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| Charges dropped against Dutchman who fought with YPG |
| 2016-06-22 |
| [RUDAW.NET] A former Dutch soldier will not face criminal charges for fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria and killing 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.... bully boys, the prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. Named as Jitse Akse, 47, in Dutch media, he joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in early 2015 as a volunteer. He was locked away Please don't kill me! in the Netherlands on suspicion of killing ISIS turbans after telling his story in newspaper interviews and on Facebook. He received a wave of support from the Dutch public after his arrest. A Facebook page, Justice for Jitse, has been liked by 23,371 people. "Public prosecutors have dismissed the case against JA, who was suspected of being involved in killing ISIS fighters in Syria," reads a statement from the prosecutor’s office noting that there was "insufficient evidence to show that A was personally involved in committing homicide or attempted homicide." The prosecutor also observed that an on-the-ground investigation of the claims against him is "impossible given the current climate." It is illegal under Dutch law for private citizens to engage in armed conflict. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Can't have a gun for personal self defense in the Netherlands, but you can get one in the ME. It all starts to make sense. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-22 07:38 |