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Over 100 'Islamic State' fighters return to Germany
2020-05-25
[DW] Authorities say a third of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
fighters who left Germany for Syria have since returned. Germany is taking a "holistic approach" in dealing with ex-jihadi fighters, including deradicalization and reintegration..


Germany's Interior Ministry said Sunday that over 100 members of the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist group have returned to the country following the jihadi networks failed incursions in Iraq and Syria.

"Security authorities obtained knowledge that they actively engaged in combat in Syria and Iraq or have completed apprenticeships to this end," the ministry told the DPA news agency. "These people remain under police and judicial investigation."

The ministry added that the number of open investigations is in the "two-figure range."

Authorities believe that 1,060 IS fighters left Germany for Syria or Iraq, of which a third have since returned, the Interior Ministry said.

German authorities are taking a "holistic approach" to the handling of the returnees, which besides criminal prosecution includes deradicalization and reintegration, according to the ministry.

OTHERS IN JUG ABROAD
Several suspected German IS members are believed to be in jug in Iraq, Syria or The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
Ottoman Turkish authorities have called on Germany and other European countries to take back IS suspects, with Ottoman Turkish Interior Minister Soleyman Solyu saying in November that Turkey is not "a hotel for IS members."

On Thursday, German authorities arrested two women, one of which was a suspected IS member, upon their arrival at Frankfurt Airport from Ankara after they were deported by Turkey.

According to the Genocide Network, a genocide investigation body backed by the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, many returning suspected IS fighters only face domestic terrorism charges in their home countries, which come with a statute of limitations that sets a time limit to prosecution.

The body has called for European authorities to add war crimes and genocide charges, the most serious crimes under international law which could lead to longer sentences.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Well, at least they padded their CVs.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-25 13:09  

#3  Subscription to the Turks run out, and The Merkel Express was a signing bonus?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-25 13:03  

#2  well, they'll probably integrate very well.
Posted by: Chris   2020-05-25 10:21  

#1  What Could Possibly Go Wrong!
Posted by: Sonny Black   2020-05-25 10:03  

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