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Assad recruits Afghan mercenaries to fight Isis
The Times ^ | June 2 2015 | Tom Coghlan, Aimal Yaqubi and Sara Elizabeth Williams

Posted on 06/02/2015 6:44:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Iran is offering thousands of dollars to Shia mercenaries from Afghanistan and Pakistan to join the fight to keep President Assad of Syria in power.

According to Shia community leaders in Kabul, the recruitment drive is co-ordinated by the Iranian embassy in the Afghan capital.

It provides visas to “hundreds” of Shia men each month willing to fight in Syria. Online Urdu- language recruitment is also taking place in Pakistan, with fighters offered $3,000 each to join up.

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


TOPICS: Syria
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bombbombbombbombiran; friendlyfire; friendslikethese; iran; jihad; pakistan; pressgang; putinsbuttboys; syria; thethreeamigos; worldwideterrorists

1 posted on 06/02/2015 6:44:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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2 posted on 06/02/2015 6:47:11 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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LOL!


3 posted on 06/02/2015 6:50:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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This is good. Th Afghans, being very tribal people, have no use for ISIS.


4 posted on 06/02/2015 8:01:00 PM PDT by BBell (Pacifists are the parasites of Freedom)
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5 posted on 06/02/2015 8:13:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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