Posted on 03/23/2016 1:17:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
ISIS has trained at least 400 of its fighters to attack Europe in a series of waves, Associated Press has found. The attacks would be similar to those in Paris and Belgium, and timed to cause the most possible destruction and chaos across the continent.
The ranks are made up of terrorists from a range of origins who undergo training in Syria, Iraq, Libya and the former Soviet Union. After completing their training, they will work semi-autonomously as they infiltrate Europe and prepare their attacks.
Many of these would come from the 5,000 Europeans who have already traveled to Syria in order to join jihadist groups.
The project has already shown results; the mastermind behind November's attack in Paris reportedly entered Europe in the company of one such cell. His companions then split up and went "more or less everywhere."
European authorities are now focused on finding Najim al-Ashrawi, who was seen leaving the Brussels airport only minutes before the suicide vests he had prepared went off.
"Not only did he drop out of sight, but he did so to organize another attack, with accomplices everywhere. With suicide belts. Two attacks organized just like in Paris. And his arrest, since they knew he was going to talk, it was a response: So what if he was arrested? 'We'll show you that it doesn't change a thing,'" says French Senator Nathalie Goulet, who co-heads a commission to tracking terror networks.
A security official, who asked to remain anonymous, explained why the danger is far worse today than it was in the past.
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Islamists are practically in my backyard. I live in Georgia.
Texas is swarming with them. they really moved a ton of them here right after 9/11.they look mexican, but they chatter in iranian and arabic.
They’re already here, don’t kid yourself.
Don’t you know that jihadists also have 1st Amendment rights?
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