| The threats against El Salvador by groups with suspected links to Al Qaeda, for keeping troops in Iraq, are "a blackmail against the Salvadorian democracy," Salvadorian President Elias Antonio Saca said Monday. "I want to emphasize this is an attempt to blackmail the Salvadorian democracy. The democratic institutions of the world donot obey this actions," Saca told a press conference at El Salvador's capital San Salvador, reports reaching here said. The president conceded that for the moment, neither the existence of such groups that supposedly launched the threats nor the veracity of the messages has been confirmed, but he said "every available security measure has been adopted," including border, airport and customs controls. Saca said in the face of this sort of threat, "today is the moment to define who are against terrorism and who, inside the country, are supporting it." He said that the National Security Council headed by himself would be responsible for handling the situation. "We are not leaving anything to haphazard," Saca said. |