Is Bosnia the Next ISIS Stronghold?

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An exclusive report from the Daily Caller Investigative Group outlines a growing threat that the West is ignoring as U.S. and allied forces push ISIS out of its Middle East strongholds.

http://www.trunews.com/article/is-bosnia-the-next-isis-stronghold

>According to the Daily Caller as battle-hardened ISIS fighters return to Bosnia they are finding protection in its Islamic “safe havens.”

>Bosnia and Herzegovina — a Muslim-majority country in southeastern Europe more popularly known as “Bosnia” — have put out the welcome mat to the foreign fighters, making it clear that shelter is available to them. Bosnia was formerly part of Yugoslavia, one of the Soviet Union’s Eastern European satellites. Yet U.S. and European leaders have done nothing about the safe havens. There have been no calls for closing or providing vital counter-terrorism intelligence to local governments that are eager to stem the growing jihadist activity within their borders. Bosnian Muslims, known as “Bozniaks,” provide the largest number of ISIS fighters per capita of any European nation. Youth unemployment in the country is among the highest in the world — 60.2 percent in 2016 — higher than youth unemployment in Yemen, Tunisia or the Gaza Strip. Counter-terrorism experts report that increasing numbers of ISIS fighters are returning to Bosnia as the infamous Islamic jihadist group suffers continued military setbacks in Syria and Iraq.

>Diplomats and security specialists warn that the safe haven enclaves called “Jamaats” are a dagger at the doorstep of Europe. Gordon N. Bardos, president of SEERECON, a strategic advisory and political risk-analysis firm for clients doing business in southeast Europe, told TheDCNF Jamaats have become “extraterritorial enclaves” within sovereign countries.

>>“They established these radical-controlled villages that almost function as extraterritorial enclaves within Bosnia. Right now, they are forming a perfect safe haven in the underbelly of Europe”