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Spain: 7 Muslims arrested, sent arms to jihadis disguised as humanitarian aid

Feb 7, 2016 4:56 pm By Robert Spencer

Remember this one the next time you hear about a Muslim who traveled to Syria from the U.K. or U.S., and then insists upon his return that he just went there for “humanitarian” reasons.

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“Seven arrested in Spain over suspected jihad links,” AFP, February 7, 2016:

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish police said they arrested seven people on Sunday with suspected links to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State groups and uncovered an operation to smuggle arms to jihadists under the guise of humanitarian aid.

The arrests were carried out in the eastern cities of Valencia and Alicante and in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, the police said in a statement.

“Five are Spanish nationals of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin, and two are Syrian and Moroccan nationals,” it said.

The arrests were made in the context of an investigation launched in 2014 into “foreign structures” providing logistical support for Islamic State — also called ISIL, ISIS or Daesh — and the Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, police said.

One of those arrested was a man who dispatched “military material, money, electronic and transmission material, firearms and precursors for making explosives” to Syria and Iraq via a company, it said.

This was shipped out in closed containers under the guise of humanitarian aid, and financed by “hawala,” an informal system of payment based on trust that is far more difficult to trace than bank transfers….

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Filed Under: Al-Qaeda, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Spain, Syria Tagged With: Alicante, Ceuta, hawala, Valencia


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  1. Angemon says

    Feb 7, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    Five are Spanish nationals of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin, and two are Syrian and Moroccan nationals

    So they’re anything but Spanish. Still, kudos for the honest reporting – they could have mislead people by saying “5 Spaniards, one Syrian and one Moroccan”.

  2. mortimer says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 1:35 am

    Western elites could stop political Islam’s terrorism by developing a protocol to deprogram Muslims right out of Islam.

    Once the jihadists have a SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT about the truth of Islam, they will be unable to continue fighting for fear of losing their life POINTLESSLY!

    Western intelligence agencies need to start developing these protocols IMMEDIATELY with or without authorization.

  3. mortimer says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 1:39 am

    All Western countries need enhanced laws for exiling jihadists and removing their passports. They also need their own Devil’s Islands where prisoners may VOLUNTARILY undergo CULTIST DEPROGRAMMING FROM ISLAM. When they are successfully deprogrammed they may return to society if the parole board is satisfied they are deprogrammed from Islamic terrorism.

    Yes, I am dreaming, but dreams sometimes come true.

    • duh_swami says

      Feb 8, 2016 at 8:26 am

      You can’t ‘deprogram ‘ the pious unless you convince then that Allah is not God, that paradise does not exist…There are apostles who that on their own, but few of them are jihadists…As long as the pious fear Allah more than thy do a deprogrerr, no deprogramming is possible…

  4. medaber_emet says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 2:43 am

    Dear Mortimer
    I sorry to be the one that breaks you the news
    the only way to stop the islamization would be a civil war in all the western world
    its nice to fantasize about deprograming and stuff but in reality islam can only be stopped by war
    all the rest is bullshit

  5. duh_swami says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 8:44 am

    To the pious, giving aid and comfort to other pious,, including weapons is humanitarian aid…The pious are the only humans,,,=—…the rest of you are ‘the worst of creatures;’…98.6

    • WorkingClassPost says

      Feb 8, 2016 at 9:45 am

      Duh, I don’t get it… Is that a yes, or a no?

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