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IS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit: report
London (AFP) - The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial Times newspaper said Saturday.
An activist opposed to both IS and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is well-known to the British business broadsheet, said he had "verified 100 executions" of foreign IS fighters trying to leave the jihadist group's de facto capital.
IS fighters in Raqqa said the group has created a military police to clamp down on foreign fighters who do not report for duty. Dozens of homes have been raided and many jihadists have been arrested, the FT reported.
Some jihadists have become disillusioned with the realities of fighting in Syria, reports have said.
According to the British press in October, five Britons, three French, two Germans and two Belgians wanted to return home after complaining that they ended up fighting against other rebel groups rather than Assad's regime. They were being held prisoner by IS.
In total, between 30 and 50 Britons want to return but fear they face jail, according to researchers at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London, which had been contacted by one of the jihadists speaking on their behalf.....
An activist opposed to both IS and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is well-known to the British business broadsheet, said he had "verified 100 executions" of foreign IS fighters trying to leave the jihadist group's de facto capital.
IS fighters in Raqqa said the group has created a military police to clamp down on foreign fighters who do not report for duty. Dozens of homes have been raided and many jihadists have been arrested, the FT reported.
Some jihadists have become disillusioned with the realities of fighting in Syria, reports have said.
According to the British press in October, five Britons, three French, two Germans and two Belgians wanted to return home after complaining that they ended up fighting against other rebel groups rather than Assad's regime. They were being held prisoner by IS.
In total, between 30 and 50 Britons want to return but fear they face jail, according to researchers at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London, which had been contacted by one of the jihadists speaking on their behalf.....
Maybe they don't like being Muslims or maybe they don't like chopping heads off? Guess I'd be pretty disillusioned, too, if I thought I was joining a "peaceful" religion, only to find out that I had to go around killing people just because they didn't agree with me... "Mommy, I wanna come home, come get me..."
I wonder if they were crying for their mother or were looking forward to joining their Virgins?
Bah, they ought to consider it an honor to have stood in the company of such fine individuals.....
Nothing like doing a little research to find out what it is that one may be getting oneself involved with....
Nothing like doing a little research to find out what it is that one may be getting oneself involved with....
"disillusioned with realities of fighting in Syria". Have to wonder exactly what it is, they're disillusioned with...
That's not a good sign that an extremist group is to extreme for some of the extremists that join it.
Forgot the Link
http://news.yahoo.com/executed-100-foreigners-trying-quit-report-140040461.html
http://news.yahoo.com/executed-100-foreigners-trying-quit-report-140040461.html
I guess I'm supposed to feel sorry for them.
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