ISIS recruiting in SA - report

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Cape Town - An estimated 140 South Africans have reportedly joined the Islamic State (ISIS) insurgency to fight in Iraq and Syria, with at least three already killed in action.

According to the Sunday Independent, Iraq’s ambassador to South Africa Dr Hushaim al-Alawi has confirmed the men’s deaths, saying they were covered up as car accidents.

He said he had notified the Department of International Relations and Co-operation but Department of State Security spokesperson Brian Dube said he was unaware of any South Africans joining ISIS but said intelligence officials would look into it.

According to the newspaper, ISIS is actively recruiting South Africans in the country, and raising funds under the guise of humanitarian aid.

Al-Alawi said that one of the deceased, a 24-year-old man, was recruited by a group in Gauteng that uses the slogan of supporting refugees and orphans. The deceased had travelled with a group of young men from Azaadville and Lenasia.

Armed forced of foreign states

The other two victims were a 26-year-old from Vereeniging and a 54-year-old man from Cape Town.

It is illegal for South Africans to participate in the armed forces of foreign states, render foreign military assistance and take part in armed groups.

As reported by News24 late last month, Jihadists from more than 80 countries have flocked to fight in Iraq and Syria on an "unprecedented scale",according to a UN report.

The UN claims that about 15 000 people have travelled to fight alongside ISIS and other hardcore militant groups from countries that have not previously faced challenges relating to al-Qaeda.

The number of foreign jihadists travelling to fight since 2010 exceeds the cumulative total of the 20 preceding years "many times", added the Security Council study.
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Continue reading: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ISIS-recruiting-in-SA-report-20141123
 
Compton_effect said:
Problem is that the veterans will becoming back, with combat experience and their own agendas...
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I would think IS propaganda is what lured these guys in,probably people with no direction in life.

What would be more interesting to me though is when these recruitments or deaths occurred, before or after mainstream Muslim scholars in SA started speaking out against supporting IS in anyway.

And the name of the charity group is not given,why?
 
Damn, how did the recruiters miss me
 
falcon786 said:
I would think IS propaganda is what lured these guys in,probably people with no direction in life.

What would be more interesting to me though is when these recruitments or deaths occurred, before or after mainstream Muslim scholars in SA started speaking out against supporting IS in anyway.

And the name of the charity group is not given,why?
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There is no need to apologise for the behaviour of ISIS.

What they represent is no different to many other radical groups around the world, here I'm not referring to Muslim based groups
 
3Gee said:
You clearly haven't travelled in first class by air, I take it
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haha
your mortal enemy (the great infidel government) and my ex employer - now client, has diplomatic staff upgraded to 1st class via per diem arrangements with airlines

so i have probably spent more time in 1st class seats than you have in motor car seats.
besides, people like yourself you wonder about using telkom's prepaid per second sim sonke sim cards are hardly 1st class airline passengers

but here, have a cookie:
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Lol
No thanks
 
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