In a
speech in Oslo, Norway, reports Lene Johansen, U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder said that he expects the number of Americans
that travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic extremists to grow.
He also called for targeting westerners for surveillance and
potential prosecution if they show signs of becoming
radicalized.
American intelligence estimates that there are about 23,000
fighters in Syria. About 7,000 of these are foreign fighters. Of
these, “dozens” come from America and about 50 come from Norway.
One of them is ISIS-spokesperson Abu Safiyya, who recently
taunted Obama to buy diapers in a propaganda video.
Holder spent the day reviewing the Norwegian action plan against
radicalization with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and
Minister of Justice Anders Anundsen. He then called for other
countries to enact a four-step multilateral plan to fight the
“global crisis of influx of U.S.- and European-born violent
extremists into Syria.”
He also, writes Johansen, sought to ease concerns about the
civil liberties consequences of his proposals throughout his
speech.
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