Buffoonery

SO CALLED ”EXPERT” IN GUARDIAN SAYS NOT ALL RETURNING JIHADIS POSE RISK TO SOCIETY…….

Alternative headline: THE GUARDIAN: ”NOT ALL NAZI GUARDS AT HOLOCAUST DEATH CAMPS POSED SECURITY RISKS TO US SAYS EXPERT”…….

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What a moron.

Not all foreign fighters will pose a security threat to Australia, says expert

Monash University counterterrorism expert says attack risk could be mitigated by the government’s response and some returning jihadis might be better diverted to deradicalisation programs than jailed

Islamic State militant taking taking a sledgehammer to an Assyrian relief at the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud

An Islamic State militant takes a sledgehammer to a relief at the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud near the city of Mosul in Iraq. Photograph: AP

Not all foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria will necessarily seek to carry out attacks upon their return to Australia, and some might be better diverted to deradicalisation programs than jailed, a terrorism expert has argued.

Alongside punitive approaches, countering-violent extremism programs should be a “core element” of the government’s response to the unprecedented number of Australians fighting in the region, Monash University researcher Andrew Zammit said in a paper published by the Lowy Institute on Thursday.

The involvement of Australians in conflicts in Iraq and Syria was a “serious” threat to national security, Zammit said, though research overseas suggests few foreign fighters return home and commit violence.

“[But] those who do are highly dangerous,” he said, highlighting that every jihadi terrorism plot in Australia between 1990 and 2010 involved an overseas-trained perpetrator.

The risk posed by fighters currently in Iraq and Syria “may not turn out to be as great as feared” and could be mitigated by the government’s response, he said.

More here.  H/T: Sheik Yer’Mami (pbuh)

One Response

  1. Possibly true. All pit vipers will not bite you either. So have at it.

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