In its 2009 intelligence assessment (the TE-SAT Terrorism Situation and Trend Report), Europol concluded that “Pakistan [has] replaced Iraq as preferred destinations for volunteers wishing to engage in armed conflict.” A senior EU official spelled out what this means: there had been “many cases in the recent past where either Pakistanis were coming to Europe or young EU citizens were going to Pakistan for training and being brainwashed.”
欧盟的介入可以归结为如下三个原因：第一，欧盟关注巴基斯坦是因为巴基斯坦境内的恐怖分子看上了欧盟。在欧盟2009年的情报评估（TE-SAT报告，即《恐怖主义现状及趋势报告》）中，欧盟的政治家得出了这样的结论， “ 巴基斯坦已经取代伊拉克成为渴望介入军事冲突的志愿者的理想集散地。 ” 欧盟一位高级官员解释其中的含义说： “ 在最近一段时间，有很多案例显示要么是巴基斯坦人潜入欧洲，要么是欧盟公民奔赴巴基斯坦参加培训并被洗脑。 ”