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| U.N. Warns against New European, Arab Extremist Networks |
| 2014-05-29 |
| [An Nahar] Syria as thousands of foreigners fight alongside local bad boys, the U.N. Security Council heard Wednesday. A report from the U.N.'s al-Qaeda sanctions committee raised specific fears of large numbers of al-Qaeda affiliated imported muscle teaming up with Syria's branch of al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra Front. "Ties are established that the monitoring team predicts could lead to new pan-Arab and pan-European networks of krazed killers," said the head of the committee, Gary Quinlan. "Furthermore, the return of these battle hardened imported muscle to their countries of origin, or to third countries, with new ideas and skills is a cause for concern," said Quinlan. He told the Security Council that al-Qaeda is getting younger, with men in their 30s and 40s taking up leadership positions, increasingly shaped by contemporary events rather than the 1990s. For example, a new generation in Nigeria's Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... are more disposed towards violence and less tolerant of local religious leaders, said Quinlan, also Australia's ambassador to the U.N. Mid-level commanders in al-Qaeda affiliates in Africa and Asia bring "technological knowledge and a focus on innovative attack planning," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |