Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Sixty Britons killed after joining Isil fighters in Syria and Iraq
The Telegraph ^ | July 14, 2015 | Claire Newell and Edward Malnick

Posted on 07/15/2015 11:40:27 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX

MORE than 60 Britons have died while fighting for Islamic terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The figure, confirmed by government sources, is twice that reported last year and suggests a sharp increase in the rate of British fighters killed in the service of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Experts say the new death toll means that nearly one in 10 of the estimated 700 British jihadists who have gone to Syria has been killed or has killed themselves in suicide attacks since the conflict started drawing in British foreign fighters in 2012. The identities of many of those killed have emerged in social media reports emanating from Isil.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isil; syria; uk
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last
To: Pining_4_TX

A good if small start.


21 posted on 07/15/2015 11:58:53 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ( A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Navy Patriot; WayneS

:-)


22 posted on 07/15/2015 12:03:53 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Pining_4_TX

If the UK was smart, they’d be paying their airfares in exchange for the ISIS sympathizers surrendering their passports!


23 posted on 07/15/2015 12:08:10 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SIRTRIS

Yes. Not enough UK jihadis are making to the ME where they can be killed.


24 posted on 07/15/2015 12:09:05 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Pining_4_TX

Brits are Isil cannon fodder

news at 11


25 posted on 07/15/2015 12:10:45 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pining_4_TX

They really not Britons. They are Islamics. No problem. No loss.


26 posted on 07/15/2015 12:18:33 PM PDT by Parmy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Parmy

“Six Britons killed.......after joining ISIS”.......

Its a start.


27 posted on 07/15/2015 12:47:09 PM PDT by DaveA37
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Pining_4_TX

Boy, I’d JUST LOVE to be a fly on the wall while these Jihadist Brits are being tortured and dismembered as spies - just to see what they REALLY THINK of Islam, when they see it up close and personal...just before meeting the profit.


28 posted on 07/15/2015 5:54:30 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'about' page))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fiji Hill

Yup. They expected campfires at night with drugs, alcohol, and some hos. WRONG!


29 posted on 07/15/2015 6:23:04 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson