Retrial for Brit who fought against ISIS

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A British man who fought with the Kurds against ISIS in Syria faces a retrial after an Old Bailey jury failed to agree verdicts. Aidan James, 28, fought for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units militia (YPG) and wrote about shooting a ‘Daesh rat’, describing the terrorists as the biggest threat since Hitler. James had been contacted by police months earlier when a Prevent case was opened after they spotted Facebook posts in which the father-of-one declared his intention of fighting…

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