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Sixty Britons killed after joining Isil fighters in Syria and Iraq
The Telegraph ^ | July 14, 2015 | Claire Newell and Edward Malnick

Posted on 07/15/2015 11:40:27 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX

MORE than 60 Britons have died while fighting for Islamic terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The figure, confirmed by government sources, is twice that reported last year and suggests a sharp increase in the rate of British fighters killed in the service of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Experts say the new death toll means that nearly one in 10 of the estimated 700 British jihadists who have gone to Syria has been killed or has killed themselves in suicide attacks since the conflict started drawing in British foreign fighters in 2012. The identities of many of those killed have emerged in social media reports emanating from Isil.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isil; syria; uk
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Foreigners who go over there to join with ISIL are a bunch of suckers. They are held in contempt by the locals and are usually the first ones killed. That's why I say, let them go if they want. Just don't let them come back.
1 posted on 07/15/2015 11:40:27 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: Pining_4_TX

Good for them.


2 posted on 07/15/2015 11:41:06 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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Yep. Problem solved. Too bad all Muslims won’t go back to Muslim countries to get down with the struggle.


3 posted on 07/15/2015 11:42:39 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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That’s the best news Britain has had since the general election.


4 posted on 07/15/2015 11:42:59 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Send more. Give them more incentives.


5 posted on 07/15/2015 11:43:37 AM PDT by DrDude (Does anyone have a set of balls anymore?)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Think of it as thinning the heard.


6 posted on 07/15/2015 11:44:28 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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RE: Sixty Britons killed after joining Isil fighters in Syria and Iraq

Well, that’s one way of achieving it without the battle being fought in Britain.


7 posted on 07/15/2015 11:45:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Pining_4_TX

Good riddance.


8 posted on 07/15/2015 11:45:44 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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Sixty Britons killed after joining Isil fighters in Syria and Iraq


9 posted on 07/15/2015 11:45:46 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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Finally! Some good news!


10 posted on 07/15/2015 11:46:04 AM PDT by windsorknot
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>>>MORE than 60 Britons have died while fighting for Islamic terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq,

Really, is there a problem?


11 posted on 07/15/2015 11:46:13 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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I’m going to take a SWAG that these “Britons” are about as British as a lot of American-Somalis (planning to do the same things) are American.
Let’s hear it for “diversity”, chain migration and documented immigrants doing the jobs Anglo-Americans won’t do!


12 posted on 07/15/2015 11:47:57 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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How many of those dead were executed after trying to leave after experiencing first hand the kakatopia that is the ISIS “caliphate”?


13 posted on 07/15/2015 11:52:11 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Proof that evolution happens to some extent. These breeders are out of the pool.


14 posted on 07/15/2015 11:52:47 AM PDT by stillfree?
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To: Pining_4_TX

Good news


15 posted on 07/15/2015 11:54:00 AM PDT by expat2
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To: DrDude

Exactly! I don’t understand why officials try to stop these people and confiscate their passports. All that does is motivate them to commit their terrorist acts in civilized countries. Send them all and don’t let them ever come back.


16 posted on 07/15/2015 11:54:40 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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Without doubt.


17 posted on 07/15/2015 11:55:21 AM PDT by expat2
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The world has gone nuts. We are bringing these savages into our midst and then act surprised when they aren’t grateful for our generosity.


18 posted on 07/15/2015 11:56:23 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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It is a start. The total needs to be 100%.


19 posted on 07/15/2015 11:56:47 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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Q: What do you call sixty Britons killed after joining Isil fighters in Syria and Iraq?

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A: A good start!


20 posted on 07/15/2015 11:57:00 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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