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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks with the Associated Press during an interview at the Bibliotheque Solvay in Brussels on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. In a farewell speech as NATO's top civilian official, Rasmussen said the alliance finds itself on the front lines of a geopolitical division between \"tolerance and fanaticism,\" and \"democracy and totalitarianism.\" Rasmussen's five-year term as NATO secretary general comes to a close at the end of the month. (AP Photo\/Virginia Mayo)(The Associated Press) <\/p>\n
BRUSSELS NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen says members of the U.S.-led alliance must stand shoulder to shoulder to confront \"virulent, violent and anti-Western threats\" from both Russia and the so-called Islamic State extremist organization. <\/p>\n
In a farewell speech as NATO's top civilian official, Rasmussen said Monday the alliance finds itself on the front lines of a geopolitical division between \"tolerance and fanaticism,\" and \"democracy and totalitarianism.\" <\/p>\n
\"We must stand strong as a force for freedom,\" said Rasmussen. He said NATO and its member nations must face the fact that the new security challenges it faces could last for years. <\/p>\n
Rasmussen's five-year term as NATO secretary general comes to a close at the end of the month. He spoke at a Brussels gathering of the Carnegie Europe think tank. <\/p>\n
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