"Islamist extremists are using unsuspecting students in Irish third level colleges to transfer the proceeds of internet fraud to finance Islamic State terrorist operations.
The unwitting, mostly foreign, students are duped into opening
personal accounts in Irish banks by secret IS sympathisers who are
members of a back-up network providing logistical support in the form of
cash and false travel documents to terrorists in Britain and Europe."
They are using Ireland for this purpose, but it's not all just theft that interests them in Ireland. Some of them were actively planning an attack that was to take place in Ireland, but they were stopped by their terrorist leader:
"Khuram Shazad Butt (27) and Rachid Redouane (31), who with a third accomplice were shot dead by UK police following the attack, had reconnoitered a number of high-profile locations in Dublin they identified as potential targets.
They are using Ireland for this purpose, but it's not all just theft that interests them in Ireland. Some of them were actively planning an attack that was to take place in Ireland, but they were stopped by their terrorist leader:
"Khuram Shazad Butt (27) and Rachid Redouane (31), who with a third accomplice were shot dead by UK police following the attack, had reconnoitered a number of high-profile locations in Dublin they identified as potential targets.
However, Butt and Redouane, who was married to an Irishwoman and
lived in Dublin for a number of years, were told by their terrorist
mentor, named 'Raza', that such an attack would be counter-productive
because Ireland was better suited as a logistics and fundraising base."
This shows their intentions towards Ireland. To use it as 'Raza' said "Ireland was better suited as a logistics and fundraising base." However, his younger cohorts are not so 'forward thinking' as their mentor, and it's possibly only a matter of time before some of the more primitively minded younger terrorists do in fact take violent action in Ireland.
Ireland must ask itself some serious questions if it is to come off better in regards to terrorism than Europe and the rest of the world. Otherwise, we are simply following their example and following their path into decades of terrorism and racial/religious/ethnic conflict. Something the likes of which Ireland has never seen before. It will make the troubles pale in comparison.
This shows their intentions towards Ireland. To use it as 'Raza' said "Ireland was better suited as a logistics and fundraising base." However, his younger cohorts are not so 'forward thinking' as their mentor, and it's possibly only a matter of time before some of the more primitively minded younger terrorists do in fact take violent action in Ireland.
Ireland must ask itself some serious questions if it is to come off better in regards to terrorism than Europe and the rest of the world. Otherwise, we are simply following their example and following their path into decades of terrorism and racial/religious/ethnic conflict. Something the likes of which Ireland has never seen before. It will make the troubles pale in comparison.
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