"British" Jihadists......
Syria: Sky News Gains Access To UK JihadistsBritish security services seem to have hugely underestimated the number of British nationals involved in the bloodshed in Syria.
By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent
Sky News has gained the first access to a previously unknown brigade of exclusively British jihadists fighting in Syria.
Until now, the existence of this UK brigade has been kept a secret, but it reveals that British security services have hugely underestimated the scale of UK nationals involved in the bloodshed.
In a series of wide-ranging and frank interviews,
the jihadists, who have asked Sky News to protect their identities for fear of a backlash against their families in the UK, reveal that hundreds of young men from Britain have joined the fight against Bashar al Assad's government and that "at least" four die each month.They also claim that the UK remains the largest single source of private fundraising for jihadi fighters, outdoing countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.
In the interviews, carried out by US journalist and Muslim convert, Bilal Abdul Kareem, exclusively for Sky News, the Islamic fighters insist they have no intention of attacking UK targets or waging jihad on British soil.
One of the men, identified as Mustafa, is asked directly if he is part of al Qaeda and why he insists on hiding his identity.
"I'm not part of al Qaeda, and I've never been a part of al Qaeda - ever," he says.
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