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British man who fought alongside Kurds against ISIS talks to TV
The Kurdish YPG were hailed heroes in the fight against Islamic State. But one Brit who fought alongside them says that crackdown on Kurdish separatists will put their entire mission at risk.
He held a regular job in London and had no military experience. But this 28-year-old former trader from Cambridgeshire remembers what drew him to Syria to fight against the Islamic State.
It was "watching the rise of the Islamic State and being utterly appalled," Macer Gifford told Channel 4 News. "I was appalled at them, at their ideology, appalled that the British and American fighters had no plan to combat them and wanting to make a difference."
Since returning from the battlefield last month, Mr Gifford is eager to raise awareness of the plight of the Kurds, who are seen by many as the unsung heroes of the fight against the IS. But during that time something has changed.
He held a regular job in London and had no military experience. But this 28-year-old former trader from Cambridgeshire remembers what drew him to Syria to fight against the Islamic State.
It was "watching the rise of the Islamic State and being utterly appalled," Macer Gifford told Channel 4 News. "I was appalled at them, at their ideology, appalled that the British and American fighters had no plan to combat them and wanting to make a difference."
Since returning from the battlefield last month, Mr Gifford is eager to raise awareness of the plight of the Kurds, who are seen by many as the unsung heroes of the fight against the IS. But during that time something has changed.
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