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UK Ex-Counterterror Chief: Let the Jihadis Come Back to UK
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On September 8, 2014 @ 10:36 am In The Point | 7 Comments
Sure we deport Nazi war criminals. But let’s invite ISIS war criminals in.
British jihadis in Iraq and Syria should be encouraged to return home, a counter-terrorism expert said today. Richard Barrett, a former MI6 global counter-terrorism director, said repentant fighters must know ‘there is a place for them back at home’. His comments come after it was revealed some UK jihadis fighting in Syria want to come home after becoming disillusioned with the conflict.
Mr Barrett, 65, told The Observer: ‘Many of the people who have been most successful in undermining the terrorist narrative are themselves ex-extremists.’
So are the people most successful in blowing things up. And since the UK, like the US, has a long history of not being able to tell so-called extremists and moderates apart, largely because these terms are Western liberal attempts to make sense of Islamic theology and tactics which doesn’t align along such lines, this can only end well.
But here’s a few more facts about Dick Barrett from the wiki. See if you can tell how they connect…
1. Barrett is a recognized global expert on terrorism who frequently appears as a panelist in related conferences and whose commentary is regularly featured in the press.
2. Barrett also served as Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations for the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) both before and after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States
3. Mr. Barrett was also a founding member of the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), which was established in 2005 to promote the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy adopted by the General Assembly in 2006.
4. He is the author of several articles and commentaries including op-eds for The Guardian, The New York Times, The Financial Times and The International Herald Tribune.
5. Barrett sits on the boards of the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies in Doha
All terror roads lead back to Qatar.
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