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5,000 active Islamic State jihadists at large in EU, Europol top dog says no evidence jihadis using refugee crisis to enter Europe

Feb 20, 2016 8:53 pm By Robert Spencer

“There is no concrete evidence terrorists are systematically using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe.” Then where did these 5,000 come from? Were they all born and raised in Europe? If so, you’ve got a much bigger problem on your hands than you think, Wainwright.

Rob Wainwright Europol

“5,000 ISIS jihadists at large in the EU: Europol boss warns huge numbers of terrorists have slipped back into European capitals after being trained in Iraq and Syria,” by Imogen Calderwood, Mailonline, February 19, 2016:

The British head of Europol has warned that as many as 5,000 ISIS-trained jihadists are wandering free in Europe.

Rob Wainwright, chief of the EU’s police agency Europol, said the agency believed between 3,000 and 5,000 jihadists have been able to slip back into Europe after training with ISIS in the Middle East.

‘Europe is currently facing the highest terror threat in more than 10 years,’ Mr Wainwright told Germany’s Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung newspaper.

‘We can expect [ISIS] or other religious terror groups to stage an attack somewhere in Europe with the aim of achieving mass casualties among the civilian population.’

He added that the increasing number ‘presents EU member states with completely new challenges’.

But he insisted that claims terrorists are using the migrant crisis to sneak into Europe disguised as asylum-seekers have been exaggerated.

‘There is no concrete evidence terrorists are systematically using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe,’ he said….

Yeah, just forget about that Paris thing in November.

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  1. خَليفة says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    “There is no concrete evidence terrorists are systematically using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe.”

    If I were a taqiyya spewing Muslims I could easily say that.
    1-Yes, there is no “literal block of concrete” that is evidence of infiltration…
    2-Yes, ISIS is not “systematically” using fefugee crisis, but rather “randomly” and “opportunistically” using refugee crisis…

    ISIS already declared they planned to do this, why is anyone surprised?

    • Angemon says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 9:28 pm

      Pretty much my line of thinking, خَليفة

  2. Voytek Gagalka says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Heads in the sand. How wonderfully it is there, under, so dark and so quiet… WHAT terrorists’ threat?

  3. grace says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Testing.

  4. grace says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    Thankyou Jihad watch for the work you do, and the news you bring.

    • underbed cat says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 4:25 pm

      Obviously this guy hasn’t heard about Isis’s fake passport or visa to bring the fake refugees to Sweden……pretty clever..nothing to see here today….5,000 trained jihadi’s wandering thru EU, but only one thousand swedes went through the weeds on the way to Copenhagen…..Better call Putin.

  5. Angemon says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    ‘There is no concrete evidence terrorists are systematically using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe,’ he said….

    Possible scenarios: he’s lying not to make the “refugees” look bad, he has bad info, those 5,000 were born in Europe (whether from muslim parents or converts), or they simply walked into Europe legally. My money is on him being engaging in a bit of tawriya: there may be no “concrete” evidence that they’re “systematically” using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe, but there may be “enough” evidence that they’re “sporadically” using the flow of refugees to send operatives into Europe.

    • Mark Swan says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 11:50 pm

      Actually there is no solid way of know who comes and goes …so a scientific wild ass guess…is it.

  6. WorkingClassPost says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    I must bookmark this one, so I can read it again sometime when I want a good laugh.

    He is joking isn’t he?

    • Don McKellar says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 9:28 pm

      You must have a very Dr. Strangelove style sense of humour. Because that’s what this is.

    • Oppressaphobe says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 7:33 am

      He’s not joking; he thinks we are that stupid.

      This is a good example to motivate a push back. Maybe a good old fashioned work stop by the people. No work, no taxes, no taxes, no pay for dirty politicians that work against the people with the peoples money.

      • Oppressaphobe says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 7:35 am

        Why toil for your own destruction? Maybe they’d like us to dig our own graves before we die.

