[a175]

https://www.rt.com/news/335080-leake...nts-jihadists/

A batch of leaked Islamic State documents with the names of 22,000 militants from 51 countries has been passed to UK security services. The papers, which were obtained by Sky News via a defector, could expose terrorists planning attacks in Europe...

According to Zaman Al Wasl, the majority of IS recruits are from Arab countries, with Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt accounting for two-thirds of the jihadists. Up to 25 percent of the fighters are allegedly Saudis. The group’s “foreign” (non-Arab) recruits are topped by Turks, with French nationals coming second.
The site claims that only 1.7 percent of IS recruits are Syrians, and just 1.2 percent are Iraqis...

Also on Monday, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) police announced they had obtained documents disclosing jihadist identities, which could be the same forms Sky News was given access to...

The copies of the documents were provided to Sky News by a former IS member, who had stolen a memory stick with data from the chief of the group’s so-called internal security police. The man, who goes under the name of Abu Hamed, is said to have become disenchanted with IS leadership for its disregard for Islamic doctrine. He explained that Islamic rules “totally collapsed inside the organization,” which caused him to abandon it.

I'm going to say this is good news. Put several hundred of our best and brightest nerds on this and flesh out the details so we can get to work.
I really hope this is legit info, especially considering this-

In February, Europol director Rob Wainwright said that “Europe is currently facing the highest terror threat in more than in a decade,” referring to up to 5,000 jihadists that returned from Syria back to Europe and remain on the loose.

Let's give those warriors with green eyes and black rifles something to work with.

[wmbondurant]

Hard to believe the authorities would put this information out to the public ,as to , put everybody on alert to change course .

[a175]

I think the media themselves received some of it.

I have mixed feelings. It's often best left unsaid, even when people need to hear good news, in order to keep the information flowing.
On the other hand, I think the world intelligence agencies have been so ineffective that perhaps it was time to just put it out front and set a fire under their asses.

[rob666]

25% of them are Saudi.

Shocking.

[a175]

5000 jihadists returning from Syria... Good God, man.
This is why I'm not up in arms over the refugees. You need to worry about these people that went to a war zone and came right back to society. We don't even do this with our veterans... there's a redeployment process. Debriefings, some cool-down time, readjustment. If these people are radicals that they KNEW were fighting with ISIS, what the hell were they thinking letting them come back without being accountable?
Come on, France.

And now take a look at Turkey trying to get into the EU. Know what that means? No visa for travel. Leave Istanbul, shoot some Syrians with ISIS, go home, take a visa-free trip to the European mainland, and boom.

I really, really hope this information is relevant enough to track down these assholes.

[Lycanthrope]

Rats are deserting the sinking ship, wont be surprised this information is traded for amnesty

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by rob666 ↗

25% of them are Saudi.

Shocking.

The hijackers in the September 11 attacks were 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda. 15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia. Zacarias Moussaoui, a convicted 9/11 plotter, confessed in sworn testimony to U.S. authorities that members of the Saudi royal family funded al-Qaeda before the attacks. The Saudi government strongly denies this.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/po...a-involvement/

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/06/saud...cratic_nation/

[icheerthebull]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope ↗

Rats are deserting the sinking ship, wont be surprised this information is traded for amnesty

My understanding is one guy had the info and offered it to the German paper for money. The amount he wanted was too much so they traveled to Syria ect and got the info from other contacts for a much lower price

[a175]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope ↗

Rats are deserting the sinking ship, wont be surprised this information is traded for amnesty

A sinking ship indeed, or at least I hope it sinks soon.
They could have saved themselves a good bit of trouble by not joining in the first place.
Seeing that ISIS has no legitimate scholarly support from even Sunni jurisprudence, they shouldn't be surprised that their "jihad" is falling apart.

[a175]

One thing I'd like to see is if/how their logistical supply chain is being tracked.
The never ending supply of jumpsuits and kit intrigues me. I think I've read that they are manufacturing most of their own stuff now, but the raw materials have to come from somewhere.