Speaking of foreign jihadists, "NATO-Afghan force also detained an al Qaeda fighter of Moroccan origin who lived in Germany," and who had entered Afghanistan through Iran.
What should be striking in all of this is the uniformity with which jihadists from places far removed from one another "misunderstand" Islam, and their ability to find common cause even in what are described as "local" or "regional" conflicts. "NATO on alert for influx of foreign fighters in southern Afghanistan," by Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister for CNN, May 24:
Coalition forces in Afghanistan say that a recent security operation in the southeast part of the country suggests an influx of foreign fighters may be underway, just as the Taliban begins its "fighting season" against NATO troops.
And intelligence analysts say it seems a growing number of Europeans are among them.
On the night of May 8, a joint NATO-Afghan force encountered a group of militants in a place called Qalat, a district in Zabul province in southeastern Afghanistan. Ten militants were killed, according to a statement Tuesday from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The combined force "found passports and identification cards from France, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia amongst ten insurgents killed during the operation," the statement said.
The NATO-Afghan force also detained an al Qaeda fighter of Moroccan origin who lived in Germany -- and who provided details about other foreign fighters. The detainee said he had "observed foreigners from many countries converging in Pakistan to conduct attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan," according to ISAF.
ISAF says the captured man had provided "information on the mechanics of getting foreign fighters to Afghanistan." He said he had come through Iran -- a route frequently used by al Qaeda and other jihadist groups - where he had been approached to become a suicide bomber.
The Moroccan was not identified, but news of his presence among militants will heighten worries in Germany about the number of its residents setting off to wage jihad. German authorities believe at least 220 German residents received training in Pakistan in the years after 9/11; around 40 are still suspected of being in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Others have returned to Germany and are under surveillance, according to German counterterrorism officials.
Many jihadists from Germany have joined an al Qaeda affiliate called the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The IMU has been active in Zabul, the province where the German-Moroccan was recently captured.
Among them were two brothers of Moroccan origin living in Bonn, who left Germany several years ago.
Yassin and Mounir Chouka first went to Yemen. In a February 2011 internet statement, Yassin Chouka said they had met fugitive preacher Anwar al-Awlaki.
"We benefited a lot from (Awlaki) and spent priceless hours with him," he wrote. The Chouka brothers apparently spent about a year in Yemen before moving on to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.
From the article: "What should be striking in all of this is the uniformity with which jihadists from places far removed from one another "misunderstand" Islam, and their ability to find common cause"...
To the Islam indoctrinated Muslim mind - Islam is the one and only perfect religion.
And ALL of mankind's other religions must ultimately be destroyed or subjugated to - "make way for Islam."
And ALL of Muhammad's perverted and evil behavior must excused by Muslims because -
Muslims must believe all of the so-called canonical Islamic texts to be the perfect, immutable, without flaw words of, "Allah" himself...
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I am an ex-Muslim.
NATO on alert for major influx of foreign jihadists into Afghanistan, and "a growing number of Europeans are among them"
Speaking of foreign jihadists, "NATO-Afghan force also detained an al Qaeda fighter of Moroccan origin who lived in Germany," and who had entered Afghanistan through Iran.
What should be striking in all of this is the uniformity with which jihadists from places far removed from one another "misunderstand" Islam, and their ability to find common cause even in what are described as "local" or "regional" conflicts.
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The other thing that is striking is how truly global the global Jihad is at this point. Just this article goes on to mention France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, as well.
It also show to what extent Jihadists are using the West—not only as a target, but also for fund-raising Zakat for Jihad, and even as a base of operations.
"A growing number of Europeans are among them."
Good.
That means it will be now legal to shoot them.
They are leaving a continent that subsidizes their supremicists radicalism and going to a country where it will be legal to butter the dirt with their brains.
Right you are, Truthiocity!
It's much better to have these savages in Afghanistan, where, despite the constrictive "rules of engagement" under which NATO forces operate, they still face some serious firepower and a good chance of being blown away. Back in Europe the worst that they face is life in prison at the taxpayers' expense.
from the article (and Marisol highlighted the last sentence, which is the one that jumped right out at me when I first read it, too):
"German authorities believe at least 220 German residents received training in Pakistan in the years after 9/11; around 40 are still suspected of being in the tribal areas of Pakistan. **Others have returned to Germany and are under surveillance, according to German counterterrorism officials** [Marisol bolded this]."
'German residents' = 'Muslims who had spent some time in Germany'.
'Others have returned to Germany'.
Germany, Germany, why the hell did you let these creatures back in through your gates, if you know where they've been and what they've been up to?
Any Muslim from any majority non-Muslim land - be he (like Shane Kent and David Hicks from Australia) an indigenous previously-non-Muslim convert to Islam, or a born-Muslim who has either been born to Muslim immigrants, or migrated into that non-Muslim land at some point in his life - who is KNOWN to have gone off to a Muslim land where there are hotbeds of sharia and jihad incitement and training, and who is KNOWN to have undergone jihad indoctrination and/or combat training there, or even actively taken part in jihad (like David Hicks did - firing over the border from Pakistan into Kashmir), should NOT be permitted back into the land he left nor into any other part of the lands of the non-Muslims. If he is not a citizen, his residency (or whatever other status he has acquired) should evaporate into thin air; if a citizen by birth or acquisition, surely a sentence of Exile For The Term of His Natural Life might reasonably be brought down (with a 'feel free to shoot this b*st*rd on sight' order circulated to all non-Muslim troops in Afghanistan and any other place where non-Muslim soldiers are coming up against jihad raiders).
Right on! And I do like the way you phrase things.