Gangs of Isis Jihadists Pillaging, Plundering, Across Europe (videos)

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overpasses for america ^ | October 27, 2015
Islamic gangs in Germany have broken into schools and churches and plundered collection boxes, crosses and other valuable and sacred objects used in church services, according to prosecutors. From the schools, the men stole laptops, money and a cash card, which they used to finance ISIS jihadist fighters seeking to topple the regime of Syrian president Bashur al-Assad, alleged chief prosecutor Nadja Gudermann. The pilfered churches were in the area around Cologne, a city known for its many historic and beautiful churches including a soaring cathedral. In all, the Muslim gangs are accused of stealing more than $21,000 worth of...

 

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Muslims don't have to break into churches and strip them. Germany is removing pews, altars and crosses turning churches into refugee housing.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

This is why you dont give up the guns.

 

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overpasses for america ^ | October 27, 2015
Islamic gangs in Germany have broken into schools and churches and plundered collection boxes, crosses and other valuable and sacred objects used in church services, according to prosecutors. From the schools, the men stole laptops, money and a cash card, which they used to finance ISIS jihadist fighters seeking to topple the regime of Syrian president Bashur al-Assad, alleged chief prosecutor Nadja Gudermann. The pilfered churches were in the area around Cologne, a city known for its many historic and beautiful churches including a soaring cathedral. In all, the Muslim gangs are accused of stealing more than $21,000 worth of...

Oh noes! Those poor Germans! What did theye ever do to deserve this. ...Oh right.

 

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The Tiny Pill Turning Syrian Jihadists Into Super Warriors...

The tiny pill fueling Syria’s war and turning fighters into superhuman soldiers
November 19, 2015 - As The Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al-Qaeda veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers."

On the surface, those competing actors are fueled by an overlapping mixture of ideologies and political agendas. Just below it, experts suspect, they're powered by something else: Captagon. A tiny, highly addictive pill produced in Syria and widely available across the Middle East, its illegal sale funnels hundreds of millions of dollars back into the war-torn country's black-market economy each year, likely giving militias access to new arms, fighters and the ability to keep the conflict boiling, according to the Guardian. “Syria is a tremendous problem in that it’s a collapsed security sector, because of its porous borders, because of the presence of so many criminal elements and organized networks,” the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) regional representative, Masood Karimipour, told Voice of America. “There’s a great deal of trafficking being done of all sorts of illicit goods — guns, drugs, money, people. But what is being manufactured there and who is doing the manufacturing, that’s not something we have visibility into from a distance.”

A powerful amphetamine tablet based on the original synthetic drug known as "fenethylline," Captagon quickly produces a euphoric intensity in users, allowing Syria's fighters to stay up for days, killing with a numb, reckless abandon. "You can't sleep or even close your eyes, forget about it," said a Lebanese user, one of three who appeared on camera without their names for a BBC Arabic documentary that aired in September. "And whatever you take to stop it, nothing can stop it." "I felt like I own the world high," another user said. "Like I have power nobody has. A really nice feeling." "There was no fear anymore after I took Captagon," a third man added.

According to a Reuters report published in 2014, the war has turned Syria into a "major" amphetamines producer -- and consumer. "Syrian government forces and rebel groups each say the other uses Captagon to endure protracted engagements without sleep, while clinicians say ordinary Syrians are increasingly experimenting with the pills, which sell for between $5 and $20," Reuters reported.

Captagon has been around in the West since the 1960s, when it was given to people suffering from hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression, according to the Reuters report. By the 1980s, according to Reuters, the drug's addictive power led most countries to ban its use. The United State classified fenethylline ("commonly known by the trademark name Captagon") as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act in 1981, according to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Still, the drug didn't exactly disappear.

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ISIS jihadis high on Captagon...

5 things to know about Captagon, amphetamine linked to ISIS
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 | During the raid in a Paris suburb this week, French police said they found needles used by the attackers to inject themselves with Captagon, a highly addictive, illegal amphetamine. The drug may have helped them remain calm as they carried out their brutal attacks, police said.

