna, and Sarajevo to study Alliance
    transformation, post-conflict reconstruction, counter-
    trafficking, and the broad work of the OSCE in Eurasia.
    -- Iceland hosted USCG Commandant Admiral Thomas
    Collins on a goodwill and familiarization visit July 1-
    ¶2.  In meetings with Larusson and Minister of Justice
    and Ecclesiastical Affairs Bjorn Bjarnason, Admiral
    Collins proposed training and acquisitions for the ICG
    as well as ways to enhance interoperability.

    Following these exchanges Minister Bjarnason announced
    in September that the Government would purchase a new
    patrol vessel and a new airplane to replace aging
    existing assets.  Two additional patrol vessels will be
    refitted.  Larusson has maintained political pressure
    on his government to increase its spending on maritime
    security.  Referring to the 1.8 million square
    kilometers of Icelandic territorial waters, he warned a
    civic group in November, "This is probably the only
    ocean area in the world that is so little monitored."
    He added that those sailing in the region were probably
    aware of its vulnerability and could plan "unsuitable
    acts."  He pledged to revise ICG regulations to make
    weapons available on board patrol vessels and for the
    first time to give police training to crews, who
    already enjoy police authority.
    -- In November, a team from S/CT briefed senior
    officials from the Icelandic MFA, Justice Ministry,
    Police and Coast Guard on State's Foreign Emergency
    Support Team and other interagency crisis response
    capabilities.  Later that month, the Icelandic Police
    special forces unit carried out a hostage rescue
    exercise inside the U.S. Embassy. The Icelanders
    undertook to continue to work through the Embassy to
    strengthen counterterrorism contingency planning.
    -------------
    Moral Support
    -------------
    Icelandic Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson condemned
    the July 7 terrorist attacks on the London transit
    system by saying they were great acts of cruelty
    against innocent citizens.  He also stated, "These were
    attacks not only on the British nation but also on our
    shared democratic and national values."  Minister of
    Justice Bjarnason, responding to questions about
    Icelandic anti-terror preparedness in the wake of the
    London bombings, outine a multi-pronged Icelandic
    approach, including:
    -- updating police organization to reduce the number of
    districts nationwide and achieve economies of scale;
    -- strengthening the Special Unit (an elite SWAT-type
    police organization) by increasing manpower;
    -- increasing monitoring of foreigners;
    -- maintaining Keflavik International Airport's
    preeminence in use of the most advanced security
    technology; and
    -- devising plans on how to respond to chemical,
    biological, or radiolical attack.
    Iceland is a party to all 12 international conventions
    and protocols relating to terrorism; and has signed the
    Nuclear Terrorism Convention.  In May Iceland signed
    both the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention
    of Terrorism CETS No. 196 and the Council of Europe
    Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and
    Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the
    Financing of Terrorism CETS No. 198; both are slated
    for ratification by the Althing (parliament) in 2006.
    Speaking at the UN General Assembly in September, both
    Asgrimsson and then-Foreign Minister David Oddsson
    supported adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on
    International Terrorism.  "Such a convention must
    unconditionally condemn terrorism. For it to be fully
    effective, it must include a legal definition of
    terrorist acts," Oddsson declared. Asgrimsson
    reiterated, "(A) universal definition is still
    needed.   Terrorism is a threat to us all and must be
    condemned in all its forms."
    ---------
    Exercises
    ---------
    The Icelandic Coast Guard hosted its fourth annual
    explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) training exercise,
    Northern Challenge, from August 29 to September 2.
    This year's exercise was attended by teams from
    Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom and Sweden (the
    first Partnership for Peace team to attend) for a total
    of 47 EOD technicians.  The exercise objectives were:
    (1) to provide a realistic training exercise, where
    NATO/PfP EOD teams could hone their skills and
    procedures in dealing with a number of EOD/IEDD tasks,
    and (2) provide a platform for discussion and exchange
    of ideas regarding EOD and Innovative Explosive
    Ordnance Disposal (IEDD) operations.  Formally the
    exercise fulfilled the requirements of the 2000
    Implementing Agreement Pursuant to the Memorandum of
    Understanding between Iceland and the U.S. regarding
    ICD EOD and IDF cooperation, specifically in the areas
    of EOD training and exercise.
    In support of maritime security, the ICG has given
    increased attention to scenarios involving large
    passenger and cargo vessels.  In August, the ICG EOD
    unit conducted a bomb disposal exercise at Sundahofn
    port in Reykjavik on an American cruise liner, the
    Seven Seas Navigator.  The exercise was a cooperative
    effort between members of the ICG, the Maritime Control
    Authority and the ship's security officer.  On
    September 28, the fuel tanker USNS Gianella arrived at
    the Helguvik NATO fuel pier carrying 9.8 million
    gallons.  For maritime security, the Iceland Defense
    Force (IDF) requested ICG assistance in pier sweeps and
    harbor patrol.  The ICG EOD unit conducted pier sweeps
    from September 25 to 27.  The ICG cutter Baldur
    patrolled the harbor during the fuel transfer from
    September 28 to 29.
    -------
    Contact
    -------

    ¶2.  Embassy point of contact for this report is
    Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. 011-354-562-
    9100x2294, fax 011-354-562-9139, e-mail
    kieransl@state.gov.

    KOSNETT

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