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Wannabe jihadists are taking cruises to avoid security checks while traveling to Syria and Iraq
News.com.au ^ | 11/6/2014 | AP

Posted on 11/06/2014 12:21:22 PM PST by wtd

Wannabe jihadists are taking cruises to avoid security checks while traveling to Syria and Iraq

WANNABE jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass stepped-up efforts to thwart them in neighboring Turkey, Interpol officials have told The Associated Press.

This is one of the reasons why the international police body is preparing to expand a pilot program known as I-Checkit, which airlines use to check passenger information against Interpol’s databases - in hopes that one day the system could expand to include cruise operators, banks, hotels and other private-sector partners.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cruise; jihad; syriairaq

1 posted on 11/06/2014 12:21:22 PM PST by wtd
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To: wtd

Are there many cruise ships stopping in Syria?


2 posted on 11/06/2014 12:23:48 PM PST by PGR88
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Syria and Iraq are cruise ship destinations?


3 posted on 11/06/2014 12:24:24 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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Let them go there and get marytered. We don’t want them in civilized countries anyway.


4 posted on 11/06/2014 12:33:36 PM PST by soycd
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To: wtd

Jiiihaaad, exciting and new!

5 posted on 11/06/2014 12:37:05 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: wtd

Not good news for the cruise line industry.


6 posted on 11/06/2014 12:37:33 PM PST by Nevadan
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To: wtd

Why avoid security? Obama is dropping supplies and weapoins to the jihadists.


7 posted on 11/06/2014 12:52:05 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That’s Osho! He isn’t going to hijack anything - except your 18-year-old daughter. :)


8 posted on 11/06/2014 12:54:01 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: wtd

This could evolve into a new TV series.

The Hate Boat


9 posted on 11/06/2014 1:38:02 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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