Are militants using the drug trade to finance their attacks, and is ISIS using Captagon to boost the performance of its militants?

Here are five things to know about the drug:

1. Captagon makes fighters feel invincible, former militant says
Nov. 19, 2015: “Syria’s Speed Freaks, jihad Junkies, and Captagon Cartels,”a report in Foreign Policy, says law enforcement agencies on all levels agree the catalyst to a spike in the illegal Captagon trade is boosted by the Syrian conflict. A former Free Syrian Army member told the publication he was given the drug on the battlefield. He said the effects made fighters feel invincible: “We felt physically fit, and felt like if there were ten people in front of you, you could catch them and kill them.”

French soldiers patrol in Paris suburb Saint Denis​

2. Captagon banned in 1980s for being too addictive
The drug started as a prescribed treatment for hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression in the 1960s. “(It) was banned in most countries by the 1980s as too addictive. It remains hugely popular in the Middle East; Saudi Arabia alone seizes some 55m tablets a year, perhaps 10% of the total thought to be smuggled into the kingdom.” (Source: The Guardian)

3. Reuters: Activist claims drug trade finances weaponry
Jan. 13, 2014: Reuters reported that wartime opened the door to major amphetamines production and usage in Syria.

“Consumption of Captagon outside the Middle East is negligible, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), but it is a significant drug in the Arab Gulf, and nascent markets were detected in North Africa last year.” (Source: UK.reuters.com)

Khabib Ammar, a Damascus-based media activist, said Syrian fighters involved with the drug trade were buying weapons with the profits. Reuters said it could not verify claims that the profits were being used to fund fighting on either side.

4. Time: Pill that costs pennies to make retails for up to $20

 

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ISIS jihadis high on Captagon...

5 things to know about Captagon, amphetamine linked to ISIS
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 | During the raid in a Paris suburb this week, French police said they found needles used by the attackers to inject themselves with Captagon, a highly addictive, illegal amphetamine. The drug may have helped them remain calm as they carried out their brutal attacks, police said.

Are militants using the drug trade to finance their attacks, and is ISIS using Captagon to boost the performance of its militants?

Here are five things to know about the drug:

1. Captagon makes fighters feel invincible, former militant says
Nov. 19, 2015: “Syria’s Speed Freaks, jihad Junkies, and Captagon Cartels,”a report in Foreign Policy, says law enforcement agencies on all levels agree the catalyst to a spike in the illegal Captagon trade is boosted by the Syrian conflict. A former Free Syrian Army member told the publication he was given the drug on the battlefield. He said the effects made fighters feel invincible: “We felt physically fit, and felt like if there were ten people in front of you, you could catch them and kill them.”

French soldiers patrol in Paris suburb Saint Denis​

2. Captagon banned in 1980s for being too addictive
The drug started as a prescribed treatment for hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression in the 1960s. “(It) was banned in most countries by the 1980s as too addictive. It remains hugely popular in the Middle East; Saudi Arabia alone seizes some 55m tablets a year, perhaps 10% of the total thought to be smuggled into the kingdom.” (Source: The Guardian)

3. Reuters: Activist claims drug trade finances weaponry
Jan. 13, 2014: Reuters reported that wartime opened the door to major amphetamines production and usage in Syria.

“Consumption of Captagon outside the Middle East is negligible, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), but it is a significant drug in the Arab Gulf, and nascent markets were detected in North Africa last year.” (Source: UK.reuters.com)

Khabib Ammar, a Damascus-based media activist, said Syrian fighters involved with the drug trade were buying weapons with the profits. Reuters said it could not verify claims that the profits were being used to fund fighting on either side.

4. Time: Pill that costs pennies to make retails for up to $20

Just legalize Captagon.

 

[waltky]

Granny says...

... den we'd have jihadis...

... up to our eyeballs.

 

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[Katzndogz]

Granny says...

... den we'd have jihadis...

... up to our eyeballs.

Legal drugs is supposed to end violence here.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Granny says...

... den we'd have jihadis...

... up to our eyeballs.

Legal drugs is supposed to end violence here.

it certainly helped after Prohibition...