Counter-Terrorism: Moslem Military And Police In Europe


May 6, 2016: In the wake of the late 2015 ISIL attack in Paris and the early 2016 attack in Brussels most European countries were forced (by the majority of voters and much of the local media) to reveal data on the extent of Islamic terrorist activity in local security forces. Governments had been collecting this data for over a decade but had largely kept it out of the news. There was growing public pressure to go public with this information and the Paris and Brussels attacks made that happen. Germany reported that since 2007 at least 22 military personnel have been identified as Islamic radicals and supporters of Islamic terrorism. Five of these people had competed their service and were civilians again but 17 were still in uniform and were dismissed from service. In addition at least 65 military personnel are currently under investigation for Islamic terrorist sympathies and 29 former military personnel have been identified as having gone to Syria to join ISIL.

Neighboring Netherlands, with a much smaller population, found that as many as 20 former military personnel have been identified as having gone to Syria to participate in the fighting. However all but one of these joined Christian or Kurdish militias to fight against ISIL. Most European countries don’t keep track of their citizens who go to Syria or Iraq to fight against ISIL. While that is illegal in most countries it is not considered a threat to national security like membership in ISIL is.




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