German Intelligence Warns from New Generation of ISIS fighters

By: Ahmed Galal

The second generation of ISIS fighters and the terrorist recruitment of electronic space are the most serious challenges facing German Intelligence in the file of anti-terrorism on German.

The source of concern and challenge according to the vision of BfV Chief Hans-Georg Maassen is there are more than 950 people from Germany went to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq, some 20 percent of them women and 5 percent minors, and with the bad conditions in Syria and Iraq, many of the women are expected to return with their children to Germany.

The German intelligence is expected to face new risks for Germany. It is noteworthy that the organization “ISIS” directly addressed in its propaganda children and young people.

In the Internet, videos are being circulated to scenes of executions involving children.

“It is feared that a new generation of jihadists will be involved,” Maassen said. In this context, the Internal Intelligence Service assumes that the Salafi community in Germany has a stronger role with its 10,000 members.

The German internal intelligence service is monitoring more electronic activities related to Germany as well as in Iran. For example, a controversial statement by Angela Merkel was promoted in the context of anti-Saudi propaganda on news sites in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

The chief of intelligence, told Deutsche Welle, “bloody poisoning of the digital system.” On this basis, he called for additional technical equipment for his organization.

“Even the authorization to launch counter-attacks cannot remain a taboo subject.” Conditions are not available in Germany. In terms of international law, there are no binding rules.

In a related context, citing the internal intelligence of the secular, the number of Salafis has increased significantly from 3800 in 2011 to ten thousand this year. The head of the Commission has recently stated that the Salafist scene in the country has undergone a radical change in the recent period.

The number of Salafis listed in the German internal intelligence lists has increased, while the number was 3800 in 2011 and reached to 8350 persons.

According to German internal intelligence sources, the majority of Salafis are not terrorists, but a minority within Salafism seeks to achieve their ends with violence. At the same time, however, most of the terrorist networks and terrorist individuals are either Salafis or have roots with them.

In a previous interview with the German news agency, the Head of Internal Intelligence recently said that the Salafist scene in the country had undergone a radical change in recent times. “What is worrying is that this scene is not just expanding, it is getting more complicated, and leadership is no longer limited to a few people, but there are many people who dominate this scene,” Hans-Georg Maassen said.