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Jarqui

(10,409 posts)
34. According to the Wall Street Journal, they got a match
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 09:20 PM
Nov 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-syrian-migrant-was-among-the-bombers-1447547354
Syrian Migrant Was Among the Bombers
Nov. 14, 2015 7:29 p.m. ET
PARIS—One of the assailants in Friday’s deadly attacks in and near the French capital recently entered Europe as a Syrian migrant, people familiar with the matter said, exposing gaps in the continent’s security as it copes with the biggest refugee crisis in decades.

French investigators were able to match the remains of one of the suicide bombers who attacked France’s main stadium to a Syrian passport that was used to enter Europe’s free-travel area and apply for asylum, the people familiar with the matter said.

European security officials have worried that Islamic State operatives would bring terror by mixing with the cohort of Iraqi and Syrian migrants who are fleeing war each week.

Screening migrants represents a formidable security challenge at a time when European intelligence agencies are straining to keep track of thousands of their own nationals who have rallied to Islamic State, officials say.


According to CBS, maybe not
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-attacks-teams-extremists-france-prosecutor/
A U.S. intelligence official told CBS News that a name and picture were recovered from the Syrian passport and the individual was not known to intelligence officials.

However, a U.S. intelligence official told CBS News the Syrian passport might be fake. The official said the passport did not contain the correct numbers for a legitimate Syrian passport and the picture did not match the name.

A U.S. intelligence official told CBS News that a name and picture were recovered from the Syrian passport and the individual was not known to intelligence officials.

A U.S. law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton French law enforcement officials were taking DNA and fingerprints from the dead terrorists. The test results were being run through databases as part of effort to identify the terrorists and their networks.


Hard to keep up with this.
Near a body? Marthe48 Nov 2015 #1
Well when you blow yourself up, B2G Nov 2015 #4
Article said gunman Marthe48 Nov 2015 #7
7 of the 8 blew themselves up B2G Nov 2015 #9
Tight after 911, they said they found a passport of a perp had been found near the Twin Towers. merrily Nov 2015 #26
This appears to be just a little too convenient philosslayer Nov 2015 #2
Oh hello Mr False Flag MowCowWhoHow III Nov 2015 #3
Not really. KittyWampus Nov 2015 #18
That probably seals the refugees fate... Imajika Nov 2015 #5
Which is what makes it a little too convenient.... philosslayer Nov 2015 #6
Is it that hard to imagine some terrorists mixed in with refugees? Imajika Nov 2015 #10
If you're an elected leader and bring in refugees Jarqui Nov 2015 #12
I agree with your comments... Imajika Nov 2015 #15
Terrorism is intended to induce fear Jarqui Nov 2015 #19
Most adult males have no better chance of exboyfil Nov 2015 #29
I think adult males have a better chance Jarqui Nov 2015 #33
I read an updated story. cynzke Nov 2015 #38
Look, my friends in Europe are all liberal artist types whose only concern KittyWampus Nov 2015 #20
I don't think so. 840high Nov 2015 #24
It may well hurt a bunch of them from ever getting relief Jarqui Nov 2015 #11
What vile cowards! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #41
And so it begins .. Jarqui Nov 2015 #14
The Republicans are now going to oppose taking any Syrian refugees... Imajika Nov 2015 #16
no they won't rockfordfile Nov 2015 #36
He wasn't a 'refugee' but for the 2 months he was there, someone paid for hotel/transportation. Sunlei Nov 2015 #23
Yep, we need to track down whose funding ISIS and cut it off riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #31
The terrorists are the ones the refugees are fleeing from... Thor_MN Nov 2015 #27
The authenticity of that passport is in doubt. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2015 #8
I do think they're close to answer to part of this Jarqui Nov 2015 #22
According to the Wall Street Journal, they got a match Jarqui Nov 2015 #34
A person using that passport.... cynzke Nov 2015 #39
whether or not terrorists used the syrian refugee crisis to infiltrate is not surprising drray23 Nov 2015 #13
I thought the M.O. for suicide bombers was to carry nothing that would identify them. PSPS Nov 2015 #17
They'd need the papers to travel in case they were stopped... Imajika Nov 2015 #21
...^ that 840high Nov 2015 #25
Stopped walking down the street in Paris? PSPS Nov 2015 #32
You are aware they had vehicles? tabasco Nov 2015 #40
They were in their car when they detonated? PSPS Nov 2015 #42
Two migrants sought over Paris attacks registered in Greece: police MowCowWhoHow III Nov 2015 #28
The Greeks have sent along the fingerprints to the French for confirmation. Yo_Mama Nov 2015 #30
Fake Syrian passport market is booming. moondust Nov 2015 #35
Having fingerprints will expose the operation. Aerows Nov 2015 #37
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