ISIS ‘Hit Squads’ Hidden Among Syrian Refugees
Aug 12, 2016 15:08:54 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Aug 12, 2016 15:08:54 GMT -5
Top Intelligence Official: ISIS ‘Hit Squads’ Hidden Among Syrian Refugees
"There are hundreds of these reports ..."
Gerry Urbanek August 11, 2016 at 3:20pm
German intelligence officials say ISIS fighters have successfully managed to hide “hit squads” among groups of Syrian refugees, according to a BBC Radio report cited by Politico Europe.
Now, due to the mass flow of refugees across German borders, there is no telling just how many may have infiltrated the country.
Germany must now “accept we have hit squads and sleeper cells in Germany,” Manfred Hauser, vice president of the Bavarian region’s intelligence gathering apparatus BayLfV, told the BBC’s Today program Thursday.
“We have substantial reports that among the refugees there are hit squads,” Hauser added. “There are hundreds of these reports, some from refugees themselves.”
Although Hauser has said the investigation is still underway and far from complete, the fear that such individuals are operating within German borders is still very real.
In response to recent ISIS-inspired attacks within the country, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere recommended several new security measures Thursday in Berlin.
These include making it easier to detain people who are deemed to be threats and to deport foreign terror suspects, as well as creating thousands of security jobs.
German authorities are also considering screening the social media profiles of migrants, a technique that Israel has used to head off several lone-wolf terror attacks.
Germany has been put on edge following several recent terrorist attacks, including a July 18 incident in which an ax-wielding terrorist assaulted train commuters in the city of Wurzburg, Bavaria, injuring five.
Hardly one week later, 15 people were injured during the suicide bombing of a cafe in Ansbach.
To make matters worse, Hauser further acknowledged there is “irrefutable evidence that there is an [Islamic State] command structure in place.”
According to Hauser, this means large-scale, coordinated attacks — like those that devastated Paris last November and Brussels in March — are all the more “likely.”
Over 1 million refugees arrived in Germany during 2015, many of them entering through Bavaria as Germany’s main gateway.
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"There are hundreds of these reports ..."
Gerry Urbanek August 11, 2016 at 3:20pm
German intelligence officials say ISIS fighters have successfully managed to hide “hit squads” among groups of Syrian refugees, according to a BBC Radio report cited by Politico Europe.
Now, due to the mass flow of refugees across German borders, there is no telling just how many may have infiltrated the country.
Germany must now “accept we have hit squads and sleeper cells in Germany,” Manfred Hauser, vice president of the Bavarian region’s intelligence gathering apparatus BayLfV, told the BBC’s Today program Thursday.
“We have substantial reports that among the refugees there are hit squads,” Hauser added. “There are hundreds of these reports, some from refugees themselves.”
Although Hauser has said the investigation is still underway and far from complete, the fear that such individuals are operating within German borders is still very real.
In response to recent ISIS-inspired attacks within the country, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere recommended several new security measures Thursday in Berlin.
These include making it easier to detain people who are deemed to be threats and to deport foreign terror suspects, as well as creating thousands of security jobs.
German authorities are also considering screening the social media profiles of migrants, a technique that Israel has used to head off several lone-wolf terror attacks.
Germany has been put on edge following several recent terrorist attacks, including a July 18 incident in which an ax-wielding terrorist assaulted train commuters in the city of Wurzburg, Bavaria, injuring five.
Hardly one week later, 15 people were injured during the suicide bombing of a cafe in Ansbach.
To make matters worse, Hauser further acknowledged there is “irrefutable evidence that there is an [Islamic State] command structure in place.”
According to Hauser, this means large-scale, coordinated attacks — like those that devastated Paris last November and Brussels in March — are all the more “likely.”
Over 1 million refugees arrived in Germany during 2015, many of them entering through Bavaria as Germany’s main gateway.
link