Two British medics who joined Islamic State killed in Iraq - BBC

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Two British medics who joined Islamic State killed in Iraq - BBC

REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Two British medics who abandoned studies in Sudan to join Islamic State with a group of other students have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

 

Ahmed Sami Khider and Hisham Fadlallah died at the weekend, the BBC said, with Khider believed to have been killed in a convoy as it left the city of Mosul, which U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are trying to retake from IS militants.

 

Britain's Foreign Office said it was unable to confirm the deaths.

 

The two men had been part of a group of nine mainly British-Sudanese medical students from Khartoum's University of Medical Sciences and Technology who had joined IS in 2015. Five other Britons from the institution joined them soon afterwards and at least four had now been killed, the BBC said.

 

Security services estimate some 850 Britons have travelled to Syria or Iraq, and a number of these are reported to have been killed, including two deliberately targeted in drone strikes because they were believed to be plotting attacks on Britain.

 

Last week, British citizen Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, who had been given compensation by Britain for his detention in the Guantanamo Bay military prison, blew himself up in a suicide bomb attack on Iraqi forces.

 

British Major General Rupert Jones, deputy commander for the Combined Joint Task Force coalition, said on Tuesday the number of foreign fighters travelling to join IS had dropped by between 75 and 90 percent, because it was harder to reach Iraq and Syria and the reality of going there had made it unappealing.

 

(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by John Stonestreet)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-03-02

[daveAustin]

Good news. Money saved in the UK coffers from these 'Britons' and 'British' traitors.

[colinneil]

Well thats 2 less idiots to worry about.

[ezzra]

 

Not many people will lose sleep over their timely demise, hopeful

to many more to come...

[Ace of Pop]

Well thats 2 less idiots to worry about.

That's a brave statement ,now you have upset a few wimps.They should have been Kissed ,re educated Its not their fault It's yours and mine


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[mercman24]

Brilliant news , want to hear this every day, kill every so called "english" guy fighting for this scum, don't let them back in to create havoc, they chose that path to travel, now let them reap the whirlwind.

[Laughing Gravy]

You play soldiers whether a medic or not with terrorists, then expect to get killed. No sympathy for them at all.

[Chip Allen]

Splendid news!!!  Hope they died slowly and painfully.

[soalbundy]

I thought medics were supposed to be intelligent, obviously not all of them are, well that's two dead idiots nobody should mourn.

[richusa]

More likely they were africans.......who got a hold of British passports.....

[whatawonderfulday]

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Good news. Money saved in the UK coffers from these 'Britons' and 'British' traitors.

Excellant. Shame they survived childhood so that thousands of pounds of Free education and welfare could not also have been saved.

[ddavidovsky]

Not British.

[lungnorm]

Just bury them with some bacon bits in the sand. They were not British, they were African blacks.

[simple1]

36 minutes ago, richusa said:

More likely they were africans.......who got a hold of British passports.....

Both born in the UK, one from London the other Nottingham.

[uchibenkei]

Some students will do anything to get out of writing an exam.

[vogie]

6 minutes ago, simple1 said:

Both born in the UK, one from London the other Nottingham.

I don't care where he was born, he is not British!

[rodney earl]

No Loss. !!!

 

[simple1]

1 minute ago, vogie said:

I don't care where he was born, he is not British!

British citizens, traitors to their country.

[lemonjelly]

Anyone leaving to join ISIL should have their citizenship revoked, don't let them back in !!!
Let them stew in their own idealistic version of The Dark Ages.


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[Ulic]

They will not be missed.

[Ace of Pop]

Rare Day so far,no support for Traitors .


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[exalll]

2 hours ago, vogie said:

I don't care where he was born, he is not British!

 

It clearly says that they were British.  If you can't read, don't bother posting

[Srikcir]

Give them the Bin Laden funeral - dumped at sea.

[vogie]

2 hours ago, exalll said:

It clearly says that they were British.  If you can't read, don't bother posting

I don't care what it says, in my eyes and many other other peoples eyes, he is not British. And don't tell me not to post, are you putting yourself in a moderators position?

[overherebc]

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

Both born in the UK, one from London the other Nottingham.

My dog was born in a stable but it's not a horse.

[overherebc]

3 hours ago, exalll said:

It clearly says that they were British.  If you can't read, don't bother posting

See my previous post.

[Thongkorn]

I would like to express my condolence to the poor rocket that blew them up. It did not have a choice, 

[Kinnock]

We all know there are many people who are British and who don't happen to be white - I have British friends from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan and Uganda - but when you leave Britain to join a fascist, extremist, sexist and anti-British cult, then in my view, you automatically lose the right to call yourself 'British'.  I'm sure these men also thought the same - they saw themselves as belonging to a caliphate and died alongside other easily-led fools.

[Black arab]

2x waste of a skin

[joecoolfrog]

6 hours ago, Ace of Pop said:

Rare Day so far,no support for Traitors .


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Why would there be , I know nobody who supports or defends IS. Plenty of us dislike the blanket condemnation of all Muslims but that is not the same as excusing the scum who murder and terrorise .