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Paragliding jihadist leaves family in Israel fearing his fate
AFP ^ | Nov. 26, 2015 | Joe Dyke

Posted on 11/26/2015 5:16:32 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Paragliding jihadist leaves family in Israel fearing his fate

By Joe Dyke

Majdal Shams (AFP) - Shortly before sunset, Nidal Salah stared across the fence towards his new life in Syria with the Islamic State movement -- paraglider at the ready.

Firing up the engine-powered glider, the 23-year-old Arab Israeli rose over the Israeli-Syrian demarcation line towards the town of Jamlah, controlled by an IS-affiliated group.

He became the first Israeli to take such a route to enter Syria's civil war, with his plans apparently unknown to his family and authorities, who minutes later scrambled military helicopters.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: isis; israel; syria

1 posted on 11/26/2015 5:16:32 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The writer of that article needs to become a slave of IS for writing an article with not one word of criticism of the insane jihadi.


2 posted on 11/26/2015 5:21:55 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....a love story, hollywood will pick up on this


3 posted on 11/26/2015 5:31:56 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This story reminds me of an old episode of MASH where Klinger tries to go AWOL by using a hang glider. Everyone says he looked like a big red bird with fuzzy pink feet.


4 posted on 11/26/2015 5:37:42 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (I'd rather be islamophobic and alive, than tolerant and dead.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Must be another “victim” of SJS!


5 posted on 11/26/2015 5:44:45 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Let’s see ... Hang glider (probably actually an ultralight) vs attack helicopter.

My money’s on the whirlybird.


6 posted on 11/26/2015 6:33:37 AM PST by IronJack
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Today’s Oxymoron: engine-powered glider


7 posted on 11/26/2015 6:42:45 AM PST by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
scrambled military helicopters

Trying to picture this. Do you turn them upside down and put them in a bowl of eggs?

8 posted on 11/26/2015 6:45:09 AM PST by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I got all misty reading this one. [/s] Buh, bye and good riddance.


9 posted on 11/26/2015 6:55:58 AM PST by rbg81 (is pr)
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To: super7man

Hybrids do exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_glider


10 posted on 11/26/2015 7:29:08 AM PST by Moltke
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