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US: 20,000 foreigners heading to Syria to join Islamic State
[IsraelTimes] Up from January estimate of 19,000; rate of travel of foreign jihadists is 'unprecedented,' officials say; 3,400 are from West, 150 are US citizensForeign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... or other holy warrior groups, US intelligence officials said Tuesday. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-02-12 |
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