You, there. You in the back. You’re not celebrating diversity. Get with it.
“The self-trained jihadist who ‘looked for a target’ to attack: the Eiffel Tower or the Cathedral of Salamanca,” translated from “El yihadista autoadiestrado que ‘buscaba blanco’ para atentar: la Torre Eiffel o la catedral de Salamanca,” by J. J. Gálvez, El País, March 24, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
The Audiencia Nacional sentences an Islamist arrested in Madrid in 2020 to two years and six months in prison after reaching an agreement with the public prosecutor’s office.
When Guardia Civil officers stormed Abdelgahan i Bentouati’s house unexpectedly, they found all the evidence that confirmed their suspicions. The Algerian, who was born in 1989 and lives in Madrid, was already collecting materials such as cellulose and polyethylene that would allow him “to start making” explosives; he kept manuals on how to make bombs and how to “stab to ensure death”; and he had even searched the internet for an explosive belt “that could be used in a suicide bombing.” According to the national court, which sentenced him to two years and six months in prison after a plea bargain with the prosecution, he was “determined to act” and “looking for a target.”
What’s more, Bentouati’s possible targets were, according to the verdict of February 23 convicting him of jihadist activities, the Eiffel Tower or the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Also Barajas airport (Madrid) or Salamanca Cathedral. “There is a video of his desire to reclaim ‘the great castle of Salamanca’,” explains the Audiencia Nacional ruling, stressing that photographs of these “places” were seized, in which he can be seen “marking them with the mark of Daech [acronym for Islamic State in Arabic].” A ring with this stamp later found in his house: “Which replicates the seal of the Prophet used by Daech both individually and for the insignia of his flag.” On the inside it says: “Muhammad, Messenger, Allah.”
But beyond his wishful thinking, did the 30-year-old have the capacity to take action? The Audiencia Nacional is convinced that he was “ready” to do so. Bentouati had educated himself, thanks to the contacts he made via social networks: especially WhatsApp groups. “By constantly searching, viewing and listening to [jihadist propaganda], the defendant carried out a process of indoctrination and had the decision to commit imminent acts of violence,” summarises the verdict, which convicted him of the crime of autonomous indoctrination and training, as well as falsification of documents. “He showed a high level of identification with the Daech terrorist organisation, as well as a great interest in weapons and combat techniques,” the Guardia Civil added when he was arrested in September 2020.
The warnings were initially triggered by Europol, which warned that the suspect was using a phone number that was used in two jihadist WhatsApp groups. A warning, however, that was far understated. Investigators found that he participated in around 50 jihadist WhatsApp groups and operated three Facebook, two Twitter and one Instagram profile for the redistribution of radical material he received. He had also received a “Knife Weapon Manual” via the Jihad and Military Sciences group: “A 30-page illustrated document [in PDF format] explaining step by step the techniques of handling and using a knife weapon.
The convict kept videos explaining how to make incendiary devices “with simple materials”. And he had access to “manuals for making explosive devices consisting of petrol and polyspam,” the judges explained in the verdict, which was explained by former justice minister Juan Carlos Campo. The court also adds that the accused acquired ”material” that enabled him to ”start manufacturing” explosives; issued proclamations on networks to ”encourage the carrying out of a violent jihad and the reconquest of Al-Andalus” […].
Bentouati had been living illegally in Spain for less than a year after traveling through various countries where different intelligence services had tracked him down. After pleading in agreement with the prosecution, the court sentenced him to two years and six months in prison – he had been in custody since his arrest – and two more years on probation.
Jayell says
‘Muslim migrant plotted to commit ‘immediate acts of violence’ at Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame Cathedral’….
What? Again? They’ve already set fire to Notre Dame once, and then there was this young muslima who’d just been dumped (or something) and decided to take it out on either the Cathedral or/and the Eiffel Tower by blowing them up – at least, that’s what she told the court (if I recall correctly) after they found her with explosives. And they’re just the ones I’ve heard about from the other side of the Channel. I suppose they have to find something else to do in between murdering priests in their churches or decapitating French teachers in the street.
I listen to French STL radio to try and improve my French, and in between all the hot debate about who’s going to replace Macron and the high-pressure sales blurb to push a certain proprietary medication, I’ve just heard an interview with a 40-year-old Frenchman who told us the veeryone over there is getting very fed up with this ‘great replacement’. Funny that none of the media ever mention that. I wonder when their next revolution is going to start?
By the way, your readers might be interested to know that the musilm takeover of London has been proceeding apace. A few months ago, a member of an Afro-Caribbean gang from south London intent on mischief in the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets had his right hand amputated by one of the local islamic vigilante patrols who seem to think that they’ve taken over the job of law enforcement from the Metropolitan Police (but they don’t seem to be enforcing laws passed by the Westminster Parliament! Strange!). Equally strangely, the UK media somehow didn’t quite notice this rather unusual event and it wasn’t followed by the ‘spontaneous’ riots involving you-know-who that would have occurred if the ‘amateur surgeon’ involved had been of a paler complexion. Interesting!
Shalom says
Yes, they don’t deserve to live in such cultured, amazing cities. Hundreds more pour in to the U.K. every day on their dinghies. At last today the government have announced a plan to send them all to Rwanda.
Check Burry says
So he 2 quiet years in pris to red more of the same, perfect his mixtures, and scan targets, why not deport him on release?
Check Burry says
please add has 2 quiet years and read not red.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
A slap on the wrist by any other name…
mortimer says
It would be much less expensive for Western governments to promote ‘ISLAM CESSATION’ through websites and literature and tv shows which explore the fallacious origins of Islam and the lack of historical and textual support for the Standard Islamic Narrative (SIN). Once Muslims see that Islam has no historical basis, and that it is a collection of plagiarisms they gradually realize that it is not logical to remain in this BRAIN-DEAD Death Cult.
Western governments should be funding counter-jihad think tanks which are helping Muslims to see the fallacies of Islam.
gravenimage says
France: Muslim migrant plotted to commit ‘immediate acts of violence’ at Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame Cathedral
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I can’t even be shocked by this kind of thing any more.
Shalom says
These despicable acts are fuelled by Islamic teachings and sheer ignorance. Another factor that plays a big part is jealousy and envy.