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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Captured “Irish” jihadist tells of dying days of Islamic State ‘caliphate’
2019-01-31
Scare quotes mine. But it isn’t quite what you think, dear Reader..
[IsraelTimes] Moslem convert describes starvation, bombing, fleeing through minefields with women and kiddies before being captured by Kurds in Syria.

From detention in northern Syria, alleged Irish jihadist Alexandr Bekmirzaev
See? This one took two steps to get onto the path of jihad: first he comverted, then he bcame an Irish citizen. Only then did the idea of joining the caliphate rear its ugly head seductively.
described hunger and fear as missiles pounded down on the last shreds 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....
group’s "caliphate."
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Uzbek, with a Belarussian Weber BBQ Cover bride
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-31 10:22  

#2  Alexandr Bekmirzaev - Yup, sounds Milesian.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-01-31 09:10  

#1  Where you are now is your country. Enjoy jail.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-01-31 06:20  

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