  7. Don McKellar says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    An underground army readies to take Europe to its knees — while the Fifth Column of “refugees” suck untold billions of dollars from the foolish taxpayers. The madness of it all is too great to even believe if it weren’t actually happening.

    Is America every lucky they’re going to have a President Trump! America and Japan will be spared from the nightmare to come as much of the world descends into chaos and civil war through the second and third decade of the 21st Century. You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future these days.

    • Oppressaphobe says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 7:47 am

      “Is America ever lucky”

      Don,

      Not a Trump fan BUT this process has been amazing to watch and it underscores that America is not just lucky–our style of government has enabled the americans to wrest the power away from the center when its necessary to do so.

      Every other country has to figure out how they can get the power back to the people.
      Shaking off the psychological stupor and thinking clearly is the first step. Leaders are good at anesthetizing the masses.

      • DFD says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 2:58 pm

        Oppressaphobe saya: “… Leaders are good at anesthetizing the masses.”

        That’s the only thing they are good at.

  8. John Johness says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:38 am

    Anyone who knows the meaning of catastrophe understand that there is no warning – or as our erstwhile commander says “no evidence”. That is not the predictive measure. It does not show itself gradually. The question is how fragile are we to such an attack.
    Look at the evidence of our exposure;
    1. All authorities (and the press) are expected to deny it or ignore the issue.
    2. The bureaucracies are told ( directed in quite clear policy) to never mention the ideology.
    3. We have no ability to defend ourselves as the citizenry are defenseless, riddled with 5th columnists, traitors, the plain ignorant and sympathizers, and the police/military are ruled by the above (1 and 2)
    This is the GFC being played out with a disaster that is far bigger and important. For those who want to see the complicity and duplicity – see the film the Big Short and substitute Islam. There is no doubt that 2016 is the year.

  9. Karen says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:42 am

    There is no concrete evidence terrorists are systematically using the flow of refugees to infiltrate Europe,’ he said….

    There is no proof because that’s been made impossible. The refugees are asked for nothing more than a verbal on their name and home city upon arrival – hardly definitive identification. And thousands have disappeared.

    I might well ask if there is concrete evidence they are *not* exploiting the refugee situation. And what does he mean by “concrete”? An obvious weasel clause.

    • Oppressaphobe says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 7:25 am

      “I might well ask if there is concrete evidence they are *not* exploiting…”

      It’s great to turn their arguments around like that.

      They are reading off scripts, so when people are really thinking, they can completely obliterate these evil morons.

      This is one little comment, one little blog, but the cumulative effect of many people on many blogs and other avenues is the key to change.

      • Karen says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 8:47 am

        I’m hoping for that snowball effect too Oppressaphobe. 🙂

  10. Jack HOLAN says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 2:05 am

    The arrogance of these Men knows no bounds. They truly believe We the People in the US and Europe are stupid and believe A Merkel D Cameron F Hollonde, and this technocrat Clown they pulled out of the hat to inform or allieve fears possibly or just read the fictitious EU line that the terrorists who warned us 6 months in advance of a human wave and that they would be in it as Mohommed at Medina. So far leaders of Europe you have tied to cover everything up and IS to my chagrin has been more forthcoming about their intentions. I believe them moer than you and that is scary. Don’t forget their primal target, the Vatican. It’s a good thing Pope Francis has no Walls only bridges and his door is always open to everyone. Words to live by. I hate to say the true meaning of the idiocy.

    • Rufolino says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 3:33 am

      Have you seen the massive walls surrounding the Vatican ! The Piazza San Pietro has plenty of room to receive refugees. So why is it empty ?

  11. Michael, from Minneapolis MN says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 3:12 am

    Here Again, you guys have it all wrong.
    Scotty and Captain Kirk beamed those 5000 guys down from outer space. They might even be Klignons.
    They seem to act like it.

    There is another possibility–What’s going on in Europe reminds of a movie: The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

  12. Mike Crouch says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 3:48 am

    He is simply lying to us, it is propaganda, someone in power has told him that the ‘masses’ (ie you and I) must remain pro-immigration and we are not to be frightened into any kind of opposition

  13. Oppressaphobe says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 7:13 am

    “no evidence”

    …well, other than that they said they would. Other than that…no evidence.

