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Europe's Violent Shadow Army Unmasked ---- Mysterious men wearing balaclavas are beating up refugees at the external EU border or abandoning them at sea. Months of reporting now reveals who is behind the operations.
spiegel.de/international ^ | July 10, 2021

Posted on 10/09/2021 8:41:59 AM PDT by elpadre

You can hear the blows before you can see them. The noise of blunt objects striking arms, legs and backs filters through the thick shrubbery on the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. People screaming in pain, gasping and whimpering. Anzeige

Powerful men in dark uniforms are standing on the Croatian side of the border on this hot June day. They are battering Afghans and Pakistanis who have come to Europe to apply for asylum.

All of the men are wearing balaclavas; one of them has also donned black sunglasses. Their uniforms bear no insignia to ensure that they are completely unrecognizable. They are completely unaware that just a few meters away, hiding behind just a couple of bushes and trees, two reporters are filming their every move.

The videos document how these masked men chase 22 refugees out of the European Union, forcing them back into Bosnia-Herzegovina. One of the masked men swings again and again with his club, aiming at the legs of the migrants and making them stumble into the chest-deep border river. He then raises his arm in a threatening gesture and yells: "Go! Go to Bosnia!"

Human rights experts refer to such operations as pushbacks, and they are illegal, violating both EU law and the Geneva Refugee Convention. The deportation of migrants must not put them in danger and once they have reached European territory, they must be given the opportunity to apply for asylum. And beating defenseless people is prohibited anyway.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alexanderepp; andreipopoviciu; balaclavas; bashardeeb; bosnia; croatia; dersoygel; derspiegel; europe; europeanunion; genevaconvention; giorgoschristides; herzegovina; immigration; interventionpolice; interventnapolicija; jacksapoch; klaasvandijken; lamiaabi; letsgoderspiegel; nicolevgele; pakistan; phevossimeonidis; pushback; pushbacks; rafiqatschannen; rafiqtschannen; steffenldke
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To: elpadre

Sink the boats. They are defending the homeland.


41 posted on 10/09/2021 10:06:19 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: elpadre

Is there a GoFundMe to help these dudes?


42 posted on 10/09/2021 10:25:13 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Eagles6

Now that’s irony!


43 posted on 10/09/2021 10:26:28 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: elpadre

I remember talking to a teacher who had exchange students from Germany. Most native Germans don’t like the huge influx of immigrants from the Middle East but many are afraid to speak up. However, the students were like 15 to 17 years old and they said when they were asked about it, they replied, “we will take care of it.” It seems like the millennials and the generation after could be gearing up to the challenge at some point.


44 posted on 10/09/2021 10:31:26 AM PDT by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: elpadre

It seems to me that some citizens are taking it upon themselves to repel the stench of invaders.

I would have thought by now, that some citizens of my own country would have been doing the same.

However, it seems they like their coffee and couch, better.


45 posted on 10/09/2021 10:31:29 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: carriage_hill
I’ll chip-in $10 for airfare.

And if they bring their own horses, I will contribute to new reins they can use for future photo-ops.

46 posted on 10/09/2021 10:42:18 AM PDT by Bernard (The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
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To: elpadre

When your govt betrays you, matters must be taken into your own hands. Or you can do nothing and accept the effects.


47 posted on 10/09/2021 10:44:03 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Leave. Us. Alone )
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To: DesertRhino

There used to be a thing where you could call up and order pizza to be delivered to members of the IDF...

Something similar would be nice for these fine young lads!


48 posted on 10/09/2021 10:44:04 AM PDT by Bobalu (The plan must be to distract from Afghanistan by doing something even more stupid )
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To: elpadre

How can we hire these guys as border agents? 😆


49 posted on 10/09/2021 10:53:13 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: elpadre

Human rights experts refer to such operations as pushbacks, and they are illegal, violating both EU law and the Geneva Refugee Convention.

Ah, “the law” something some people only cite or care about when it serves them. This, by the way, is where pushback can come from…


50 posted on 10/09/2021 10:55:29 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Terry L Smith

However, it seems they like their coffee and couch, better.

et tu?


51 posted on 10/09/2021 10:59:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: PghBaldy

52 posted on 10/09/2021 10:59:53 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Terry L Smith

However, it seems they like their coffee and couch, better.

et tu?


53 posted on 10/09/2021 11:01:39 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I wonder if German and Japanese armies, in 1941-1945, if they were in Mexico, had rushed the border with the US crying “REFUGE!” would the US have allowed them in?

Things are different now compared to 1941-1945. Back then, the USA government rounded up Germans and Japanese living in South America, and sent them to concentration camps in the USA. They didn't even rush our border at all. Now we welcome our enemies into our country and give them many perks.

54 posted on 10/09/2021 11:13:25 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: Navy Patriot
#25: "Can I send these Shadow Army guys some high quality American Hickory Baseball Bats"


55 posted on 10/09/2021 11:15:21 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: elpadre

Now there’s a good idea...


56 posted on 10/09/2021 11:17:46 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: elpadre

They should create a Nobel Prize for Rational Thuggery, and these guys should be the first recipients.


57 posted on 10/09/2021 11:28:14 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: elpadre

58 posted on 10/09/2021 11:29:44 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Vigilanteman

Bosnia is surrounded by EU countries.
How did those migrants end up there?
Italian police pushes them to Slovenia, Slovenian police pushes them to Croatia and finally Croatian police beats them and forces them into Bosnia.


59 posted on 10/09/2021 11:36:52 AM PDT by nosf40
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To: gundog

"Divide people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance."

If only she had been met with such a "welcome" before her satanic influence began in this land we love.

60 posted on 10/09/2021 11:53:18 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly reccommend private school.)
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