Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Kurdish female soldier gains internet fame for allegedly killing more than 100 ISIS Jihadis
Breitbart's Big Peace ^ | October 16, 2014 | Frances Martel

Posted on 10/17/2014 6:22:03 AM PDT by Bratch

A woman known as "Rehana" has become a hero across the internet as news spread that the Kobani soldier has reportedly killed more than 100 Islamic State terrorists single-handedly.

Rehana became famous in Kurdish Twitter circles after a photo of her giving a peace sign began to circulate on the social network.

Rehana has killed more than a hundred #ISIS terrorists in #Kobane . RT and make her famous for her bravery pic.twitter.com/YvmfXMpuu1— Pawan Durani (@PawanDurani) October 13, 2014

According to the International Business Times, Rehana is a YPJ (Kurdish female Peshmerga) soldier under the command of famed female soldier Mayssa Abdo, who herself has become famous for running the operation to keep the Syrian border town of Kobani out of the hands of the Islamic State.

[...]

Rehana is one of many Female Kurdish soldiers who have become the front lines in the battle against the Islamic State. Islamic State jihadists believe that their martyrdom will not result in the promised gifts of the afterlife should they die at the hands of a woman, making the YPJ particularly indispensable against this enemy.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: hot; iraq; isis; kobane; kobani; kurdish; kurdistan; kurds; peshmerga; rehana; syria; yazidi; yazidis; ypj
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 last
To: ryan71

Women are very good at picking out small things, like on a gun sight. Comes from our ‘hunter/gatherer’ ancestry. Men killed huge animals, women picked berries.....................


41 posted on 10/17/2014 7:25:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Is she a sniper? If so then she can try to break the record of 309 set by Lyudmila M. Pavlichenko in WWII.


42 posted on 10/17/2014 7:27:16 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: reg45

Go for the Gold, girl!.....................


43 posted on 10/17/2014 7:27:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

She sure looks like an IDF cutie to me.


44 posted on 10/17/2014 7:42:07 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2014/10/16/YPG-Fighter-Rehana.jpg


45 posted on 10/17/2014 10:55:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 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
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

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