This Isn’t Good
German authorities have detained three women on suspicion that they were trying to go to Iraq to become suicide bombers.
SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that German intelligence agencies have prevented three German women from travelling to Iraq in recent weeks. The women, who have close contacts to the Islamist scene in Germany and at least one whom has converted to Islam, came to the attention of intelligence agencies after one of them had announced on an Internet site that she intended to blow herself and her child up in Iraq.
After the Web posting were spotted, Germany's domestic and foreign intelligence agencies mounted an intense search for the three women. One of them was located in Berlin, the other two are believed to come from southern Germany. The Berlin woman's child was taken away from her and she has been put in a psychiatric clinic. The two other women were also prevented from leaving Germany. One of them is also believed to have a child.
There have been stories about this sort of thing - that Islamists were trying to recruit Europeans - for some time now. A Belgian woman did detonate herself near Baghdad last year.
By Eno, Tuesday, 30 May , 2006 @ 8:32 pm
As Europe becomes completely disconnected from its liberal (in the classical sense) roots, we should expect the people to leave the enlightenment and return to a more medieval sense of morals and justice. Modern leftism is a religion with its own sense of “moral” sensibilities. America is evil, therefore the murder of innocents (or especially military) is always justifiable if done against american interests. We will see more of this from Europe, but soon from leftists in this nation.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 30 May , 2006 @ 8:43 pm
Well, that’s a cheery thought, isn’t it?