Clearly they weren’t watching him seriously enough.
“In any case, French security forces have said it would be impossible to keep an eye on all 12,000 listed for suspected Islamist views or even the 4,000 considered ‘problematic.'”
This is exactly in accord with the jihadi plan. As I explain in detail in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to ISIS, in 2015 the Islamic State (ISIS) published Black Flags from Rome, detailing its strategy for conquering Europe. It explains how, as the Muslim population of Europe increases, intelligence agencies collect huge amounts of data, “but they will not study it unless you are caught under the radar.” As jihad attacks become more common, law enforcement authorities will not be able to keep up:
As the Western nations get poorer, their intelligence collection agencies will continue to exist, but they simply won’t have enough manpower (less jobs) to analyse it all. With less attacks in the West being group (networked) attacks and an increasing amount of lone-wolf attacks, it will be more difficult for intelligence agencies to stop an increasing amount of violence and chaos from spreading in the West.
“Chérif Chekatt: who is the Strasbourg shooting suspect?,” by Kim Willsher, Guardian, December 12, 2018:
French investigators call them the “gangster-jihadists” – young men, often from poor immigrant backgrounds, who start with petty crime, drug dealing and robbery and graduate to terrorism.
They exist under the radar of the intelligence services or are placed on watch lists for their radical religious beliefs and subjected to varying degrees of surveillance – but are not expected to become violent.
In any case, French security forces have said it would be impossible to keep an eye on all 12,000 listed for suspected Islamist views or even the 4,000 considered “problematic”.
The profile of Chérif Chekatt, who is being hunted by police in connection for the attacks in Strasbourg, is all too familiar in France.
Chekatt was born in Strasbourg in February 1989, into a family with Moroccan roots, and appears to have fallen first into petty crime then gangster circles. The final stage, his apparent move into Islamic extremism, was reportedly sparked – or at least strengthened – during a spell in prison between 2013 and 2015.
Like many youths growing up on outer-city housing projects in France, home to many of the country’s north African immigrant population, where poverty and unemployment are rife, Chekatt left school early and had a series of low-paid jobs.
By the age of 29 he had 27 convictions for theft and violence, the public prosecutor Rémy Heitz said. On the morning of the Strasbourg attack, he was to have been arrested in connection with attempted murder linked to an armed robbery that went wrong last summer.
His religious practice and proselytising in jail were described by Heitz as “showing signs of radicalisation”. For that he was put on the Fiché-S list….
Of the 20,000 currently on the Fiché-S only a dozen are thought to be under 24-hour surveillance.
The deputy interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said Chekatt had been being watched in a “relatively serious manner”.
In 2016 Chekatt was added to the more specific Fichier des Signalements pour la prévention et la radicalisation à caractère terroriste (file of reports of the prevention and radicalisation of a terrorist nature), a little-known list of 20,000 people known to have been, or at risk of being, radicalised….
“In prison he encouraged the practice of religion in a radical form, but there was nothing in his way of life to suggest he was planning to act,” Nuñez said.
Chekatt’s background has similarities with a number of other terror attacks in France….
The former anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguière said Chekatt had the “typical profile” of a young radicalised Islamist.
“They are able to dissimulate their beliefs to the point where they drink alcohol or even ask their mothers to bring them a pork sandwich,” Bruguière told BFM TV. “In this way they are capable of passing under the radar but turning to violence extremely quickly.”
Residents in the housing block at Les Poteries where Chekatt lived were stunned – as were neighbours of all of the previous terror suspects.
“He was quiet. He didn’t speak much and was a bit of a loner; he didn’t hang around unless he was with his brothers and father,” said one of Chekatt’s neighbours. “He seemed normal. Just a normal guy.”
Georg says
“relatively serious manner” = we can’t/won’t do much better.
This represents the state of “leadership” in the 21st century West.
