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These men are enemy combatants. They should never be allowed to return. They joined a group that is at war with the countries to which they’re returning. Would the UK have allowed back a large number of British Nazis in 1943? This is absurd to the point of suicidal.
“30 Percent Of European-Born ISIS Fighters Are Returning To Their Homes, US Believes,” by Saagar Enjeti, Daily Caller, July 19, 2017 (thanks to Lookmann):
Nearly 30 percent of European foreign fighters for the Islamic State have returned to the continent, the U.S. Department of State annual country report on terrorism reveals.
ADVERTISEMENTExperts fear that some of the returning foreign fighters will pursue domestic terror plots in their home countries, or even use their passports to travel elsewhere in the West. The State Department, however, noted that “the overall number of departed foreign terrorist fighters originating from Western European and Balkan countries declined significantly in 2016 from the previous year.”
The number of European fighters who traveled to fight for ISIS is unknown, but estimates range in the thousands. U.S. based security intelligence advisory firm The Soufan Group (TSG) estimated that approximately 5,000 Western European fighters traveled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS in 2015 alone. TSG also noted that 4,700 fighters were estimated to come from the former Soviet republics.
EU countries are scrambling to track foreign fighters upon their return, but they also must track domestic terror subjects, which are large enough in number they are already overwhelming security services.
The return of the fighters coincides with the large loss of territory suffered by the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. The Europe based International Center for Counter-Terrorism noted in April 2016 that, while some foreign fighters returning to Europe may be disillusioned with the terrorist group, “others may return with the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks, with reports suggesting that IS may systematically export terror cells to Europe.”….
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