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 Speaking at a Holocaust commemoration forum held by the European
Jewish Congress in Prague, he drew a parallel between the growth of
jihadist groups and Nazi Germany that could be easily contained in
the 1930s before it grew too strong.
"If we are to avoid a super-Holocaust, a mass murder of people, we
need united armed action, led on the international level, under the
(aegis) of the United Nations Security Council," told an audience of
parliamentary delegations from around Europe.
 Zeman, who does not direct the EU and NATO member's day-to-day
foreign policy of the country, said strikes should eliminate
militant training camps, using modern warfare, including drones.
The United States and its coalition partners have launched dozens of
air strikes each week against Islamic State militants in Iraq since
August and Syria since September. The militants have captured
swathes of territory in the two countries and proclaimed an Islamic
caliphate.
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"I am afraid that we will need to see a number of terrorist attacks
before we start to seriously consider such an international force of
fast reaction," he said.
(Reporting by Robert Muller and Jan Lopatka; Editing by Alison
Williams)
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