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| German quits 'unhygienic, drug-using' Taliban |
| 2012-11-03 |
| The former fighter also complained of the unhygienic conditions in the war-torn lands of Pakistan's Waziristan province and Afghanistan that left him infected with hepatitis, and which were, in his opinion, "incompatible with the teachings of the Koran". The unflattering portrayal of life in the Taliban came in a statement made by Thomas U. during his trial in Berlin for involvement in a foreign terrorist group. The 27-year-old had travelled to Waziristan with his wife in the autumn of 2009 with the intention of freeing the area from the "infidel occupiers" after the couple had converted to Islam. On encountering their Taliban recruiters they had to hand over £4,000 they had raised in Germany through fraud as a donation to a cause which promised to conquer the whole of Afghanistan in a year. But Thomas U. soon became disheartened, especially after seeing the remains of three fellow Germans killed by Pakistani army shelling. "The sight of their badly mangled bodies moved me," he said. "I was scared and I wanted to get out. Waziristan was not what I was looking for." Underlying his dislike of his new life was the Taliban propensity to use drugs, and their "macho" attitude to women. In one case a Taliban fighter went to the German widow of a dead comrade and told her that she would marry him. The proposal was made without any consultation with her, "as if she was just an object" said Thomas U. in his statement. In September 2010 the couple fled Pakistan and made their way to Turkey, where they were arrested. Thomas U., has since turned his back on radical Islam and lets his wife "dress anyway she wants". "I regret leaving Germany and regret my crimes," he told the court. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 He is doing all those thinking of the romance of jihad a favour, by informing them of the horrid downside. Possibly some will listen and be dissuaded, and also some of their admirers across the spectrum. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-11-03 23:43 |
| #4 DV, or worse. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-11-03 21:08 |
| #3 You lay down with dogs... you get fleas. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-11-03 20:56 |
| #2 leave him and his to die in the arms of Islam |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-11-03 19:00 |
| #1 infected with hepatitis IOW the totally non-gay Taliban are much gayer than he thought and they made him play 'bottom.' Benghazi investigator Pickering would be disappointed in Thomas U. btw. He believes that veterans should not talk about any negative aspects of Islamic culture they encountered if they want to remain 'loyal Americans.' |
| Posted by: Spinetch Dark Lord of the Platypi8282 2012-11-03 17:31 |