To think that these people are being smuggled into countries which do not do a good job of vetting refugees. I hope this country is doing a better job.
How ISIS smuggles terrorists among Syrian refugees
BY MARC THIESSEN ON 4/27/16 AT 11:24 AM
Refugees and migrants arrive on an overcrowded boat on the Greek island of Lesbos, November 10, 2015. The author writes that in the Paris attacks, only four of the 198 refugees who arrived on Leros on a certain day were terrorists. That is just 2 percent, but that 2 percent killed 130 people.ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS/REUTERS
OPINION
This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Instituteās site.
Last weekend, The Washington Post reported for the first time on exactly how ISIS was able to infiltrate operatives into Europe, hiding them among the flood of refugees, so they could carry out deadly terrorist attacks.
In addition to interviews with intelligence officials, the Post was able to interview an ISIS commander who boasted about how the worst is yet to come.
The Post reports:
On a crisp morning last October, 198 migrants arrived on the Greek island of Leros, all of them seemingly desperate people seeking sanctuary in Europe. But hiding among them were four men with a very different agenda.
The four were posing as war-weary Syrians ā all carrying doctored passports with false identities. And they were on a deadly mission for the Islamic State.
Two of the four would masquerade as migrants all the way to Paris. There, at 9:20 p.m. on Nov. 13, they would detonate suicide vests near the Stade de France sports complex, fulfilling their part in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
The other two men would not make it that far.
Stopped upon arrival in Greece for lying about their identities, they were delayed ā but only for a few weeks before being granted permission to continue their journey deeper into Europe.
The Post notes that both intelligence officials and the ISIS commander warn that these attacks are only the beginning.
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ISIS is smuggling terrorists among Syrian refugees
How ISIS smuggles terrorists among Syrian refugees
BY MARC THIESSEN ON 4/27/16 AT 11:24 AM
Refugees and migrants arrive on an overcrowded boat on the Greek island of Lesbos, November 10, 2015. The author writes that in the Paris attacks, only four of the 198 refugees who arrived on Leros on a certain day were terrorists. That is just 2 percent, but that 2 percent killed 130 people.ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS/REUTERS
OPINION
This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Instituteās site.
Last weekend, The Washington Post reported for the first time on exactly how ISIS was able to infiltrate operatives into Europe, hiding them among the flood of refugees, so they could carry out deadly terrorist attacks.
In addition to interviews with intelligence officials, the Post was able to interview an ISIS commander who boasted about how the worst is yet to come.
The Post reports:
On a crisp morning last October, 198 migrants arrived on the Greek island of Leros, all of them seemingly desperate people seeking sanctuary in Europe. But hiding among them were four men with a very different agenda.
The four were posing as war-weary Syrians ā all carrying doctored passports with false identities. And they were on a deadly mission for the Islamic State.
Two of the four would masquerade as migrants all the way to Paris. There, at 9:20 p.m. on Nov. 13, they would detonate suicide vests near the Stade de France sports complex, fulfilling their part in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
The other two men would not make it that far.
Stopped upon arrival in Greece for lying about their identities, they were delayed ā but only for a few weeks before being granted permission to continue their journey deeper into Europe.
The Post notes that both intelligence officials and the ISIS commander warn that these attacks are only the beginning.
Continue reading at:
ISIS is smuggling terrorists among Syrian refugees