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Indonesia Hopes Disenchanted IS Fighters Can Deter Recruits
[AnNahar] Indonesian meatball seller Ahmad Junaedi was drawn to 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.... group in Syria by the promise of a high salary to pay off his debts and a desire to help children living in the jihadists' "caliphate". But the 32-year-old villager from Java island quickly became disillusioned -- bored with his job making kebabs for Arab fighters, disappointed at the low pay and upset at tales of the group's brutal violence. The father-of-four eventually persuaded his commanders to let him go home, joining a growing number of disenchanted people leaving the jihadists, a trend experts say could give governments a new weapon to deter potential recruits. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-10-24 |
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