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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Bikers vs. ISIS - Motorcycle gang to fight Islamic State


A biker from the No Surrender gang in the Netherlands, identified only as Ron (right) poses
alongside a Kurdish soldier in Syria after going to fight against ISIS.

While Obama Was Golfing
  • While Comrade Obama was furiously stroking his putter, Dutch Biker Gang members joined the Kurds to fight ISIS.
  • Meanwhile, yet another day passes where the U.S. refuses to arm the Kurds to fight against ISIS.  A "crazy" Blogger like myself might think Obama does not want to see ISIS defeated.


Already battling airstrikes conducted by the US and its allies, the Islamic State now has another threat to look out for: a motorcycle gang from the Netherlands.

Three members of the infamous Dutch biker gang “No Surrender” reportedly journeyed to Iraq and Syria last week in order to fight alongside Kurdish troops and against Islamic State (IS) militants.

Public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin said: 'Joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it's no longer forbidden. You just can't join a fight against the Netherlands.'
 
While several countries including Britain have taken steps to stop their citizens joining ISIS, joining the Kurds is generally permissible because they are not considered a terrorist organization.
 
However, anyone going to fight ISIS would be banned from joining the Kurdistan Workers' Party, who run several of the brigades fighting ISIS, because they are considered to be terrorists.
 

Dutch citizens fighting on the Kurdish side would of course be liable to prosecution if they committed crimes such as torture or rape, De Bruin said reports the Daily Mail.
 
'But this is also happening a long way away and so it'll be very difficult to prove,' he added.
 
Video footage apparently from a Kurdish broadcaster shows an armed European man with Kurdish fighters saying in Dutch: 'The Kurds have been under pressure for a long time.' 

There are estimated to be around 70,000 Kurds living in the Netherlands, most of whom are political refugees who fled from Turkey and the middle east looking for work.

The Dutch bikers are not the first westerners to join Kurdish forces. Former American soldier Jordan Matson became the first to fight alongside the Kurds after going to Syria earlier this month.
 
Desert Storm Air Force veteran Brian Wilson also spoke out last week to explain why he had elected to join the Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units. 
 
 
Kurds Left Helpless as Kobane Falls to ISIS
The Turks want the Kurds to be killed by ISIS and so "remove" another
obstacle from expanding Turkey's borders to the south.
 
 


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