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ISIS landmine kills 14 Syrian truffle hunters in Raqqa: State media |
2024-02-29 |
[Rudaw] At least 14 truffle hunters were killed by a land mine allegedly left behind by Islamic State![]() Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) holy warriors in the Syrian desert, state media reported on Sunday. "Fourteen citizens were martyred and eight others were maimed as a result of a mine explosion left behind by ISIS bully boyz in the Raqqa desert, while they were collecting truffle mushrooms," SANA said, citing a statement from Raqqa Governor Abdul Razzaq Khalifa. Despite repeated warnings from authorities, hundreds of poverty-stricken Syrians venture into the Badia desert between February and April each year in search of truffles. The desert is known to be a hideout for jihadists and also contains landmines, making it a high-risk area to search for the delicacy. On Friday, at least five people were killed in an ISIS ambush while truffle hunting in Syria’s central Homs province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#2 Is "truffle hunter" anything like "jogger?" |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-29 14:22 |
#1 I thought you used pigs to hunt truffles? |
Posted by: Glenmore 2024-02-29 14:09 |