Thursday, October 9, 2014

French Islamists head to Syria. There are two messages here.

The first is that Europe and probably America have a serious internal Islamist problem that can no longer be ignored. The second is that Turkey by its actions shows that for all its rhetoric its sympathies are with the Jihadis as it permits unfettered movement of Jihadis into Syria but will not allow Kurds through to help their brethren.






French family of 11 packs up to join jihadis in Syria

WASHINGTON — The family that “preys” together stays together.
An entire French family of 11 — including Grandma — packed up and headed for Syria to join jihadist fanatics there, French government officials said Wednesday.
The family converted to Islam and is believed to have entered Syria through Turkey in September, French radio reported.
The jihad bunch is comprised of a grandmother, her three children and their spouses, plus four grandchildren, including a 6-month old.
They had been living in Nice on the French Riviera, a city that is home to radical Islamist elements and a point of departure for those joining the Syrian conflict.
They were reported missing by the father of one of the spouses, after she vanished along her two sons, aged 6 and 4.
The man became suspicious when his daughter posted photos on her Twitter account suggesting she was in Turkey, Le Figaro reported.
Before leaving, the woman notified her sons’ teachers that they were going to be out a week because of a death in the family.
But the kids never returned.
The French government estimates that 1,000 residents have joined extremists in Syria and Iraq.
French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating the family’s departure.
Officials are increasingly alarmed by what may happen when radicalized individuals with Western passports return to their homelands from the horrific conflict.

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