Apparently the Pakistani authorities have unearthed a militant-controlled village in Waziristan containing a high number of European citizens (mostly German and Swedish), either of North African origins or Muslim converts, who have travelled to the Middle East to learn how to become jihadis. It is perhaps less worrying that there exist European Muslims sufficiently desperate to want to become religious insurgents, than that several areas across the continent have already become unambiguous ‘recruiting grounds’ to make the incidence of such individuals so much more likely.
The article mentions places in Germany specifically that perform such a function, but I am sure there are other countries (UK, France, Italy…) with similar problems. How very grim that a whole pile of Europeans and Middle Easterners killing each other in the Middle East threatens to make the same happen in Europe as well unless the security services stay on their toes. As if we didn’t already have enough on our plates already, what with trying to escape the economic crisis and protecting the cause of free enterprise against state encroachment in the name of ecology and national security… Citizens’ respect for each others’ individual liberty really is heading for an all-time low…
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