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300 Western Converts to Islam Captured Fighting in Syria
2013-06-21
Experts worry that there will now be a shortage of converts to Islam to do important work like beheading British soldiers in London and writing books about their time working as guards at Gitmo before they saw the dark.

Damascus, 18 June (AKI) – Damascus, 18 June (AKI) – Several hundred westerners including Italians have been captured fighting alongside rebels seeking to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad, government sources told Adnkronos on Tuesday.

“We are holding 300 westerners, of whom six or seven are Italian, according to the information I have. They are all converts to Islam,” the source said.

Converts to Islam are particularly dangerous because they are eager to prove their loyalty and have nothing but Islam in their life anymore.

One of the good things about the Syrian Civil War is that it is diverting the sort of people who would otherwise be killing Westerners.
Posted by:tipper

#3  Not a job, not a jihad, but an adventure.
Posted by: Perfesser   2013-06-21 22:45  

#2  See als FREEREPUBLIC > [Reuters vee Yahoo News] THOUSANDS OF SHIITES READY TO FIGHT IN SYRIA, IRAQ SAYS.

verSus

* SAME > EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA SECRETLY PROVIDING TRAINING FOR SYRIA REBELS [OBAMA'S "CONTRAS"].

I've been warning + anticipating such since it became clear Baby Assad was winning.

This Artic basically affirms that Assad has de facto defeated the Rebs, + that the Bammer's intent now is to use 1980's "Contra/
Contradora" style insurgency to pressure the Assad Regime into making domestic reforms which may or may not result in LT in his formal = non-violent? removal e.g. Daniel Ortega.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-06-21 19:54  

#1  job or jihad?
Posted by: Paul D   2013-06-21 19:14  

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