Posted on 09/20/2014 5:12:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As war in Syria and Iraq attracts a growing number of Muslim extremists from Europe, intelligence officials in Germany believe a former gangsta rapper has joined the inner circle of Islamists fighting there.
Denis Cuspert was once a modestly successful member of Germany's hip-hop scene going by the stage name Deso Dogg. Now he calls himself Abu Talha the German and is a top propagandist for the so-called Islamic State (IS) caliphate, which is blamed for several wartime atrocities.
His ascent into the upper IS ranks is raising concerns that such "homegrown" Islamists could embolden Muslim extremists in Germany or that they might one day return themselves to target the country for terrorism.
"Cuspert won't come back since there's an arrest warrant waiting for him," Elke Altmüller, a spokeswoman for Germany's Verfassungsschutz domestic intelligence agency, told Yahoo News. "But there's a danger he could incite others."
And as the cross-border conflict in Syria and Iraq continues to rage, it is luring hundreds of would-be jihadis from Europe, including radicalized converts like the ex-rapper. Although the German authorities have said they see no indications an attack is imminent, they are attempting to track fighters returning from the war zone.
Currently, there are an estimated 400 Muslim extremists from Germany in Syria, either directly engaging in fighting or otherwise supporting the Islamists. Altmüller said roughly 10 percent of them were German converts to Islam. According to intelligence reports, some 40 have been killed in the conflict.
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“Abu Talha the German” — interesting they ID themselves by nationality. Thought islamists didn’t believe in or were against it.
Next he’ll be known as “The Casualty”
Looks German to me.....!
No surprise, frauds in music to frauds in humanity.
Mel-Velous! Thank you!
If he wants to be a good German he needs to cut his finger nails .... he presents a very unmanly appearance!
the Hood...the arms and the hands....belong to some other punk...whose image was used in the prioduction of the photo montage as posted,...
Not that big of a change IMO.
The words to some rap music songs seem to reveal people that wouldn’t be that out of sync with Hitler or the Jihadist mind.
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