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Battling Jihad

"I think that there were a lot out there thinking exactly as [previous volunteer] Dillon had been. The majority so far have definitely been Canadian."
"It's really tugging at a lot of guys' heartstrings."
"They have to have at least military training and deployment. They have to have functioned in a conflict environment before and proven to be able to deal with those stresses"
Ian Bradbury, co-ordinating ex-military to fight ISIS

"Under no circumstances should Canadians condone, let alone champion, individual volunteers such as Hillier fighting alongside foreign forces. Instead, save your praise for those in uniform serving our national interests."
Scott Taylor, military analyst

"What stands out to me is, you see very clearly three or four possible methods to address radicalization."
"People are far more tepid towards that hypothetical method [allotting federal money to mosques to fight radicalization]."
"That's of note to me: People are split 50-50 on the idea of mosques being granted to spend on radicalization prevention."
Shachi Kurl, senior vice president, Angus Reid

"[Forging close ties with ethnic communities gives] valuable insights, language skills and cultural understanding. Cultural sensitivity and understanding are important in monitoring diaspora communities with radical elements."
Rick Parent, associate professor of criminology, Simon Fraser University

Two responses from within Canada to the threats imposed by radicalized Islamists flocking to join jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and Islamic State in Iraq and Al Sham. One has seen a counter-action to the home-grown jihadis who move heaven and earth to travel abroad to Syria, Iraq and North Africa to join the bloodletting of sectarian violence roiling Muslim countries. Ian Bradbury, former military, is now busy co-ordinating other ex-military who are eager to join the other side, to fight with the Kurdish peshmerga against ISIS.

At home, a new poll has given the results that more than four in five Canadians support training mental-health workers to identify signals of radicalization with the potential to lead homegrown terrorists to mount violent attacks within Canada, and alternately to travel to the points of conflict in the Middle East. Four out of five Canadians as well support deportation and blocking terror-related Internet sites to fight radicalization.

Indefinite imprisonment of those prepared to launch jihadist violence within Canada or those returning to Canada from fighting in Syria or Iraq, bringing their newfound skills with them, along with their adopted hatreds is supported by two-thirds of Canadians. Allocating government, tax-funded support to mosques isn't much favoured by Canadians in the expectation that clerics would become involved in pacifying notions among their flock of violent jihad.

The very idea of having to pay religious figures to do their work in deflecting the deleterious effects of Islamic jihadist psychopathy rather than expect this to be done as a matter of religious sanity and allegiance to Canada goes against the grain of the expected social contract. When the RCMP had set up a special unit to reach out to the Muslim community in a common effort to deflect Muslim youth from violence, a booklet of information was published.

Working alongside the Islamic Social Services and Council of Canadian Muslims the RCMP took part in putting together a handbook titled  United Against Terrorism. Which stated, among other, more controversial things: "Verses in the Qur'an are twisted, abused and misrepresented by Muslim extremists, as are the Prophetic traditions, to support, justify and rationalize their hateful messages of violence and terrorism.
"Islamophobes reinforce hatred against Muslims and demonize Islam using the same cut-and-paste approach to the Qur'an to argue that Islam condones terrorism."
Leading the RCMP to the conclusion that language in the booklet couldn't really be supported by them.

Which brings us back to the growing interest of ex-military personnel to use what they gained in the military to the advantage of the Kurds in Iraq battling the murderous Islamists of Islamic State whose backlash against "Islamophobes" was such that they went on an endless killing spree, utilizing all manner of alternative killing techniques to sustain their enthusiasm and enjoyment of the process, that mass slaughter and mutilation, mass rape, crucifixion and beheadings represent a partial list.

Because these acts are so abhorrent to civilized people and those same people are so outraged at the seeming inability or unwillingness of local national interests in mounting a military response to the Islamic Front, they are themselves prepared to travel across the world to help those ethnic groups prepared to defend themselves against the tribal, sectarian and Islamofascist atrocities of the jihadis whose cruel barbarity is entirely attributable to the scorn of the West toward Islam.

Mr. Bradbury's organization is prepared to guide and assist volunteers prepared to leave their homes and their country to embark on a mission of aid in the Middle East conflicts. A counterbalance to the far more numerous psychopathic jihadis streaming into the Middle East to take part in the atrocities so appealing to the juvenile-fixated minds of demented Muslim fanatics.

Half of those contacting Mr. Bradbury are screened to meet basic requirements. Those whom his organization has taken on to assist in their endeavours are to be provided with equipment and logistical support. Arrangements are made with the Peshmerga to receive foreigners in roles such as training and mentoring, not necessarily fighting. A Peshmerga Facebook page informs Western volunteers how they may join, cautioning they will not be paid.

Mr. Bradbury feels that the killing in October of two Canadian Forces members in Quebec and in Ottawa by Muslim converts who had subscribed to radical jihad now motivates volunteers to come forward to fight those with the same psychotic mindsets believing they perform the work of god in killing innocent civilians. The deaths of the two Canadian members of the military shocked the nation.

"That's made it real for a lot of people again. They had left and taken on new lives and it still sits within them, that defender lifestyle. And regardless of what else they were doing when that happened, it fully hit home for them and it definitely made it all real for them. So I think that had a great impact", explained Mr. Bradbury.

Labels: Canada, Conflict, Islamic State

posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, November 26, 2014