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Interpol says 50 Islamic State jihadis have entered Italy among migrants, may be on way to rest of Europe

Feb 2, 2018 6:38 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Interpol has circulated a list of 50 suspected Islamic State militants currently in Italy who the agency believes may attempt to travel to other countries to commit acts of terror. The Islamic extremists, all Tunisian, are believed to have landed by boat on Sicily between July and October 2017

“Local authorities call these arrivals ‘ghost landings’ and believe more than 3,000 Tunisians have secretly landed on the coast of Agrigento since July.”

Many countries across Europe continue their open borders policies even in the face of the ongoing hijrah, and even as many have lost track of migrants and known jihadists.

Jihadists have long infiltrated the “refugee” stream, as promised, and are roaming about freely in Western nations. Islamic State “hit squads” have also been reported in Germany, but they are free to move from country to country:

Migration for any potential terrorist in the European Union is facilitated by Free Movement and the  limited or non-existent border checks between EU members

Italy is also one of the main entry points for people travelling to Europe through North Africa, and has seen unprecedented numbers arriving from that country.

Amid mounting news, including leaked documents, it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend the nonsensical position that those who oppose wide-open immigration are “racist” and “Islamophobic.”

“INTERPOL: 50 Islamic State Jihadis Have Entered Italy Among Boat Migrants, May Be on Way to Rest of Europe”, by Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, February 1, 2018:

INTERPOL has circulated a list of 50 suspected Islamic State militants currently in Italy who the agency believes may attempt to travel to other countries to commit acts of terror.
The Islamic extremists, all Tunisian, are believed to have landed by boat on Sicily between July and October 2017, according to documents seen by The Guardian.

Drafted by the general secretariat of INTERPOL, the list was sent to the Italian interior ministry on November 29th, 2017, and was subsequently forwarded to counter-terrorism units across Europe.

Migration for any potential terrorist in the European Union is facilitated by Free Movement and the limited or non-existent border checks between EU members, with former INTERPOL chief Robert Noble describing the system as “effectively an international passport-free zone for terrorists to execute attacks on the Continent and make their escape” after the Bataclan massacre.

Four of the Islamic militants are already known to European intelligence agencies. One extremist “may have already crossed the Italian-French border, to reach Gard, a department in southern France, in the Occitanie region,” the international police organisation wrote.

“According to the information obtained in the field of international cooperation, the Tunisian citizens are linked to Isis/Daesh and would have reached Europe aboard unidentified boats,” the memo added.

Italy’s interior minister reacted to the leaked document saying in a statement that it was not aware of the INTERPOL list.

The Officer of the High Commissioner of the United Nations noted in 2015 that some 5,700 Tunisians had travelled to Islamic State-controlled regions in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. However, following the collapse of the self-styled caliphate, INTERPOL is concerned that these terrorists may be reorientating their militant efforts towards Europe.

Anis Amri, the Islamic State-linked Tunisian who stole a lorry and rammed a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring over 50, travelled to Italy in 2011 during the “al-Horqa” — the wave of illegal immigration to Europe shortly after the start of the Arab Spring.

He then travelled northwards to Germany with a group of asylum seekers during the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, posing as a Syrian national.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Italy saw nearly 120,000 migrant arrivals by sea during 2017.

The central Mediterranean country became the number one port for entry for migrants after a deal was struck in 2016 between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into Greece, which saw a staggering 821,000 migrants illegally crossing her borders by the end of 2015.

Since the migrant crisis subsided, 1.5 million migrants have crossed the Mediteranean from the Middle East and North Africa,

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  1. RichardL says

    Feb 2, 2018 at 7:52 am

    so they have 50 names and faces? I think it is fairly safe to say the real number is closer to 5,000 or even 1.5 million jihadis, depending on whether a jihadi is someone who already has killed for allah or is simply happy to do so in the future.

  2. MFritz says

    Feb 2, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    And Interpol, once again, knew everything, but did nothing to prevent it…

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Feb 2, 2018 at 5:35 pm

      I can almost imagine Interpol agents just waving them through as they come off the boat. “IS jihadi? Welcome to Italy! Be sure to grope a few of our fine Italian women on your way to Germany!”

      Seeing how they have declared war on us, and are enemy combatants who infiltrate our countries while not in military uniform — as soon as Islamic State jihadis are identified, they should get a blindfold & a cigarette, just before the firing squad gives them a quick, humane death. That’s the extent of what we owe them.

      • StellaSaidSo says

        Feb 3, 2018 at 4:41 am

        I agree, Savvy Kafir. They became enemy combatants the moment they declared war on us, and should be treated as such. And if we are going to allow returning jihadis back into our countries, it should be to march them straight to jail, not to offer them jobs, apartments, and ‘rehabilitation’ programs.

      • underbed cat says

        Feb 3, 2018 at 12:31 pm

        Boat migrants arriving from ? Arranged and paid by? Some trained as jihad warriors just 50? Let’s see Stephen Paddock shot how many? The rest of the migrants from Libyia, Somali which should also be classified, if muslim as prejihadi….who still want sharia law.If they want sharia law, attend mosques and have qurans…..that is an invasion and a numbers threat.This is taking place before our eyes silently hiding the dangers silencing the facts of jihad warfare, knowing there has been a collective loss of common sense or minds that would be labeled racist, hateful so they can easily set up shop to conquer the invaded country with plenty of muslim organizations aiding there arrival. Are the mb organizations going to provide easy access to government tax dollars, defend them when needed, as ” savvy kafir states they have already declared war” on the kufars and “stella said so” offers some very good advice.

  3. CRUSADER says

    Feb 3, 2018 at 4:29 am

    Benvenuto, paesani !

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