Jihadists trawl Europe for recruits

Before the Iraq invasion there was no Islamist involvement in Iraq, well there is now. "In the past six months, old and dormant networks - including some that had been concerned with violence in north Africa, others with the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and others in criminality - have been reactivated across Europe.
Some intelligence sources believe that there are now up to 21 networks active in Europe, some of them linked to more than 60 groups in the Mahgreb area of north Africa, involved in training and recruitment of volunteers, many for suicide bombing missions in Iraq."
Talk about 'own goals' ...
And the worst of it is that lots of warnings were that this is precisely what would happen. Grrrrrrr.
The Observer | International | Insurgents trawl Europe for recruits: