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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Former IDF soldier joins Islamic State in Syria
2015-12-11
[IsraelTimes] 25-year-old Muslim man crossed Turkish border to join ranks of jihadist group, Arab intelligence sources say

Muslim Israeli citizen who formerly served in the IDF has joined the ranks of 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
in Syria, Arab intelligence sources told The Times of Israel on Thursday.

Identified only by the initials H.B., the man is 25 years old and a resident of a village in northern Israel, the sources said. He traveled from Israel to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
and then crossed the border into Syria.

According to his military identification card, which was seen by a Times of Israel news hound, he was slated to complete his military service in January 2014 and brought his IDF dog tags with him to Syria.
Darwin always wins, but sometimes idiots feel the need to assist.
It wasn't immediately clear when the man traveled to Syria, where he crossed the border, or his current whereabouts.
I'm betting Syria...
Last month, Israel security services tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
five men from the northern city of Jaljuliya, charging them with attempting to join IS in Syria. A relative of one of the men made headlines in October when he flew a paraglider into southern Syria from the Golan heights to join jihadis fighting there.

Arab intelligence sources told The Times of Israel that between 100 and 150 Israeli Arabs are either serving in or detained by the Islamic State, but this is the first case involving an IDF veteran.

In March, East Jerusalemite Muhammad Musallam, who had gone to Syria join IS, was executed after the group claimed he was a Mossad agent. A video of the execution released by the jihadi group showed Musallam shot repeatedly by a teenage boy, after which a second jihadi vowed that IS would "liberate Jerusalem from you filth, by Allah's permission."
Any bets on how soon our latest fashion victim Israeli soldier of Islam will find himself in exactly the same position?
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Mossad
Posted by: Shipman   2015-12-11 16:57  

#3  Don't worry, I understand they're not so bright at all.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2015-12-11 14:54  

#2  lost his citizenship yet?
Posted by: Frank G   2015-12-11 12:46  

#1  He's Jewish by citizenship but not by religion. When I first saw this, I thought this guy isn't too bright if he's Jewish by religion and joined ISIS--in fact, I thought it unlikely. I still think he's not too bright.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-12-11 10:56  

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