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The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, The Associated Press has learned.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official who was not authorized to speak publicly said people from the cell that carried out the Paris attacks are scattered across Germany, Britain, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. Recently, a new group crossed in from Turkey, the official said.
Several security officials have said there is growing evidence to suggest the bulk of the training is taking place in Syria, Libya and elsewhere in North Africa.
"To pull off an attack of this sophistication, you need training, planning, materials and a landscape," said Shiraz Maher, a senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation in London.
Fighters in the units are trained in battleground strategies, explosives, surveillance techniques and counter surveillance, the security official said.
"The difference is that in 2014, some of these IS fighters were only being given a couple weeks of training," he said. "Now the strategy has changed. Special units have been set up. The training is longer. And the objective appears to no longer be killing as many people as possible but rather to have as many terror operations as possible, so the enemy is forced to spend more money or more in manpower. It's more about the rhythm of terror operations now."
Using contested intelligence, a powerful adviser urges a president to wage a war of choice against a dictator; makes a bellicose joke when he is killed; declares the operation a success; fails to plan for a power vacuum; and watches Islamists gain power. That describes Dick Cheney and the Iraq War—and Hillary Clinton and the war in Libya.
According to our estimates, IS makes up to $1 billion annually on Afghan heroin trafficked through its territory," he added. The FSKN in November said that the sale of Afghan heroin in Europe could generate upwards of $50 billion for the militants.
originally posted by: Misterlondon
I'd say there are more than 400 already in Europe.
To be honest though it worries me more with the isis sympathisers/brainwashed born and bred in European countries..
originally posted by: Misterlondon
I'd say there are more than 400 already in Europe.
To be honest though it worries me more with the isis sympathisers/brainwashed born and bred in European countries..
originally posted by: neoholographic
originally posted by: Misterlondon
I'd say there are more than 400 already in Europe.
To be honest though it worries me more with the isis sympathisers/brainwashed born and bred in European countries..
I think there's more also but with 400 that would be enough to cause major havoc. You figure 4 people to each group to carry out attacks would be 100 attacks continuously throughout Europe. The cost of lives and the psychological damage would be enormous and would capture the world news daily.
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
400? That's it?
Well here's your chance Europe, mount up!