Roaming Terrorism

Spanish security forces have recently broken up Spanish and Moroccan network suspected of sending terrorists to Syria, arresting seven suspects, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced.  Security forces arrested four of the suspects in Spain, including the head of the network, and another three in Morocco, the ministry added.

Earlier, REUTERS declared that Albanian police arrested seven people last week, including two Islamic preachers, on charges of recruiting followers to fight in Syria and seized a cache of bullets and weapons. “We have today arrested seven people suspected of being involved in recruiting Albanian citizens to fight in Syria,” prosecutor Eugen Beci told a news conference. The Serious Crimes Court has issued arrest warrants for six other people on the same charges, Beci added.

Meanwhile, CNN announced that the UK police arrested four Britons on suspicion of traveling to Syria or supporting the fighting there.Two men, ages 29 and 18, and a 21-year-old woman were arrested in Manchester, northwest England, on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, Greater Manchester Police said. A fourth person, a 29-year-old man, was arrested in Oxford on the same charge, a police statement said. All four are now being questioned by counterterror officers in Manchester.

With the number of Islamic extremists in war-torn Syria growing, top U.S. Special Operations officials warned that the spillover effect would eventually threaten the American homeland. Navy Adm. William McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Asst. Defense Sec. for Special Operations Michael Lumpkin testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, and both agreed that if left unchecked the growing number of extremists and the threat they pose to the region and the world was “only going to get worse”.

“The threat is already bleeding over beyond the borders of Syria as we’re having spillage into the surrounding nations,” Lumpkin said. “I can’t give you a date when the homeland is in direct threat but it’s in the not too distant future.” Adm. McCraven agreed, saying, “I do think one of the greater threats is the pressure they are putting on the Levant and the pressure on Lebanon and Jordan.”   “That will have a cascading effect across that area which will have a cascading effect across North Africa, Southern Europe, and eventually the United States.”

Thus, the terrorists are in action worldwide in preparation for their terrorist actions against the Syrians. The countries organizing, financing, training and supporting these terrorists, like Saudi Arabia and USA, are still adamant on playing their destructive role.

M.A.