Deradicalization programs have long proven to be a complete failure. Jihadists are not merely criminals. They are fueled by religious zeal and Islamic tenets which command their actions and promise them rewards in the afterlife for waging war against infidels.
Al Hol (aka Al-Hawl) camp is a massive jihad army waiting to be unleashed.
Islamic State jihadists are so dangerous that an Iraqi judge once said that he was sentencing jihadis from the UK to death in order to protect Britain. Abdul Sattar Beraqdar, spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, stated that “British members of ISIS deserve to die…. The punishment, as much as it seems strong, will affect the security of your country….I am sure there are hundreds of people in Britain at this moment thinking of committing similar crimes.”
Incidents at Al Hol include Islamic State brides unleashing a “reign of terror,” slaughtering babies and dousing people with petrol; the murder of a Doctors Without Borders worker; a report that ISIS brides “live strictly according to IS ideology”; and testimony from Kurds that the camp is a “ticking time bomb” for Europe.
Iraq’s decision to repatriate these hardcore jihadists and their Cubs of the Caliphate from the infamous Al-Hol camp poses a serious security threat to the region and to Europe (which has, of course, adopted open-door immigration policies).
“Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats,” by Qassum Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, September 15, 2023:
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group.
It’s a move that Baghdad hopes will reduce cross-border militant threats and eventually lead to shutting down the facility.
After U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led fighters defeated the Islamic State group in Syria in March 2019 — ending its self-proclaimed Islamic “caliphate” that had ruled over a large swath of territory straddling Iraq and Syria — thousands of IS fighters and their families were taken to the camp known as al-Hol.
Many of them were Iraqi nationals.
Today, Iraqi officials see the facility, close to the Iraq-Syria border, as a major threat to their country’s security, a hotbed of the militants’ radical ideology and a place where thousands of children have been growing up into future militants.
It’s “a time bomb that can explode at any moment,” warned Ali Jahangir, a spokesman for Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displaced. Since January, more than 5,000 Iraqis have been repatriated, from al-Hol, with more expected in the coming weeks, he said.
It is mainly women and children who are sent home. Iraqi men who have committed crimes as IS members rarely ask to go back for fear of being put on trial….
Fitna says
Imagine, Iraq is doing more to protect Europeans than Europeans are.
As Christine noted, they cannot be rehabilitated. If the UK and other European nations take them back, then it’s highly likely they will bring jihad to western nations.
There is an easy answer, treat this for what it is, a war and execute these terrorists. This way they will not become a problem for any other nation.
The scary fact is that ISIS isn’t the ‘real threat’…Islam is. The ideology they follow is the exact same one being taught in mosques and followed by Muslims all over the world.
Until we in the West and by that I mean our leaders/media and the general populace figures it out, we’re all in danger of being attacked by Muslims wherever we are.
Pete says
Why can’t all Muslim countries repatriate Muslims, these people deserve to be in their own countries. Oh right, they get free money so why go home?