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Shamima Begum and other jihadis jailed in the Middle East 'should be allowed BACK to their homelands in a bid to break the cycle of extremism', says report
2020-07-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Soufan Centre
    ... a nonprofit security analysis group...
    has claimed homegrown extremists pose greater threat to national security than 20 or more UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East

  • Ex-FBI agent Ali Soufan
    ... a former senior FBI counterterrorism agent who spent years tracking Qaeda suspects in Yemen and claims to have often battled with the CIA over information sharing...
    has called for repatriation of jailed citizens in Syria, Iraq and Turkey

  • Prisoners being held overseas include Shamima Begum and 'ISIS Beatles' El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey

  • Fellow ISIS Beatle Aine Davis was convicted for terrorism offences in May 2017 and jailed in Turkey
Related:
Shamima Begum: 2020-02-08 British bride who travelled to Syria loses initial bid to restore citizenship
Shamima Begum: 2019-03-12 Runaway IS teen's mum asks for 'mercy' from UK
Shamima Begum: 2019-03-11 Two Brit ISIS brides held with their 5 kids in Syria 'stripped of UK citizenship'
Related:
El Shafee Elsheikh: 2019-10-12 US to Hand Over to Iraq IS Members Evacuated from Syria
El Shafee Elsheikh: 2019-10-10 2 ISIS 'Beatles' transferred from Syrian prison to US military custody
El Shafee Elsheikh: 2019-10-10 Two of the British ISIS transferred from SDF
Related:
Alexanda Kotey: 2019-10-10 2 ISIS 'Beatles' transferred from Syrian prison to US military custody
Alexanda Kotey: 2019-10-10 Two of the British ISIS transferred from SDF
Alexanda Kotey: 2019-05-19 Hang the ISIS Beatles, says CIA boss: Spy chief who helped hunt down and kill Jihadi John says putting his fellow Londoners on trial in the UK would be an 'epic disaster'
Related:
Aine Davis: 2019-10-10 2 ISIS 'Beatles' transferred from Syrian prison to US military custody
Aine Davis: 2019-10-10 Two of the British ISIS transferred from SDF
Aine Davis: 2018-07-28 UK Halts Cooperation with US over IS Suspects
Related:
Ali Soufan: 2019-07-31 Breaking : Hamza Bin Laden Dead.
Ali Soufan: 2011-04-21 Capital charges brought against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
Ali Soufan: 2010-01-03 WH Adviser Briefed in October on Underwear Bomb Technique
Related:
Soufan Centre: 2017-12-02 Istanbul Police Detain 62 Foreigners over Alleged IS Links
Soufan Centre: 2017-11-11 Turkey Detains 82 Foreigners Planning to Go to Syria
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  One Beatle and electric aunt shemima. Good times.
Posted by: Grunter   2020-07-04 18:45  

#4  Their homelands are in the Middle East, Pakistan, etc.
Posted by: Shating Turkeyneck1016   2020-07-04 16:55  

#3  I'm ok with this. As long as we release them at 15,000 feet sans parachute over their homelands.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-07-04 15:56  

#2  How does repatriation break the cycle of violence?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-07-04 14:15  

#1  Should be allowed to be BURIED in their Homelands, the sooner the better.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-07-04 11:10  

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