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Publically identified Canadian foreign fighter within

Syria-based Canadian extremist Farah Mohamed
Shirdon Abu Usama has recently been identified in
public media outlets as being a foreign fighter (FF)
with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

In more recent media

regret for having left Canada to f
He wished he had conducted a lone ait

(L4ad of travelling to Syria.

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Canadian ISIL fighter speaks with

Farab Mohamed Shirdon, an identified Canadian
extremist who is fighting in Syria with IStL probably
spoke publically with an American reporter online. The
reporter was able to conduct an online interview with
Shirdon over K1K messenger service on 24 June 2014.
Shirdon answered questions regarding his motivations
to go to Syria, ISIL facilitation, routes, and ISIL
propaganda campaigns. He (uh ,n&the use of his
aspiring
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social media accounts for recruitinvtI1c
s outti
extremists to Syria. He
ii arid
accounts are
recruiting. Shirdon
recruits fighters, but
various backgrounds such as
ISTL foreign fighter (FF) facilitatio
borders. He stated that getting thrc
Turkish army are corrupt fools to say the I

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claimed that the

of the porous Turkish
riE walk in the park because the
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Les mdias identifient un combattaut tranger

rangs de iEtat isiamique en Irak et au
Les m&lias ont rceniment identifi Faiah Mohamed Shirdon Abou Oussama un extruiste
canadien en Syrie, comme tant un combattant ,tranger de iEtat islamique en Irak et au Levant
(EIIL). I
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Scion des informations

Shirdon a dit quiI regrettait
Canada pour grossir lea rangs de ITI
Selon iui, ii aurait dG mener une attaque
a Washington D.C. au iieu de se rendre en

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Un combattant canadien de 1EUL parle

Farah Mohamed Shirdon, un extrmiste canadien qul combat en Syrie
en Irak et au Levant (EIIL) a probablement pail, en ligne, a un reporter amedcarninsi, Ic
24 juin 2014, le j ournaliste a men une entrevue avec Shirdon au moyen du service de
messagerie Kik. Shirdon a rpondu a des questions sur les motifs qui lont amen a se rendre en
Syrie, Ia filire dacheminement de IEIIL et sea campagnes de propagandes. 11 a expliqu quil
utilise sea comptes de rndias sociaux pour recruter des extrmistes en Syrie, comptes qui lul
sont on ne peut plus utiles a vet gard. Shirdon aurait aussi affirm que iEIIL ne recrute pas que
des combattants, mais cherche...aussi,-des extrmistes aux comptences varies (ingnleurs,
nement des combattants trangers vers Ia
docteurs, graphistes, etc.). Ainsi,
Enfin, scion Shirdon, franchir Ia frontire
Syrie profiterait de Ia
didiots corrompus.
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