European Citizens fighting in Syria

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-security-officials-note-increased-flow-of-fighters-to-syrias-civil-war/2013/12/05/5226dbd6-5de2-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

This article described that E.U. security officials are noting a much higher increase flow of E.U. citizens to Syria. The exact intention of these people is not known, however, the article takes a heavy stand that it must be for nothing else aside from terrorism. It states that the officials believe these citizens are leaving to fight in the war along side Al-qaeda and other extremist groups. This seems to be quite the assumption. First it must be determined whether the rebels in Syria are indeed "rebels" and "terrorists" or the more honoring "freedom fighter". I feel that this article is horrendously biased in automatically assuming almost everyone going to Syria during the war has terroristic intentions and that they may even return to the E.U. with those same intentions. The article is quick to demonize those fighting in Syria against al-Assad's dictatorship and possible chemical weapon attack. The article ends with "The Interior Minister of the German state of Hesse, Boris Rhein, this week proposed a nationwide hotline and network of counseling centers to try to combat radicalization. He said a new government-sponsored study in Hesse had found that jihadist recruiters had begun to systematically target students." It's an odd note to end at, leaving the reader with more presumptions of complete terrorist motivations.