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Britons Make Up Most Foreign Fighters in ISIS

According to the commander of the Free Syrian Army, a good majority of the foreign fighters within ISIS in Syria are Britons. [quote]Britons make up most of the foreign members in Syria's most violent terror group, a senior rebel leader says. In a letter to The Times, Brig-Gen Abdulellah al-Basheer of the Free Syrian Army asks for help in curbing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He claims the group attacks opposition forces, not the Assad regime [b]UK fighters are involved in activities including beheadings, crucifixions and ill-treatment of women, he adds.[/b] [/quote]Emphasis added. What do you make of this? There could be anywhere from [url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/up-to-11000-foreign-fighters-in-syria-steep-rise-among-western-europeans] 400 to 2000[/url] Europeans fighting in Syria right now. What do you think Western governments should do to mitigate the influx of foreign fighters, which undoubtedly pose a huge security threat?

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    As far as terrorist threats are concerned, this is the biggest challenge for the EU. It also can be an opportunity: *starts broken record* if the West steps up support of other militias, it could help them defeat ISIS, hopefully in the process eliminating those foreign fighters who may have a desire to propagate terror in their respective home countries after fighting in Sham. As ISIS' influence has already been seen in other places around the region (اليمن), doing so would further larger counter terrorism objectives while preventing the emergence of a hardline jihadist state in Sham/Anbar.

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