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Blonde beauty: ‘ISIS fighters are very easy to kill’

Edit New York Post 29 May 2016
A young, beautiful and educated woman who dropped out of university so she could fight against Islamic State has revealed how easy it is to kill militants ... “ISIS fighters are very easy to kill,” she said ... #kurdistan #gerilla #pkk #peshmerga #civilwar #civil #beauty #freedomfighter #ypj #apo #pride #summer2016 #feminism #humanrights #kurd #kurdish #fuckisis #fuckdaesh #fuckterrorism ... The ISIS hunters ... Mystery ISIS snipers ... ....

Islamic State Offensive In Syria Pushes Rebels And Refugees Into Tough Spot – US Troops ...

Edit Inquisitr 28 May 2016
Male and female Kurdish fighters of the autonomous YPG and YPJ, allied with the United States as well as the Kurdish Peshmerga, have made significant gains against the fundamentalist forces over the last year and a half ... The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG and YPJ for the all-female units) are closely related to the Kurdistan ......

The Hidden Dangers Of The Fight Against Islamic State

Edit Radio Free Europe 28 May 2016
The fight against extremists from the Islamic State (IS) militant group is heating up on two fronts. . Since May 23, a coalition consisting of the Iraqi army and primarily Shi'ite militias, backed by U.S ... Escalation In Turkey ... U.S ... Some of those soldiers are wearing patches of the YPG and their all-female battle unit the YPJ -- patches that, as Syrian expert Michael Weiss points out, are derived from the PKK's flag.  ... ....

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Warren via teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 28 May 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense) CAPTAIN JEFF DAVIS. Thank you, Steve, for coming to us later today to allow for the naval commencement to take place before you came out. I know that cuts into your dinner time a little bit, but we appreciate you being flexible in your schedule. We'll turn it over to you for opening comments. COLONEL STEVE WARREN ... And I have a few prepared remarks, so I'll get right to them ... Were any of them YPJ patches?....

The backstory behind those controversial photos of US troops fighting ISIS in Syria

Edit Business Insider 27 May 2016
A man holds a flag of YPG, a Syria-based Kurdish militia. Photos of US troops wearing patches from the Kurdish People's Protection Unit, known as the YPG, while fighting the Islamic State alongside Kurds in Syria have raised questions about how close US soldiers are to the war's frontlines ... "They stood out right away ... A close-up of the YPJ patch worn by a US soldier in Syria. Interestingly, the YPJ is the all-female brigade of the YPG ... ....

US military trains eclectic group of anti-IS fighters

Edit Springfield News-Sun 23 May 2016
Barcham Zana knows her enemy. It is the Islamic State, which she calls "darkness.". Islamic State militants killed two cousins, she said ... Zana is a member of the YPJ, a predominantly Kurdish women's militia ... One U.S ... A female YPJ trainee who gave her name as Athima said she feels a moral imperative ... The women of the YPJ revealed no fear of combat ... But once she joined the YPJ and began training, her fears disappeared, she said ... The U.S ... ....

US military trains eclectic group of anti-Islamic State fighters

Edit Stars and Stripes 23 May 2016
NORTHERN SYRIA — Barcham Zana knows her enemy. It is the Islamic State, which she calls "darkness." ... For her, the group is not an abstract threat ... Zana is a member of the YPJ, a predominantly Kurdish women's militia ... A female YPJ trainee who gave her name as Athima said she feels a moral imperative ... The women of the YPJ revealed no fear of combat ... But once she joined the YPJ and began training, her fears disappeared, she said ... ....

US crafts a coalition to fight in Syria

Edit Stars and Stripes 22 May 2016
The raw Sunni recruits in crisp camouflage uniforms, popping off rounds at the firing range at a U.S. training camp here in Northern Syria, illustrate the dilemma for the U.S ... The U.S ... But that might take years ... But the rampaging Syrian Kurds get the job done. The U.S ... We met several leaders of the Kurdish women’s militia, called the YPJ ... U.S ... American advisers tell awe-struck stories of YPJ warriors who fought to the last woman in Kobani ... ....

UTM, YPJ and PPNJ sign MoA to Enhance English in Johor (UTM - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
TANGKAK, 18 May 2017 - A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Yayasan Pelajaran Johor (YPJ) and also the Johor State Education Department (PPNJ) to strengthen the use of English language in the state of Johor ... Abdul Halim Abdul Raof, YPJ General Manager, Haji On Jabbar @ Haji Jaafar and Johor State Education Director, Haji Sharif Shaharudin representing their respective agencies....

Anthropocene vs Capitalocene: a Reflection on the Question, “What Have I Done?”

Edit CounterPunch 13 May 2016
The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has yet to recognize, for , our current geological epoch as the Anthropocene, or “Age of Humans” ... Eco-radicals – black-red-green – might prefer the term Capitalocene, or the “Age of Capital” ... Dr ... ... Earth ... His work, interestingly, is being read extensively in the Rojava region of northern Syria, where YPJ/YPG military units are fighting off ISIS....

Alberta teen went to Syria to help the wounded, returned having fought the Islamic State

Edit Toronto Sun 25 Apr 2016
Shaelynn Jabs is like a lot of people. She just wanted to help. But the aspiring 19-year-old paramedic from Drayton Valley took a step few would consider. Last fall, Jabs embarked on a six-month tour in Syria, fighting in the battle against the Islamic State (IS) before an explosion left her deaf in one ear, her injuries forcing her to return home ... She was a part of the Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) that allows women to fight....

Female Kurd Cmndr Braves Death, Visits Sweden For Aid

Edit Sputnik 21 Apr 2016
Your garden variety jihadist dreams of dying as a martyr, as he is then supposed to proceed to a life in paradise. But should he be slain by a woman, there is no paradise in store. Thus, the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ), the female equivalent of YPG, are the worst nightmare for terrorists fighting in Syria ... ....

Kurdish women are on the front lines

Edit Times Union 07 Apr 2016
Moreover, the Syrian Kurds have a female force, the YPJ, that fights fiercely alongside male soldiers against Islamic State jihadis in Syria and even inside neighboring Iraq ... She also helped establish the YPJ. At a YPJ office in Qamishli, Rojava's largest city, I got a glimpse of the impact that the force has had on many young Kurdish women ... So, despite her parents' misgivings, she joined the YPJ and became a front-line sniper ... ....
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