  14. Oppressaphobe says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 7:20 am

    Our local paper blog started randomly deleting all comments negative to immigration and as I tried to respond to them before they deleted them, they CANCELED MY ENTIRE ACCOUNT.

    Nobody was saying anything wrong at all.

    So this type of crap comes right from the top and rolls on down.

    “Just say no” to believing a lie.

    This is the HEAVY HAND OF PROPOGANDA at work.

    They have power, but we have numbers when we stand united.

  15. Fred says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:37 am

    I have a hard time believing this statement. Too many military aged male refugees. They should be fighting for the freedom of their own countries. Not hanging out in the eu.

    • Oppressaphobe says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 9:54 am

      Exactly!

      Trump is the one that pointed this out after Obama said it was women and children.

      Let’s not forget that one. It makes absolutely NO SENSE that military aged men are exported in a time of war.

      Sorry, you can’t peddle that one here.

  16. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 10:58 am

    The world is so fake nowadays, reality is what goes over the public discourse, which is mainly over the TV. There is no refugee crisis, there are no refugees unless you count those running from themselves. The non-crisis is a Hijrah engineered by the New Caliph, a big power move made easy because he knew the SurReal Politik governing the receiving nations means the Moslem transfers will be taken in, housed, and fed.

    Civilizational suicide is what Spengler has been calling for years. But his theory centers around relative birth rates. That’ll play a key role in the takeover of Europe, but so will conscious abdication of self-preservation. The ability to accept falsehood is driving the suicide.

    • UNCLE VLADDI says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:30 pm

      Re: “conscious abdication of self-preservation via the ability to accept falsehood is driving the suicide.”

      …for which I blame Christianity. it teaches submissive suicidal masochism every bit as much as islam.

      Unfortunately, induced mind-control dates back even further than government propaganda: “Judge Not, EVER!” “Always Turn the Other Cheek!” “Resist Ye Not Evil Men!” and of course “Vengeance Is The Lord’s ALONE!” i.e: you sheeple have no self-defense rights! Telling people that the highest moral virtue is suicidal masochism and the ultimate crime is to hurt a criminal’s feelings and offend them by accusing them of their crimes (which will always, of course, “force” them to commit even more crimes) – equating telling the truth with inciting violence – IS a major crime perpetrated by the corruption of a certain religion!

      And lying in public – by declaring you “believe” in something you damn-well know you have no evidence to “believe” – is still to commit a criminal fraud, even if you also like to pretend you were “forced” to say it, because the (equally unbelievable) punishment for “not-believing” is eternal Hell.

      SO, OUR SOCIETAL SUICIDE IS NO SURPRISE.

      Christianity has been an insane criminal fraud from the beginning.

      Overall, religion is, at BEST, only a feeble rationalizing attempt to explain fear, pain, and hope.

      But we don’t feel these because a distant ancestor offended some “god.”

      We feel them because they reflect the three states of matter and time.

      Religion is BACKWARDS, and here’s both how and why:

      Fear does not cause pain and damage – damage causes pain and then the fear of it.

      Similarly, hope does not cause healing and health – healing causes health and then the remembered hope for more of it.

      “Faith!” is false, and prayer is useless – you can’t change the Perfect mind of an omnipotent God who has predetermined every thing from the Beginning, just by begging him or saying the right magic words!

      DAMAGE IS NOT HEALED BY HOPE!

      Non-Christian people (Jews and pagans) and animals’ bodies heal just as well and quickly as Christian’s do.

      All Jesus said was “You have to have faith in me.” “You have to have faith in me.” “Do you have faith in me?” “You have to have faith in me.” “Oops! You didn’t have faith in me, so things went wrong for you.” “You have to have faith in me.” “Do you have faith in me?” etc etc etc

      Then he died and said “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do!”

      But what ever happened to:

      “”Man, if thou knowest what thou doest, though art blessed; but, if thou knowest not, then thou art cursed and a transgressor of the law.””(?!)

