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Title Dateline: Western Jihadis
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2015
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Summary More than 20,000 foreign fighters have now joined the conflict in Syria and Iraq - Tuesday's Dateline hears from one of the most senior Australians on the frontline. Abu Sulayman Muhajir, a former preacher from Sydney, is now a leading figure in al-Qaeda's Syrian arm Jabhat al-Nusra."The choice is simple... leave our lands, stop interfering in our affairs or face perpetual war," he tells reporter Nagieb Khaja.Nagieb travelled blindfolded to a secret location to gain exclusive access to Western fighters like Abu Sulayman on Syria's frontline. Once allies, there's now a deadly rivalry between Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State, further complicating the country's escalating crisis."All Islamic movements around the world want an Islamic State," he says. "But the IS group have defined themselves as the exclusive bearers of Islam, delegitimising the rest of the Muslim community."22-year-old Amer Deghayes is the last survivor of four young Jihadis from Brighton in southern England. Nagieb also meets 22-year-old Amer Deghayes - the last survivor of four young Jihadis from Brighton in southern England."I'm happy for them that they were killed in the path of Allah," he says of his two dead brothers in a well-spoken English accent. Amer is now on the international terrorist list."Why do they see me as a threat? Is it because they have a guilty conscience?" he asks.The bombed streets of Aleppo in Syria, but civilians too are on the frontline. Nagieb also visits the bombed streets of Aleppo, where children play amidst the rubble and aid workers do what they can to ease their plight
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2015-03-24 at 21:30:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- Religious aspects.
Military operations, Aerial -- American.
Terrorists -- Recruiting.
IS (Organization)
Syria.
Form Streaming video
Author Khaja, Nagieb, reporter
Al Muhajir, Abu Sulayman, contributor
Chebil, Alexander, contributor
Deghayes, Amer, contributor
Landis, Joshua, contributor
Sharif, Tauqir, contributor