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| US military trains eclectic group of anti-IS fighters |
| 2016-05-24 |
| [Ynet] The U.S. military is trying to turn an eclectic group of Kurdish women and Arab men into a coherent and competent force to defeat 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.... Advisers describe many of the fighters as civilians who see the battle as a personal moral imperative. Many of the fighters see the bully boy group as a scourge on their country and a threat to their families. One called the Islamic State "darkness," while another called it an "illness." The U.S. advisers say the number of Arab volunteers surged this spring, following a series of battlefield gains against the Islamic State, including the retaking of al-Shaddadeh in Syria's Hassakeh province. That success triggered a recruiting boom, the officials say, with more local Arabs seeking to join than could be accommodated. |
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