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Dozens of Islamic State Militants Entered Europe as Refugees
(Wall Street Journal) Matthew Dalton and Inti Landauro - The presumed leader of the Islamic State operatives who attacked Paris in November, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, boasted that he slipped into Europe among refugees from Syria as part of a team of dozens of militants, according to a key witness. The woman accompanied Abaaoud's cousin, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, to a hidden encampment north of Paris in the days after the attack to meet Abaaoud. Abaaoud told them that he arrived in Europe among the refugees, along with 90 other operatives, including French, British, German, Iraqi and Syrian citizens. The investigation into the Paris attacks has raised questions about Europe's ability to screen refugees for potential threats.