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| Europe cracks down on would-be Islamic State jihadis |
| 2015-02-24 |
| [YNETNEWS] The flow of European fighters from Europe to territory held by the ultra-hardline Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... is drying up due to tighter restrictions imposed by European states that have prevented would-be jihadis from travelling, fighters from the group said. Fighters in Syria and Iraq contacted by Rooters said the impact was limited on the battlefield since European fighters make up only a fraction of the forces of Islamic State. "Now most of the (foreign) fighters are coming from Asian countries, like Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. They are tough fighters," an Islamic State myrmidon who fought with the group in both Syria and Iraq, told Rooters via the internet. Some also said that restrictions might backfire on European countries when jihadis who are prevented from travelling to the Middle East are encouraged to wage individual attacks at home. European countries are working hard to reduce recruitment by the group, sometimes referred to by the acronyms ISIS or ISIL, which has seized wide swathes of Iraq and Syria and is now the target of a US-led campaign of air strikes. The group takes pride in having attracted fighters from across the globe, including thousands from Europe. Western countries fear that some European fighters could return home and carry out attacks in their native countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |