Israel Sees Western Jihadists in Syria as a Future Security Nightmare
20 Percent of Foreign Jihadists Are From Western Nations
For a long time, the Israeli government was trying to paint the Syrian Civil War in the simplest terms, believing anything that weakened Bashar Assad was a net positive.
That’s undergoing a major rethink now, as Israeli officials are taking major note of the number of Western jihadists fighting alongside al-Qaeda in Syria, and the long-term problems they pose.
That’s because Western citizenship means Western passports, and of 10,000 foreign Islamists in Syria’s rebellion, some 20 percent are believed to be Westerners
Through much of the global war on terror, Western fighters were the rare exception, but as Syria attracts them by the thousand, they will eventually return home with contacts across the world, and the passports to get access to targets most fighters couldn’t hope to approach.
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RickR30
December 24th, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Jeez, how long did it take for even these retarded criminals to finally see the obvious truth. Now if they only stopped with their bomb Syria lobbying in the US. Or is it going to take some more years for the news to reach the bastards at aipac?
Oh, and how would that war with Iran look? Another cakewalk?
persnipoles
December 24th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
Crocodile tears. They thrive on the perception that they're 'threatened.' It was a net gain before the 'rethink,' and they'll look to maximize it by distancing themselves from this 'error.'
Guest
December 24th, 2013 at 11:09 pm
We have benen saying that from day one, even the Swedish citizens are fighting the Syrian people in Syria, Turkish government is involved up to its neck, they are trained and feed by the Saudis all over Europe for such day. In Belgium they even demand for a shariah law to be implemented. In the other hand it was the very same Turkish, British, Swedish, Germans, French and Israeli government parting with USG wanting to change the government of Syria with what turning out to be a terrorism organization feed by Saudis and European governments, they knew it then and know it now who is behind and helping these terrorists and for what reasons, they are not interested in any basic kind of democracy, social or cooperation between nations in Middle East establish itself, that would limit the EU and USG political and economic influence and Obama so as Hillary Clinton knows that.
Guest
December 24th, 2013 at 11:09 pm
We have benen saying that from day one, even the Swedish citizens are fighting the Syrian people in Syria, Turkish government is involved up to its neck, they are trained and feed by the Saudis all over Europe for such day. In Belgium they even demand for a shariah law to be implemented. In the other hand it was the very same Turkish, British, Swedish, Germans, French and Israeli government parting with USG wanting to change the government of Syria with what turning out to be a terrorism organization feed by Saudis and European governments, they knew it then and know it now who is behind and helping these terrorists and for what reasons, they are not interested in any basic kind of democracy, social or cooperation between nations in Middle East establish itself, that would limit the EU and USG political and economic influence and Obama so as Hillary Clinton knows that.
james
December 25th, 2013 at 2:59 am
Bullshit, no Jihadist has ever attacked Israel.
james
December 25th, 2013 at 2:59 am
Bullshit, no Jihadist has ever attacked Israel.
jtt
December 25th, 2013 at 10:38 am
There was no jihadist in Iraq either, so its only a matter of time.
RICinOR
December 25th, 2013 at 11:00 am
Which should tell us something….
james
December 26th, 2013 at 2:44 am
A matter of time? I do not think you understood my comment above jtt. Jihadists are part and parcel of Israel's war on its neighbors. sorry to be blunt, but if you have an operating brain just think of who benefited the moist from all the Jihadist's actions starting from 9/11.