British Terrorists The Most Bloodthirsty in Syria

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Britons make up the majority of foreign fighters in the most violent terrorist group in Syria, blamed for beheadings and crucifixions, a senior Syrian commander has said.

Brigadier-General Abdulellah al-Basheer pleaded with Britain to send weapons to Syrian opposition to help them to deal with the increasingly brutal threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In a letter to The Times he warned that a failure to act could lead to British extremists returning home to "continue on their pernicious path of destruction".
Around 400 Britons are believed to have gone to Syria over the last two years to fight, with an estimated 20 having died.

Last week Mashudur Choudhury, 31, became the first person in the UK to be convicted of terrorist offences in connection with the Syria conflict after he went to the Middle Eastern country with the intention of joining a terrorist training camp last October.
In a letter to The Times, al-Basheer, said the 'majority' of ISIL fighters were from the UK, with others from France, Germany and Belgium.

He said: 'We, the Syrian people now experience beheadings, crucifixions, beatings, murders, outdated methods of treating women, an obsolete approach to governing society. Many who participate in these activities are British.'
The general also called for the British government to send weapons to help deal with ISIL, warning that a failure to act would increase the threat of terrorism in Britain.

He said: "If ISIL is allowed to expand, these terrorists, having put their skills to the test in my country, will return to their homelands, perhaps to the UK, and continue on their pernicious path of destruction..."
"The FSA can only go so far with the little we have. The UK and US governments must support us to defeat terrorism in Syria and prevent it from being exported to Europe and the US.'

Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has called for a new debate on policy over Syria, saying: 'It's high time that we revisited the issue of Syria in the House of Commons.'

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team