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Up to 600 European Jihadists Have Fought in Syria
[An Nahar] As many as 600 Europeans have joined the rebels fighting government forces in Syria, according to a British study.Jihadists from 14 European countries including La Belle France, Germany, Britannia and the Netherlands are among those to enter the conflict, according to research published Tuesday by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at King's College London. "Between 140 and 600 Europeans have gone to Syria since early 2011," said researcher Aaron Y. Zelin. Up to 441 Europeans are still in the country, he added. The ICSR based the figures on some 250 "martyrdom notices" posted on jihadist websites as well as hundreds of Arab and Western media reports. It estimated that as many as 134 fighters from Britannia have headed to Syria, along with up to 107 from the Netherlands, 92 from La Belle France and 85 from Belgium. Others came from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria and Kosovo. "As with previous conflicts, the picture is far from complete and will probably remain so for years to come," said Zelin. "There is no 'true census' of imported muscle, and publicly available sources are inevitably incomplete." Posted by: Fred 2013-04-04 |
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