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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: mongers on November 24, 2015, 04:00:45 PM

Title: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: mongers on November 24, 2015, 04:00:45 PM
Good riddance.

Hoping the rest of those who joined IS or any Islamist/extremist Syrian group, share the same fate.
For those that returned, I hope they all see jail time or if women some form of house arrest/monitoring.


QuoteSeventy Britons killed in Syria and Iraq - Home Office official

24 November 2015

Between 750 and 800 Britons have gone to Syria and Iraq, and 70 have been killed, the Home Office's counter-terrorism chief has told MPs.

Charles Farr said about half had since returned to the UK.
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Most of the Britons who have travelled to the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq are thought to have joined IS, which came to international attention in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory.
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Full article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34915384 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34915384)
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Martinus on November 24, 2015, 04:03:23 PM
I agree but why different treatment for men and women? :P

It's not like we are considering women less mentally capable of making their own decisions, are we?
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: mongers on November 24, 2015, 04:09:51 PM
Quote from: Martinus on November 24, 2015, 04:03:23 PM
I agree but why different treatment for men and women? :P

It's not like we are considering women less mentally capable of making their own decisions, are we?

Just a practical matter, the men have being doing the killing, the women have served as wives etc, haven't heard of one fighting or being a suicide bomber.

Plus a lot seemed to have gone with their children, now if they comeback, maybe it's a case of taking into consideration the children's welfare or maybe taking them away from such a misguided parent.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 24, 2015, 04:51:39 PM
How do they know they've been killed?
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: The Brain on November 24, 2015, 04:53:51 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 24, 2015, 04:51:39 PM
How do they know they've been killed?

:bleeding:
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: DGuller on November 24, 2015, 05:12:31 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 24, 2015, 04:51:39 PM
How do they know they've been killed?
If they pinch themselves and don't wake up, then they know.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: derspiess on November 24, 2015, 05:42:08 PM
"Britons" lol.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: The Minsky Moment on November 24, 2015, 07:00:43 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 24, 2015, 05:42:08 PM
"Britons" lol.
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Clearly the Saxons were less thorough then their reputation would suggest.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Archy on November 25, 2015, 01:41:37 AM
Quote from: derspiess on November 24, 2015, 05:42:08 PM
"Britons" lol.
Yeah nothing more dangerous than a Celtic jihadist.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Jaron on November 25, 2015, 02:03:01 AM
Rule Britannia
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on November 25, 2015, 02:05:58 AM
I haven't heard much about what is happening to the returnees. Every now and then you get a report that someone has been jailed, but I have no idea what the over-arching policy is  :hmm:

Maybe it is all sub judice. I hope they are not simply allowed to return to their former homes.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Jaron on November 25, 2015, 02:26:37 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 25, 2015, 02:05:58 AM
I haven't heard much about what is happening to the returnees. Every now and then you get a report that someone has been jailed, but I have no idea what the over-arching policy is  :hmm:

Maybe it is all sub judice. I hope they are not simply allowed to return to their former homes.

Maybe the best punishment is the moral lessons they learned in Syria.
Title: Re: Good News From The Middle East
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on November 25, 2015, 02:47:43 AM
I've no doubt that some of them are just stupid kids who turned tail and returned to Britain when they saw the reality but some will also be a threat.