Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Syria: Islamic State women in al Hol camp try to kidnap Kurdish guards, one child killed By Christine Douglass-Williams
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Jihad Watch : Al Hol camp in Syria is notoriously violent. Last month, Jihad Watch reported
about aid workers being at risk in Al-Hol camp, following the murder of
a medic. Now, at that same camp, thereās another outbreak of violence.
As a rule, every non-Muslim individual or group faces a threat of
attack when they are in the presence of jihadists. Al-Hol camp is
controlled by a Kurdish administration; last year, the Syrian Observatory ārecorded 91 murders by IS in Al-Hol. Two of the victims were aid workers.ā
A couple years ago, women at the al-Hol camp unleashed a reign of
terror on innocent people by enforcing the Islamic Stateās laws upon the
population, including constant threats of decapitation, as well as actions such as āslaughtering babies and dousing guards in petrol.ā
āSome 50,000 Syrians and Iraqis are located in al-Hol. Nearly 20,000
of them are children.ā Many of the Islamic State wives and their
children have tried to return to the Western countries where they once
lived, and which they betrayed in their jihad. The ISIS brides continue
in the camp to ālive strictly according to IS ideology,ā causing the camp to be regarded by Kurdish representatives who oversee it as a āticking time bombā for Europe. Many of these people have already returned to the EU as ārefugees,ā thanks to the recklessness of European leaders.
āIS women in Syria camp clash with police, 1 child killed,ā Associated Press, February 7, 2022:
Women held in a camp housing families of Islamic State
group militants in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards
Monday, an opposition war monitor said. The attempt led to a shooting
that left one child dead and several other people wounded.
A Kurdish official confirmed there was an attempt to kidnap female
guards but had no immediate word on casualties . The sprawling al-Hol
camp is where tens of thousands of women and children ā mostly wives,
widows and children of IS members ā are held.
The attack in the camp came days after ISās top leader, Abu Ibrahim
al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a U.S. raid on his safehouse in
northwest Syria. The camp has witnessed dozens of crimes over the past
year.
The incident also comes two weeks after IS fighters attacked a prison
in Syriaās northeastern city of Hassakeh, where some 3,000 militants
and juveniles are held.
The attack on the prison led to 10 days of fighting between
U.S.-backed fighters and IS militants that left nearly 500 people dead.
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters brought the situation under control
eventually.
President Joe Biden said al-Qurayshi had been responsible for the Syria prison assault.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said women in
the al-Hol camp tried to kidnap guards leading to a shooting in which a
10-year-old child was killed and six women and children were wounded.
The Observatory said the shooting caused a fire and the women were not able to kidnap the guards.
Shixmus Ehmed, head of the Kurdish-led administrationās department
for refugees and displaced, confirmed to The Associated Press that some
camp residents tried to kidnap their female guards. He had no
information on casualties.
Another Kurdish official who works in the camp said he was not aware
of a kidnapping attempt but that there were some riots in a small
section holding mostly foreign women and children.
Speaking on condition
of anonymity in line with regulations, he said seven women and children
were hurt during Mondayās riotsā¦.