Hunting down IS fighters in Europe | DW Documentary



After the fall of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS), many of its extremists have gone into hiding. But a network of IS hunters has set itself the goal of tracking them down. As they do so, these brave men find themselves in the terrorist group’s sights.

[This documentary contains descriptions and scenes that some viewers may find disturbing.]

In Syria’s “Al-Roj Camp”, hundreds of women and children live in squalid conditions while the world ponders what to do with them. They are the wives and children of IS fighters captured when the caliphate fell. Among them are hundreds of people from the West, eager to get home. But that doesn’t seem likely. And what about the fighters who have not yet been captured?

Many IS fighters have returned to their home countries, traveling with forged documents or posing as refugees. Others fled the self-proclaimed caliphate to begin new lives in the West. A handful of men have made it their mission to track these people down.

33-year-old Ahmad Ramadan heads a secret network that aims to find these former militants and hold them accountable for their crimes. While he’s on the trail of a fighter believed to be in Germany, video from an informant shows the wanted man training to be a truck driver. Thanks to the network, high-ranking IS members including spokesman Abdul Kader el Raggaoui have already been arrested in Europe. But its members pay a price for their work, as they themselves become targets of IS retaliation.

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41 thoughts on “Hunting down IS fighters in Europe | DW Documentary”

  1. Theres no manage to escape…that implies they fled isis…the ISIS state was destroyed thus they fled capture by the kurds or syrian government forces….they should be given the death penalty

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  2. If people believe in eternal damnation, damnation will creep it's way onto earth. Muslims are the bridge between damnation and earth, because this fear is planted itself quite well within the minds of muslims. Eternal paradise is also just another euphemism for lust and greed, so it's not a good argument and goal to dedicate oneself to. It's pathetic – Islam (just as capitalism or most other beliefs) is a pathetic excuse of a civilisation as it's build on dogmatism.

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  3. These guys need to ask for help from the Israeli hunters of Holocaust-perpetrators. No doubt with more than 75 years of experience hunting these sorts of people, the Israelis know a thing or two … I wonder if the IS hunters would have the courage to do that??

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  4. Taking interviews of an odd “muslim defector” would not add any knowledge. As long as the west continues to ignore the cause and the shia death squads of the mehdi army supported by Iran and USA for 12 years was the real cause.

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  5. Just listen to the background music. Trying to create a scary story. Haha. The americans killed 20 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan and no barking of terrorist terrorist mantra. This is hilarious. Trying to make it scarier than it actually is. Wow. That’s the power of propaganda.

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  6. The Germans. You have known Isis members living in your country and you do nothing?. Try not to pay your fines for not buying a ticket on public transport, or owing the government tax and you will land in jail in no time, no buts ifs or whats. These Isis scumbags could strike at any moment.

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  7. Why didn't they do this for American soldiers who raped girls im Iraq and Afghanistan and the people killing Muslims in mianmar ! Isn't this a massmerder too ?

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  8. wow….in the name of evidence (which is clearly available), someone denies it is not him (obviously) and the authorities are like, 'yea it is not him because he says so' is the most stupid fked up thing ever…..these brainwashed delusional believers have created a mess around the world and are supported by dimwit authorities!

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  9. The only reason why the IS could be defeated is because of Russia's support to Bashar Al Assad. Assad and Russia together defeated IS.
    It's funny when you give the credit to USA or UK when they have been indirectly supporting the IS by funding rebels against the Assad government.

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  10. Ahmad and his team are so brave, I hope they and their families will always stay safe from these satanic monsters. Shame on the German autorities though, they are such despicable cowards. It might even be that the "Verfassungsschutz" (secret service) recruited him and therefore want to avoid prosecution.

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  11. " I had problems at home" so…I decided to talk to isis and join them. To slaughter innocent people's. This lady, is mentally unstable.

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  12. Jef None: good report; except that thé Germany authorities seem to be reluctant and resilient with IS members ….i am afraid one day….Gerland will wake up too late to contain ISIS….

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  13. A 'massage parlour' should be 'dodgy' women? not some 'doctor' or 'physiciotherapist'. Shows how 'lame' this counter-network is, compared to say Nazi-hunters~ trust me, I know the 'inside' track~ Nazis were hunted down… and let's face it, islamic nutters have no scientific value this time.. behead or hang the fakkurs…

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  14. What brave DW Journalists. It's so utterly SAD when butchers and head slicers, with VIDEO PROOF, can be charged? In the USA, that'd be easily enough to convict, regardless of where it happened

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