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.
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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.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....a love story, hollywood will pick up on this
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.
Must be another “victim” of SJS!
Let’s see ... Hang glider (probably actually an ultralight) vs attack helicopter.
My money’s on the whirlybird.
Today’s Oxymoron: engine-powered glider
Trying to picture this. Do you turn them upside down and put them in a bowl of eggs?
I got all misty reading this one. [/s] Buh, bye and good riddance.
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