Europol: European Jihadists in Syria Pose a Threat

Saturday, 27 April 2013

Europol: European Jihadists in Syria Pose a Threat

The amount of terror attacks has already increased significantly in Europe last year according to the known pan-European police force Europol, Syria news website reported Friday.

In terms of the statistics about the increase of the terror attacks in Europe last year, Europol has now warned correctly that conflicts in Syria and Mali provided potential breeding grounds for future radicals, militants and religious fanatics who are willing to carry out such terror attacks in Europe.

“This is one good reason to mention that the support of some European governments for the armed terrorists and Islamists in Syria, who are fighting against the secular Syrian state, is counterproductive and even a threat for the future – there is no reason to not believe that some of the jihadists and terrorists fighting on Syrian soil will later start to threaten the security of European states,” Europol report read.

“For example, if some of the armed thugs who went from European states to Syria in order to perform their false jihad against the secular Syrian government will return to their European state, which is certainly possible, they will probably become a threat for this state in Europe – certainly even a higher threat than they were before their ‘jihad tour’ to Syria,” it added.

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The published annual terrorism report by Europol identified 219 completed or failed attacks in 2012 in member states of the European Union (EU). The number means a 26 per cent rise from 2011, when 174 of these incidents were reported.

The so-called Terrorism Situation and Trend Report by the European Union, published recently, stated that the “threat from terrorism” remains strong in Europe and that more and more solo terrorists / lone actors enter the stage.

The annual report stated that 17 people have died last year across Europe by terror plots and the deadliest attacks were carried out by a terrorist in France and by a bomb attack at the Burgas airport in Bulgaria.

According to Europol, “the threats of terrorism will increase in Europe in the future and as stated already, the support by many European governments for the armed terrorists, radicals and jihadists in Syria plays a role, too.”

Europol believed that the return of some (probably the majority) of these jihadists and religious fanatics to Europe poses a threat. Worthy to say that the European governments should have acted in advance but they were too busy in their fight against the Syria and fulfilling the “wishes” of the United States, the Zionist entity and other Arab and Western powers.