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Top ISIS Security Chief Masquerading As An Asylum-Seeker Arrested In The Netherlands
2023-01-22
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[ZH] The Syrian national, who has not been identified, faces allegations he led the terror group’s security services before fleeing to Europe to claim refuge...

A Syrian asylum seeker was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday on suspicion of acting as one of the Islamic State’s top security chiefs during the terror cell’s infamous rise to power in the Middle East.

The 37-year-old man was arrested in the village of Arkel, approximately 40 kilometers east of Rotterdam, where he had resided since entering the Netherlands and claiming asylum back in 2019.

The suspect is believed to have been in a senior position in the security services of both the Islamic State and, prior to this, Jabhat al-Nusra, another proscribed Salafist jihadist terror group, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM).

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf highlighted two other examples of jihadi leaders slipping into the country among the many thousands of Syrian refugees, highlighting Europe’s incredibly lax screening processes overwhelmed by the numbers who have and are still arriving from the Middle East.

One example the newspaper cites is that of Aziz al-H., known as “Balie jihadi” who entered the Netherlands in September 2017 under false papers and lived the high life in Amsterdam for over a year. Fellow Syrians recognized him as a terrorist ringleader once he started turning up at a debate center in Amsterdam, and Aziz was subsequently arrested by authorities. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Another example involved a Syrian national arrested in Kapelle, Zeeland, in 2019. He had been leading an inconspicuous life as a bus driver before evidence was presented to authorities showing his personal involvement in the execution of a Syrian colonel on the banks of the Euphrates River. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment.
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Posted by:Frank G

#3  Terror watch list arrests have exploded at the border under Biden
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-01-22 13:08  

#2  They caught one, but how many have snuck in undetected?
Posted by: EMS Artifact   2023-01-22 10:49  

#1  He must have been adverse to Michigan winters or didn’t want a congressional seat in Minnesota.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-22 09:52  

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