Cort Wants Heightened Regional Security

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Wednesday, 04 May 2011 02:28

By Everton Barnes

Antigua St John's - Forty eight hours after the United States announced the death of the leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort wants regional agencies to heighten their security alert.

Dr Cort, the chairman of the Caricom Ministers responsible for Law Enforcement, General Crime and Security, said bin Laden’s death will, of necessity, affect security protocols across the Caribbean, as in other parts of the world.

“I have contacted the (Caricom) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) in Trinidad, and I have been in touch with the (RSS) Joint Regional Communications Centre in Barbados, as well as the Regional Intelligence Fusion Centre, also in Trinidad, and I have asked all Caricom agencies to be on full alert,” Dr Cort said in a speech to visiting riflemen.

Additionally, he said there is also a need to ensure that the region revises the various watches on people moving in and through it. This move, he said, will better enable the various agencies to exercise control over such movements.

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The National Security minister said there is concern that groups affiliated with al Qeada will attempt to mount retaliatory strikes against American interests in various parts of the world. With this in mind, Dr Cort want Caribbean countries to be on a heightened state of alert.

US President Barack Obama announced on Sunday night that bin Laden was killed by an American special ops team that flew into Pakistan to carry out the mission.

Bin Laden is believed to have ordered the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.

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