Dutch military police carry out controls at the entrance to Rotterdam Airport on November 17, 2016. Intelligence experts in the Netherlands have estimated that Daesh has between 60-80 operatives planted in Europe. ( REMKO DE WAAL / AFP/Getty Images )NEW YORK — Intelligence experts estimate that Daesh (also known as ISIS) has between 60 and 80 operatives planted in Europe to carry out attacks, the Dutch counterterrorism co-ordinator said Friday. “And what happened in France and Brussels and Germany could happen to us.” There are probably between 4,000 and 5,000 European “foreign terrorist fighters” in Iraq and Syria, Schoof said. The government also takes away passports, freezes assets, and has beefed up security measures and the police force, he said.

Source: thestar November 19, 2016 16:52 UTC