Merkel's Policy Plays Into Hands of Daesh - German Newspaper

The German Chancellor has lost control over the situation with refugees. According to German newspaper Die Welt, terrorists may take advantage of the confusion and enter Europe to carry out terrorist attacks there.

According to German law enforcement services, Daesh terrorists have managed to obtain tens of thousands of authentic Syrian and Iraqi passports and now have had a good opportunity to enter Europe as refugees.

If this leads to terrorist attacks in Germany, the political career of Chancellor Angela Merkel will be over, the German newspaper Die Welt wrote.

Merkel’s policy of "open doors" has become a real security "nightmare,” the article said. Over the last few months, the identification of refugees occurred only in 10 percent of cases, meaning that the German authorities have lost control over the situation.

According to Welt am Sonntag, German security officials believe that the identification of fake documents won’t be a problem for the German guards. However, the newspaper noted, the situation would be much more difficult if Daesh terrorists would use authentic passports, obtained illegally.

Earlier, it was reported that Daesh had stolen about 3,000 authentic Syrian and Iraqi passports from federal authorities. According to other reports, the terrorists may also possess equipment to print forged IDs.

German experts say that the machinations with the passports can be regarded only as a "provocation". But how far such provocations should go, before the German government starts to think about strengthening security measures? After all, if it comes to a terrorist attack, the first thing people will associate the incident with is the refugee crisis and Merkel’s policy of "open doors", the author said.

"Who would risk to put on Merkel in this case?” he wrote, adding that Merkel’s political fate is now practically in the hands of Daesh terrorists.