Current Affairs Terrorists threaten Radio Free Europe
When Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - headquartered in central Prague - began its Radio Free Iraq service in 1998, the risk of a terrorist attack against it increased significantly. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States, the Czech police and military have been guarding the radio station's building, and have installed concrete barricades and armoured personnel carriers in front of it. Recently, the Czech Foreign Ministry expelled five Iraqi diplomats, partly because it had reason to suspect that the Iraqi secret service was planning a terrorist attack against the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty building. Martin Hrobsky spoke to Sonia Winter, the spokesperson at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's headquarters in Prague, and began by asking her how serious the terrorist threats against it are:
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