Simo Hayha says
“…..it would be impossible to keep an eye on all 12,000 listed for suspected Islamist views”
So, the “quickie” solution is to round up all 12,000, incarcerate all in a new “Devil’s Island’ somewhere in the NORTH Atlantic, then observe the effects on crime in France. Arrest, incarcerate, interrogate, ship to some really wonderful place of residence to fend for themselves for 15 or 20 years. Obviously with their staunch beliefs that THEIR OMNIPOTENT GOD will look over and provide for them, and they won’t have to worry about being “victims” of normal, peaceful, white, hard-working people at all! Nirvana, personified!
Horseman says
Pick ’em up and ship them out! Do you think that the dead and wounded are impressed that he was being, “seriously being watched?”
RickeyG says
Seriously, but not successfully.
Terry Gain says
Just a normal guy who is an adherent of an abnormal ideology whose God promises a carnal paradise for those who die while killing for his cause.
Keep that insanity where it was invented.
WPM says
The article says he was wanted for attempted murder before the “jihad flu bug ” set him off at Strasbourg .If he was being watch at all why was he not pick up for the charges of attempted murder before this ? Is attempted murder like an outstanding parking ticket in France if someone is Moslem or he was a violent person “of interest” to the local authorities? “On the morning of the attack in Strasbourg he was to be arrested in connection for attempted murder linked to an armed robbery that went wrong last summer.” I can see the local police yes ,yes ,we must bring up the number of parking tickets , there is a noise complaint on Banks St, and in your travels can you pick up that violent fellow who is want for attempted murder ,he is threating Jihad on nonbelievers on France on the internet ,try to see to it before the end of the day.
Lawrence says
Actually, the truth of things is beyond satire and parody. That is exactly how it is.
Emilie Green says
Being watched in a “relatively serious manner”
Being watched – police have a picture of perp on a bulletin board in the lobby
Being seriously watched – perp’s picture is moved to the top of the bulletin board
Being really seriously watched – perp’s picture is moved to its own separate bulletin board
Being watched in a “relatively serious manner” – a table is set up just beneath the separate bulletin board on which is placed a candle and a plate of crackers and cheese bits in order to draw cops over to the table and hopefully to look at the perp’s picture.
The next step up would have seen the watching moved up to a “double-dogged serious manner” – a carafe of wine with small cups would have been added to the table
After that, the ultimate – Inspector Clouseau would be called in.
FYI says
“serious manner”:
The expression speaks for itself
“relatively serious manner”:
more relaxed,French,casual,Dhimmiwit,not TOO bothered..typically European,naive,non-“islamophobic”….inspector Clouseau-ish….
Wellington says
Being watched in a “relatively serious manner.”
Well, that sure is a relief to know.
j_not_a says
Obviously they were not watching himrelatively seriously enough.
Tom says
It must be really disconcerting for the French people knowing that their government is only “relatively serious” about preventing radical islamists from maiming and killing them and their children.
Perhaps the French people should demand that the safety of politicians only be treated “relatively seriously” instead of the absolute seriousness with which they protect French political leaders currently.
Just one more reason for the yellow jackets to continue their demonstrations until the elitist Macron and his government are gone.
somehistory says
They knew he was a repeat offender in serious crimes. They knew he was wanted for murder in a “robbery gone wrong”….that usually means the killing was not intended…but with this moslim creep, how could they know?
They knew he was working hard to make converts in prison…where he was “radicalized.” Sounds more like he was already on the edge of action and was attempting to get others to that same point.
If this guy was “being watched”…the watchers need stronger eye glasses.
As for the “drinking” and other stuff…they should have learned from the 9/11 attacks where the 19 terrorists were doing the same things…in order to appear “normal”…like the citizens around them, so as not to raise alarms.
He was “quiet” and a “loner.” How many serial killers have been described just that way by their former neighbors? How many killers have been described any other way?
As Steve Wariner sang, “Some fools never learn.”
somehistory says
And “relative” to what? With whom were they comparing him? and why?
gravenimage says
French Interior Minister says Strasbourg jihad murderer was being watched in a “relatively serious manner”
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Not seriously enough to stop him from mass murdering innocent people.