Posted on 06/15/2015 8:52:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
After four years living in the capital of Isil's caliphate, Hassan's life story reads like the plot of a James Bond film. But the scars on his body and the photos he carries of murdered friends show his ordeal is all too real.
Hassan, who asks for his full name not to be used for fear of reprisals, recently fled Raqqa. Meeting The Telegraph near the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the 20-year-old Syrian scrolled through images on his laptop of assassinated colleagues, buildings blitzed by air strikes or car bombs, black flags, and bearded jihadists on tanks.
Speaking to a journalist for the first time, the student-turned paramedic described the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in his city, and detailed the terror of living in a city ruled by the tools of repression and fear.
The extremists have cut the city's internet and phone lines. Shooting video or taking photos is a crime punishable by death.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Why Do People Become Islamic Extremists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IchGuL501U
The white hut via parot Marie Harf says not enough jobs.
LOL - and this surprises you?
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