According to reports, Reda Hame, a 29-year-old computer technician from Paris was trained in Syria. He was shown how to use an assault rifle and throw a grenade. He was then shown how to use a data encryption program called TrueCrypt. The course lasted one week. His handler then dropped him off at the Turkish border and told him to pick a target and shoot as many people as he could.
His experience appears to be typical: the jihadis are encouraged to choose their own targets so as to reduce any chance of their plot being traced back to higher level operatives in Syria.
Another more notorious case is that of Mehdi Nemmouche, who, on May 24, 2014, walked into the Jewish Museum of Belgium and opened fire, killing four people.
Yet despite the discovery by Belgian police of a video in which he claimed responsibility for the attack alongside a flag featuring the words “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” Belgium’s deputy prosecutor, Ine Van Wymersch, dismissed any connection. “He probably acted alone,” she told reporters at the time.
It now looks as though at least 21 jihadis including Hame and Nemmouche were dispatched back to Europe by Islamic State in late 2014 / early 2015, travelling alone or in pairs so as not to raise suspicions. Most were arrested, but in each case officers failed to spot the connection to Islamic State and Syria.
Hame was arrested in Paris last August before he could carry out his attack, but told his interrogators: “It’s a factory over there. They are doing everything possible to strike France, or else Europe.”
As it turns out, Hame’s handler was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian mastermind of the November Paris attacks. And while it’s certainly scary to know that these lone wolf attackers are out there, at least authorities are now aware of them.
Source: breitbart.com
The West can’t fight. It’s counter to being “politically correct”!!
Have you seen rules of engagement ?
Do you think that doesn t happen?