[PART 2] 'WE'RE JUST DOING WHAT GOD TOLD US TO DO': CONFRONTING ISIS FACE-TO-FACE

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[PART 2] 'WE'RE JUST DOING WHAT GOD TOLD US TO DO': CONFRONTING ISIS FACE-TO-FACE




But it’s not just the young and vulnerable joining the extremists’ ranks – there are also disillusioned fathers in their 50s pledging their allegiance.
Ked, 54, believe ISIS can offer him a better life, even after Islamic State was defeated in 2017 in the Marawi city siege.

“There will be even more people who will join this fight if it happens… two thousand people,” he told Bartlett.


The knowledge that Australian soldiers are on the ground training local troops doesn’t deter Sadam.
“We have foreign people, special forces, that train us, too,” he said.
Disturbingly, for fighters like Sadam and Ked, the prospect of another city siege – or suicide bombing attacks in urban cities – is a fight they are openly preparing for.
“If that’s what our leader says, then we would be happy to do [it],” Sadam said.


Source: Utusan Malaysia - 25 July 2019

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