It used to be a great country. Yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. There was a time when British officials didn’t persecute their own people so as to appease Muslim groups. But those days are long gone.
“British volunteers who fought against Isis ‘harassed by security services’ for years,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, November 17, 2019:
Volunteers who fought against Isis in Syria have accused British authorities of treating them like terrorists as part of a “hypocritical” campaign of harassment.
The Independent understands that at least one person has left the UK because of alleged interference by the security services.
Dozens of Brits joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) from 2014 onwards, as they were supported by a US-led military coalition to push Isis out of its self-declared caliphate.
Eight British volunteers with the group – seven men and one woman – were killed in Syria.
The vast majority of those who survived the fighting have returned to Britain but found themselves repeatedly stopped and questioned, and in some cases arrested for terror offences.
After several failed attempts to prosecute people who fought for the YPG, Aidan James became the first volunteer to be convicted this month.
The 28-year-old was jailed for a year for attending a training camp operated by the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, although he did not fight for the group.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) initially charged him with preparing acts of terrorism by travelling to Syria to join the YPG but a judge found that he had “no case to answer”.
Mr Justice Edis noted the Kurdish group was “supporting the policy of the UK and other allies by fighting Isis” and was backed by RAF airstrikes.
The judge told the Old Bailey that fighting alongside the YPG “was not terrorism at all” under current laws.
His remarks sparked fresh allegations of hypocrisy against security services, who have continued to arrest and monitor returning volunteers….
Paul says
In the UK (unlike US) it is legal to be a mercenary. Thats how we deal with arab states and such. We have history.
Paul
somehistory says
The Bible foretold long ago that the time would come when people would be saying ‘what is good is now bad and what was bad , is now good.’ What is happening in the world, is a fulfillment of this Scriptural prophecy and so many, many others.
OT: Another example of this from Norway,
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/muslims-jump-fence-to-assault-anti-islamist-who-burned-koran-video/
The man who burned the book was assaulted by moslims and then arrested by the police.
gravenimage says
Appalling, Somehistory. More and more, Western nations are instituting these Shari’ah “blasphemy” laws. Thanks for the link.
mortimer says
The Kurds were recognized by Western countries as an allied national militia. ISIS was not recognized as a nationality. Moreover, the war crimes of ISIS and crimes against humanity were condemned by all the protocols and conventions of war.
Angemon says
Let me guess: “the people who joined groups fighting against ISIS are just as bad as the people who joined ISIS because they both left the country to go wage war somewhere else”. I despise cultural relativism…
gravenimage says
And it is worse than this, since Britain and other European nations have allowed so many ISIS Jihadists back in.
Paul says
There is method in their madness. When the shit hits the fan a few short years hence and the indigenous people of Europe rise to take their countries back, who will be the biggest threat to the Globalist puppet security services? That’s right, people of conscience who have willingly risked their lives to fight the evil that is islam, who are now battle-hardened and experienced in warfare. These are the people who will lead the uprising and it’s why they’re such a threat to the evil Globalist Cabal.
gravenimage says
UK: Volunteers who fought against the Islamic State “harassed by security services” for years
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Yes–I’ve heard about this before. Just shameful. In a sane world, these brave people would be considered heroes.
UNCLE VLADDI says
These politician-pandering, pedo-complicit piggies simply fear those they know who will eventually come for them, too.
😉
jca reid says
& why NO harassment of returning Islamist jihadis to UK/Europe/elsewhere??? Need to level the playing field.