Tuesday, June 17, 2014

More British Citizens Are Signing Up To Fight With Jihadist Militants In Iraq And Syria Than Signing Up For The UK Army Reserve

The Government has launched a campaign to recruit 11,000 new reservists to boost the size of the back-up force to 30,000 by 2018. But between April 2013 and April 2014 just 170 signed up

More Brits Signing Up To Fight With Jihadist Militants In Iraq And Syria Than For The UK Army Reserve -- Daily Mail

Several hundred Brits thought to be fighting in Middle East killing fields
But just 170 recruited as reservists in 12 months to April despite hiring push
Figures 'shameful, embarrassing and will cause deep concern' say MPs

More British citizens signed up to fight in Iraq and Syria than joined the Army Reserve last year, it can be revealed.

Just 170 extra reservists enlisted over the past year - despite a Government target to boost the stand-by force by 11,000 by 2018.

But at the same time the brutal al-Qaeda inspired ISIS forces tearing through Iraq have been boosted by 'several hundred' Brits, ministers told MailOnline.

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Update: More Brits Joined Jihad Than Volunteered For UK Army Reserves -- Breitbart

My Comment:  I am speechless.

2 comments:

D.Plowman said...

I wonder how many of them are 'american' ...

James said...

Plowman,
"I wonder how many of them are 'american'"? More than enough I would assume.