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Report: Jump in number of jihadis traveling from Germany to Iraq, Syria
Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.05.2017 | Brandon Conradis

Posted on 03/06/2017 7:21:19 AM PST by Olog-hai

A report has found that more than 900 extremists traveled to the Middle East from Germany. The revelation comes amid growing concern from German officials over domestic terrorism.

Weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported the increase in the number of homegrown jihadis in their latest issue, not long after Germany’s domestic intelligence service warned that Islamic extremism was spreading in the country.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) said that 910 suspected jihadis had left Germany to travel to Iraq and Syria, a noticeable increase from the roughly 800 extremists reported about a year ago, Spiegel reported.

More than half of the extremists hold German citizenship, and around a fifth of them are women. Some 145 of the extremists are said to have already been killed in Syria and Iraq, the magazine added.

According to the government, a third of the jihadis have since returned to Germany, at least 70 of whom took part in fighting abroad. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eurabia; eussr; iraq; rop

1 posted on 03/06/2017 7:21:19 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Nothing to worry about, George W. Bush told us that Islam is the religion of peace........


2 posted on 03/06/2017 7:23:51 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

Excellent. Let them stay there.

If they want to return, they should have to pass a lie detector test on what they did.


3 posted on 03/06/2017 7:24:15 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I guess his amity with the Obamas makes him an expert thereunto.


4 posted on 03/06/2017 7:27:34 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
[…] at least 70 of whom took part in fighting abroad.
“Fighting?” Since when is raping 12 year old girls and cutting their throats called “fighting?”
5 posted on 03/06/2017 7:29:46 AM PST by cartan
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To: Olog-hai

So, Merkel paying them to leave is working. Of course, that doesn’t stop them from returning to Germany the next week with new ID.


6 posted on 03/06/2017 8:28:04 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Olog-hai

The weird thing about this is nobody saw this coming.


7 posted on 03/06/2017 9:50:52 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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