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SidDithers

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12. She's not a Canadian soldier...

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 09:13 AM

Dec 2015

she's a former model. She's never served with the Canadian military.

A former Canadian model that’s also known as Tiger Sun, Bohman, 46, is one of dozens of westerners who have joined up with Kurdish nationalist groups to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. She was personally inspired to fight after watching an ISIS propaganda video featuring a Canadian who had gone to fight with the jihadists, she told the Daily Mail.

After recovering from a near-fatal motorcycle accident last year, Bohman, who had no prior combat experience, left Vancouver for Iraq in March. She joined up with the YPJ, the female fighting battalion of the People’s Protection Unit, a Kurdish nationalist fighting force.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/canadian-model-about-fighting-isis-2015-12?r=US&IR=T

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Female Canadian soldier who fought with Kurds against Isis says they are just 'a thorn in the side' [View all] CJCRANE Dec 2015 OP

They have excellent propaganda and pay well...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #1

In short, ISIS has an extreme bully mentality: Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #2

No you aren't madokie Dec 2015 #4

Unfortunately, they are not just a minor thorn in the side. I am not surprised what she says about still_one Dec 2015 #6

Agreed on every point you make. eom Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #7

how boring..... still_one Dec 2015 #11

The violent video game meme trumad Dec 2015 #10

The point flew right over your head. Bullying, machismo and patriarchy are cultural issues KittyWampus Dec 2015 #14

What flew over my head? trumad Dec 2015 #15

Those head-cutting extremists in Raqqa are not a Middle-Eastern phenomenon. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #20

LOL--GTA and Game of Thrones.... trumad Dec 2015 #21

Are you purposefully misunderstanding me? Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #22

No it's not. trumad Dec 2015 #23

Sounds like the kind of people George the Lesser would like AllyCat Dec 2015 #3

I don't know if it applies here, House of Roberts Dec 2015 #5

Send in an army of kickass females, then Dorian Gray Dec 2015 #8

They are Marrah_G Dec 2015 #9

She's not a Canadian soldier... SidDithers Dec 2015 #12

. trumad Dec 2015 #16

Oh, please. I admire her for her mind, not her body. randome Dec 2015 #18

what she said--every time we get dragged into a war for the rich, it's BS librechik Dec 2015 #13

A running thread of the US war against Iraq returns. HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #17

I think we should listen to her. Vinca Dec 2015 #19

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