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The Grand Turk
Turkey detains nine Britons crossing into Syria
2015-04-02
[Ynet] Turkish security forces tossed in the slammer
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
nine British nationals trying to cross illegally into Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Wednesday. The Britons were arrested near Hatay province on the Turkish side of the Syrian border. It was not clear why the nine people were trying to cross the frontier.
Simple but well-armed shepherds all, they were just trying to get back to their beloved sheep.
Thousands of foreigners have joined the ranks of 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
and other radical groups in Syria and Iraq, many of them crossing through The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. Turkey has faced criticism for not better controlling its southeastern borders, and in turn has accused European countries of failing to prevent would-be jihadists from travelling in the first place.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  brit born pakis no doubt.
Posted by: paul   2015-04-02 05:21  

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