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Iraqi foreign fighters returning to Europe
2006-05-24
Posted by:Dan Darling

#4  I agree with N, the flypaper has been working and the ranks of Jihadists have probably dropped signficantly because of the Iraqi war.

Just because they got louder doesn't mean they are stronger.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-05-24 15:11  

#3  RCK (regards from Chen Kinan)
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-24 12:30  

#2  These jihadists will bring back ideological concepts and recruitment and fighting techniques that can assist their efforts in radicalizing and mobilizing segments of the Muslim populations in Spain, Italy and France.

Going back to the countries that have weak leaders.
Posted by: 2b   2006-05-24 11:39  

#1  After their experiences in Iraq, jihadists are probably returning infused with the intention to engage in jihad in their respective European countries and to make Europe the new front in the international jihad.

Sigh. More it's all Bush's fault handwringing.

One little detail they are overlooking--most of the foreign fighters in IZ wind up "volunteering" to be suicide bombers of one sort or another. The few that don't and try to shoot it out with us wind up dead, mostly.

The even fewer that survive all this winnowing and make it back to europe I suspect will be anything but radicalized. They may mouthe the right slogans when prompted, but will do little else. The Jihadi Network leadership is generaly a closed shop, and is much too holy to actualy risk their tubby little backsides. besides, the fat little hypocrits dont want to forgo their dole checks by doing anything that will actualy require them to work.
Posted by: N guard   2006-05-24 01:39  

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