Western recruits deserting ISIS because of fears of being used as suicide bombers

#ISIS #Syria #jihadists #suicidebomber Disillusioned over their concept of Utopia under the ISIS, many western recruits are packing up their bags and leaving. These jihadists are defecting from after the failure of their "Islamist utopia" of luxury cars and ‘heroism’ never materializing. Many others have fled because of apprehensions that they were to be used as ‘cannon fodder’ or suicide bombers. Some other reasons cited are having to carry out ‘dull duties’ coupled with absence of frontline action.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 23 September 2015.

As per estimates of International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence, at least 58 people have left the group since January last year. However, the actual figures could be much more and is a fraction of ‘those disillusioned, ready to defect, and or willing to go public’. In the opinion of researchers, those defectors who have opted to go public represent just the tip of the iceberg – most of them have simply walked away.
In the United Kingdom, half of the 700 Britons who had left to join ISIS have returned to the UK.
Reasons attribute for leaving are – disappointment with the ‘quality of life’. Most of them had joined for material benefits and selfish reasons, and once they realized that none of the promises of luxury goods and cars would materialize, they left.
Moreover, power shortages and a lack of basic goods was also blamed apart from the fact that they could be used as suicide bombers.
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