
Via Daily Caller:
Libyan authorities have informed Italy an Islamic State cell linked to veteran jihadi Abu Nassim has formed in Milan.
Italian media reported Sunday documents left behind after a raid in the Libyan city of Sirte contained information on ISIS’s activities in Italy. The reports further the Italian worry that ISIS militants sail from Libya to Italy posing as refugees.
Abu Nassim, whose real name is Moez Ben Abdelkader Fezzani, is believed to have close ties to the newly-formed cell in Milan.
Nassim was arrested by Italian forces in 2001 and was held by the U.S. at the Bagram Airfield detention facility in Afghanistan. He was transferred back to Italy in 2009 and was acquitted, and subsequently deported to Tunisia in 2012.
He then returned to being an ISIS commander for forces around the Libyan port of Sabratha.
Italian Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano promised more and faster deportations of extremist sympathizers Saturday. So far, 43 expulsion orders have been signed in 2016.