      And I think a REAL god could have explained that which it was they did not know they did, so they wouldn’t have done it! LOL!

      😉

      Popes and priests generally aren’t religious people, they’re only “religions” salesmen, and that usually always only means: “Have Faith, for Hope IS a plan!” (“and Please Give Generously – AGAIN!”)

      Islam sells the opposite: Hope is no plan at all, so always Submit to the fear of Pain!

      While the first creed is less a bit evil than the latter one, neither is good for humanity.

      Christianity is NOT MUCH better than islam, in that it too is extortion, in that it forces people to commit public fraud in proclaiming a false “BELIEF!” in something they know isn’t true because they have absolutely no evidence for it (that there is a god, and that it is “good”) by tormenting them with the threat of eternal hell-fire – which threat alone is proof that it ISN’T “good!”

      • Oppressaphobe says

        Feb 22, 2016 at 7:04 am

        Wow! I didn’t know we were even talking about Christianity so I find your entire rant irrelevant.

        When we want to have a conversation about Christianity we’ll let you know. It’s just not fair or right that we’re talking about evil monsters in our society…

        …and you go off an a rant about our own traditional values.

        If the subject was whether traditional values held by groups since time immemorial, o.k. but THAT’S ANOTHER SUBJECT.

        This is like Obama, when asked about isis beheading poople, burning them alive in cages TODAY, says we shouldn’t get on our high horse.

        Just ridiculous and a low attack on the average person, who didn’t deserve it.

        • Oppressaphobe says

          Feb 22, 2016 at 7:14 am

          Always find it amusing the high horse that the non-believers get on-like they can prove their case!

          Well, where is your proof that there is not god, or that man absent religion would be so much better off?

          So aren’t you lying to say you know more than anyone else?

          If you’re agnostic, you admit to not knowing; so how do you then attack others?

          I respect agnostics, but they don’t say “I don’t know” and then turn around and attack because they just said they don’t know.

  17. Carolyne says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    The very fact that ISIS said that their plan was to infiltrate the “Refugees” with Jihad fighters is quite concrete,. Let’s see your concrete evidence to the contrary, Wainwright.

  18. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    ALL muslims are criminals, simply by being members of the world’s largest and most ancient yet ongoing crime-gang. Being a member of a crime-gang is a crime, even if the member hasn’t committed any specific crime beyond that of their general membership, because they represent the inherent public threat the crime-gang presents. It’s the Law. Everything muslims pretend to believe is “holy” is already a crime!

    All group rights must come with group responsibilities.

    When you describe yourself as a criminal gangster who asserts it’s his holy right and duty to extort, enslave, and murder all the non-members of your gang, you get judged for that threat, because death-threats are already crimes.

    And that sums up islam.

    People should just read the Qur’an: It orders ALL MUSLIMS to extort, enslave, and murder you for your “crime” of not-being a muslim.

    To repeat: Anyone who admits they’re a member of a gang whose sworn, official purpose for existing is to extort, enslave, and murder you – embodies and embraces a permanent death-threat. And offensive death-threats are CRIMES.

    Even if the threat fails to convince, it’s still at least a form of ATTEMPTED extortion, and all attempted crimes are still crimes, no?

    This is how liberals argue – that, despite the mountains of evidence and bodies, they want each and every muslim to be prosecuted individually, and only if they have been caught committing a specific crime. Because extortionist gangster liberal criminals also want group membership (gang) rights without any group responsibility.

    And aren’t there laws about being complicit willing accessories both before and after the fact of the crimes, too? So, shouldn’t crime-gang membership qualify automatically as same?!

    Otherwise, a getaway car driver was only driving a car, and the lookout was only loitering, at most.

    The chop-shop guy could pretend he sincerely believed “Carjack Bob” simply bought a new car every day, didn’t like it, and wanted to dispose of it!

  19. TheDane says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    Hehe! Great comments by mr. Spencer! I am starting to believe that all Europeans are downright stupid!

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