Berlin Says 60 Germans Have Died Fighting for IS
Some 60 Germans have been killed while fighting under the banner of the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the head of the German domestic intelligence service said Sunday.
"About 60 people from Germany have died or killed themselves, at least nine in suicide attacks," Hans-George Maassen told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
"That's a sad success for Islamist propaganda."
In all about 550 German nationals have joined the IS in the conflict zone, and of these 180 have returned to Germany, he said.
In mid-October, Germany announced new measures to prevent its citizens from traveling to join the jihadist cause in Iraq and Syria, including confiscating their identity papers.
Concerns are mounting in Europe over the growing national security threat posed by jihadists returning from the war-ravaged countries.
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Good riddance to those 60 mullahs. Hope ISIS can convince all like minded mullahs to leave European countries and die in Afghanistan or where ever.
LUNATICS ABOUND IN ALL THE NATIONS. I wonder why these individuals joined the Islamic forces and what they were looking for; sometimes we complain and we don't realize that even if our nations are not perfect they are much, much better than those that are fanatics.