"... Khalid Mahmood said he believed a number of Syrian sheikhs were influencing young Britons....
Mr Mahmood called on police and border control staff to be vigilant.
"What we need to do is get the UK border agencies to understand that those people are going out there. The problem is that they are not just going directly to Syria, they might go to Turkey, they might go to other areas and make their way there."... Mr Mahmood said the situation around Syria reminded him of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
"I am extremely concerned at the moment because I see similar things to what happened during the initial stages of the Afghanistan war where we were supporting the mujahideen against the Russians," he said.
"We wanted to get the Russians out and we armed people, we encouraged people to go out there and fight and go and fight for the jihad."
The MP also fears there could be a security risk from people returning to the UK after fighting in Syria who may have been trained and "been brainwashed by some of the leaders out there"..."
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