« War and the (Islamic) State | Main | What is the Appeal of Candy Crowley? »
August 25, 2014
"Over. We're going over. / And we won't be back til it's over over there!"
British citizens are estimated to represent a quarter of the roughly 2,000 Europeans fighting with IS at present.Numbers of Westerners in IS ranks are difficult to estimate and the true figure is likely 3,000 or more. Additionally, since many jihadists go to Syria or Iraq for a few months and return home, leading to a high turnover rate, the number of Westerners who have fought with IS in the Middle East exceeds 5,000 and is rising fast. Going to Syria or Iraq to join IS is very much in vogue among radical Salafis across the West. Getting there is easy, especially for Europeans: Turkey’s looking the other way about the movement of thousands of foreign fighters through the country en route to the jihad is a key factor here.War and the (Islamic) State | The XX Committee
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 25, 2014 7:06 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
The Brits are going to have a bitch of a time dealing with the return of said 'citizens', since they have no compunction about using violence on the meek. And the Brits have trained their citizenry to be meek. No weapons, no defensive actions, call the Bobby, in fact a defensive weapon is punishable by imprisonment.
Now tell me that some Jihadii will care about those silly laws. They didn't when they killed that soldier. If they can get 5000 to run loose in England, the rest of the Muzzies on the Isle will join in the jihad.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://americandigest.org/sidelines/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 25, 2014 8:00 AM
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) wants to deport those going to jihad war zones and kick the relatives of those people off welfare. It's a good start. It's worse than the UK has jihadist in their midst. The UK is paying the jihadist to live in their midst.
Posted by: tscottme at August 25, 2014 12:31 PM