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Jihadism and terror: when clear signs are missed

'It is no crime to have Islamist thoughts,'a French antiterrorism officer was, more or less, quoted as saying the other day. It is only when those thoughts translate into incitement or action, he went on, that an arrest is justified. The case of Mehdi Nemmouche* illustrates the problems faced by police and intelligence - and also some basic shortcomings

For some observers of the phenomenon of foreigners choosing to fight with Islamists in Syria, the Brussels Jewish museum killings reveal another failure of western intelligence to prevent the preventable.

To others, the attack demonstrates the limits faced by authorities in tracking combatants’ movements and identifying their intentions.

In fact, the case of the suspected Brussels killer, Mehdi Nemmouche, a convicted armed robber who joined the Syrian conflict after his last prison sentence, highlights both the failures of monitoring and the difficulties police and intelligence officers face.

Melilla, Ceuta and dreams of freedom on immigration's front line

Immigration: one of the words that brings votes for odious parties and people of the far right. We have heard a lot recently about Calais, and hear frequently about the boat people who try to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa. But there are also two land frontiers between Africa and Europe and this article for The National*, Abu Dhabi describes the role they play in one of the great issues of today ....