> This was one of bin Laden and al Qaeda's explicit goals. [citation needed] I can't speak for bin Laden but in 2000 I would have never predicted that the EU

> This was one of bin Laden and al Qaeda's explicit goals. [citation needed] I can't speak for bin Laden but in 2000 I would have never predicted that the EU will allow this kind of immigration on such scale. I suspect some of the new member states would have been much more reluctant to join if they knew.