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Saturday, March 19, 2016

An American who traveled to Iraq to join ISIS before fleeing says he made a 'bad decision'

A 26-year-old American man who was captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week said he had traveled from Turkey to join the Islamic State before deciding to escape, according to an interview with Kurdish television on Thursday.

Two Kurdish militia officers said on Monday an American, bearded and dressed in black, had surrendered after being surrounded near the village of Golat, in northern Iraq.

The man's Virginia driver's license identified him as Kweis Mohammed Jamal.

In the video, Kweis, looking healthy but subdued, recounted his journey from the US to Mosul, Iraq, and then into the hands of the Kurdish peshmerga.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

He made a poor choice. That's like saying Clinton fibs. I hope he is made an example of. I have no problem with public execution of traitors.

Anonymous said...

Bad choices have bad consequences. That's the way it is.

Anonymous said...

pres Osama to the rescue