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This BBC article claims that the numbers of just Uighars numbers between 7,000 and 10,000 depending on the source. Of other ethnic fighters they say a “high concentration.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-45401474 This AFP article gives the number of of just Uighar fighters (as opposed to them and their “families”) between 1 and several thousand. It also mentions high concentrations of Chechens. https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/foreign-fighters-syrias-idlib-face-last-stand-doc-18x6wz1 So I think “thousands” was a reasonable number. Now can you answer my question please? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 13, 2018, at 10:00 PM, mkaradjis <mkarad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "thousands of foreign jihadists holed up in Idlib" > Matt, do you mind providing sources for this piece of (mis)information? > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:41 AM Matt Harvey via Marxism > <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: >> >> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >> ***************************************************************** >> >> "The YPG is a mercenary offering its services to the highest >> bidder." >> >> I'm agnostic verging on doubtful on the question of whether the Kurds >> represent a truly revolutionary force. (The Scoop Jackson's Society's >> trashing them is a vote in their favor though.) >> >> But referring to any indigenous Syrian force as mercenaries when their are >> thousands of foreign jihadists holed up in Idlib is either active hypocrisy >> or political projection. In your framework are they like the >> Internationalists who fought in Spain? I'm truly curious as to what armed >> faction you think does represent the "revolutionary masses in Syria" and >> who backs them. >> _________________________________________________________ >> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >> Set your options at: >> http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
