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| Azerbaijan Arrests Eight for Joining IS in Syria, Iraq |
| 2016-02-13 |
[AnNahar] Azerbaijan has incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! eight men for fighting alongside 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 and Iraq, the majority-Muslim Caucasus nation's authorities said on Friday. The men, all Azeri nationals, "were trained in Islamic State training camps in 2012-2015 and took part in fighting in Syria and Iraq within the ranks of terrorist groups," the national security ministry said in a statement. Fighting in foreign wars is a criminal offense in the predominantly Muslim but secular country of more than 9 million people. Local media had previously reported numerous cases of Azerbaijani nationals fighting alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq, including within the ranks of the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar group consisting mostly of Islamists from the former Soviet Union. In September, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, Al-Nusra. Around 25,000 imported muscle from more than 100 countries are involved in armed conflicts worldwide, with the highest numbers in Syria, Iraq and increasingly Libya, according to United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... . |
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