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Spain Seizes 20,000 ISIS Fighter Uniforms Being Smuggled Into Syria and Iraq

By Tom Wyke – Daily Mail – 2016-03-05 03:08 GMT – Up to 20,000 military uniforms hidden inside aid packages have been uncovered after Spanish authorities busted a large scale smuggling ring to jihadi groups in Syria and Iraq.

The camouflage fatigues were discovered inside boxes marked as second-hand clothes following a routine inspection by custom officials in Valencia and Algeciras.

Spanish police confirmed they have confiscated all the supplies but refused to reveal whether the uniforms had been originally shipped from Europe.At the ports at Valencia and Algeciras, inspectors found other military gear which they believe the senders were planning to deliver to al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS in Syria and Iraq.Photographs have emerged of large bundles of military-grade uniforms lying on the floor after they were found at the bottom of the aid packages, according to the International Business Times.

‘The containers which carried the military uniforms were declared as second-hand clothes so as to not raise suspicions and be able to pass different customs inspections without any difficulty,’ a statement read. Spanish security did not confirm the intended final location for the cargo but it is thought the bust may have been linked to the arrest of seven smugglers in Spain last month.The arrests were carried out in the eastern cities of Valencia and Alicante and in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, the police said in a statement.’Five are Spanish nationals of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin, and two are Syrian and Moroccan nationals,’ it said at the time. The arrests were made in the context of an investigation launched in 2014 into ‘foreign structures’ providing logistical support for ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra.The interior ministry warned that the latest discovery emphasised Spain’s growing concern over the illegal smuggling of goods to Syria and Iraq.

‘With the roughly 20,000 military uniforms and accessories, it would have been possible to equip an entire army, which would be ready to enter into combat in any of the battlegrounds which jihadist terrorist organisations have round the world,’ it said in a statement. www.mesop.de