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US Citizen 'Defecting' From Daesh Caught by Kurds on Turkish Escape Route
US Citizen 'Defecting' From Daesh Caught by Kurds on Turkish Escape Route
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A US citizen identifying himself as a Daesh defector was captured by Kurdish forces after arriving from the territory held by the terrorists, a US news outlet... 14.03.2016, Sputnik International
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US Citizen 'Defecting' From Daesh Caught by Kurds on Turkish Escape Route
11:54 GMT 14.03.2016 (Updated: 12:24 GMT 14.03.2016) A US citizen identifying himself as a Daesh defector was captured by Kurdish forces after arriving from the territory held by the terrorists, a US news outlet reported Monday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two sources with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces told the CBS News broadcaster it had detained a purported Daesh defector as he tried to make his way to Turkey.
Named as Virginia resident Muhammad Jamal Amin, 27, he was reportedly apprehended after reaching a Peshmerga checkpoint near the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar.
The broadcaster cited reports indicating that Amin identified himself as a Daesh defector and that he had "only been in the region fighting with Daesh for a couple months."
The US Embassy in Baghdad could not immediately confirm the detention of a US citizen, saying it had only recently became aware of the reports.
A Kurdish official told the CNN broadcaster the Kurdistan Regional Government's security council was investigating the incident.
