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| Indonesia Hopes Disenchanted IS Fighters Can Deter Recruits |
| 2015-10-24 |
| [AnNahar] Indonesian meatball seller Ahmad Junaedi was drawn to 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 by the promise of a high salary to pay off his debts and a desire to help children living in the jihadists' "caliphate". But the 32-year-old villager from Java island quickly became disillusioned -- bored with his job making kebabs for Arab fighters, disappointed at the low pay and upset at tales of the group's brutal violence. The father-of-four eventually persuaded his commanders to let him go home, joining a growing number of disenchanted people leaving the jihadists, a trend experts say could give governments a new weapon to deter potential recruits. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 between 100,000 and 200,000 Hizb ut tahrir rallied in jakarta in may sharia is being implemented in Aceh the jakarta post is running reader discussions on whether Islam justifies the murder of gay people there are 300 million people in Indonesia which has a really strong and brutal military 500,000 full time fighters it has sukhoi jets, amphibious tanks and submarines look out! |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-10-24 08:43 |
| #2 Excuse me I meant disenchanted |
| Posted by: chris 2015-10-24 00:26 |
| #1 Disenfranchised doesn't mean they aren't still militant. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-10-24 00:25 |