'We Were Conned,' Chechens Who Fought With IS Tell Russian Media

[Valin]

Under The Black Flag:

Jan 27 2015

 

January 27, 2015

Two Chechens who say they fought with the Islamic State (IS) group have expressed negative attitudes about the militants and say they regret their decisions to go to Syria, according to interviews published by Russian state media.

 

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Regardless of the reason why these young Chechens chose to talk about their experiences in Syria, their stories and attitudes -- at least as presented in the Russian media -- share similarities to those expressed by Mazhayev. It is likely that these interviews are intended as cautionary tales designed to deter young Russian-speaking Muslims who may be considering joining the "jihad" in Syria.

 

The main themes expressed by the interviewees are that they were conned by fake videos claiming to show that the Syrian government was killing Sunni Muslim women and children; that the fighting in Syria was not really "jihad"; and that the IS group is recruiting militants to fight for its own financial and political interests.

 

The interviews conflate the IS group with other militant groups in Syria, specifically the Chechen-led Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, the Syrian branch of the North Caucasus-based militant group the Caucasus Emirate.

 

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[Cyber_Liberty]

Too bad, so sad. I guess they'll just have to serve as a bad example?

[Valin]

Too bad, so sad. I guess they'll just have to serve as a bad example?

 

As the article says they may be trying to reduce their sentences. Which if true goes to show you that while they are Jihadi's they're not stupid. I'd make a small wager that a Chechen prison makes Folsom prison look like Club Med.

[SrWoodchuck]

Chechens are some of the fiercest fighters & one Chechen commander had more battlefield victories than any other ISIS commander. Abu Omar al-Shishani, a known Chechen takfiri terrorist, was sent to Kobane to finish the Kurds & Yezidi's there....and was promptly killed.

 

[Cyber_Liberty]

 

 

Too bad, so sad. I guess they'll just have to serve as a bad example?

 

As the article says they may be trying to reduce their sentences. Which if true goes to show you that while they are Jihadi's they're not stupid. I'd make a small wager that a Chechen prison makes Folsom prison look like Club Med.

 

I'm sure they would swear obeisance to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

(I swear to goodness I was just looking for a picture of the Pastafarian god, and this came up)