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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At least 27 killed and another 100 injured in blast in Suruc, Turkey

#turkey #Suruc #islamicstate #suicidebomber #SGDF #kobane It was a blast in the garden of a cultural center in Suruc, southern Turkey where hundreds of youth workers were reportedly staying. The blast left at least 27 dead and another 100 injured. The body of a suicide bomber was discovered among the dead.
This has been reported in aljazeera.com dated 20 July 2015.

The incident happened in Suruc near the Syrian border and, located near the Syrian town of Kobane. It is home to many refugees who had fled fighting there in recent months.
Kobane has been a battleground between militants from the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish fighters since September last year, when IS overran the town and forced a large portion of its residents to flee into Turkey.
The dead are believed to belong to Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) who have had nearly 300 members staying at the Amara Culture Centre – they have gathered to take part in rebuilding work in Kobane. They were volunteers who had come from Istanbul and were headed to the Syrian city of Kobane for relief work.
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Suicide blast outside a bank in Jalalabad kills 33 and injures another 100

#jalalabadattack #afghanistan #taliban #suicidebomber #nangarhar At least 33 persons have been killed and over 100 injured when a suicide bomber attacked outside a bank in Jalalabad, a city in eastern Afghanistan, where people had gathered to withdraw money. This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 18 April 2015.

The suicide bomber on a motorcycle had targeted a crowd of military personnel and civilians and detonated an explosive-laden motorcycle in the heart of a crowded commercial district. The head of the Nangarhar's provincial hospital has confirmed 33 dead bodies and over 100 wounded were brought to the hospital.
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10-year-old girl suicide bomber kills 19 in a Maiduguri market in Nigeria

#BokoHaram #suicidebomber #Maiduguri It was an incident of innocent girls being used as suicide bombers by militant groups. In seems a 10-year-old girl suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowded market in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 people.
The incident happened in a market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. It was packed with shoppers and traders when the attack happened at around noon time when the girl was being searched at the entrance to the market.
In the opinion of Civilian vigilante Ashiru Mustapha, the girl was hardly 10 years old and was probably not even aware of what was strapped to her body. It was an example of innocents being exploited due to their ignorance.
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13-year-old Nigerian girl refuses to bow to dictates of Boko Haram

#bokoharam #suicidebomber A 13-year-old Nigerian girl has refused to wear a suicide vest and bow to the dictates of Boko Haram. Her father had given her to the terror group but, even though she was forced to wear the belt, she did not detonate the device.
The girl has revealed that she was made to wear a bomb belt and taken to a market in Nigeria by the Boko Haram extremists but she refused to detonate the device. She told her captors that she had told her captors that she had no intention to be a suicide bomber.
It seems she had allowed them to strap the bomb on her because they threatened to bury her alive if she did not. After strapping her with the bomb, she was taken to a market in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city in the north, along with two other girls, who detonated the bombs.
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