2 Americans killed fighting ISIS near Raqqa (Volunteers)

[TomSea]

2 Americans killed fighting ISIS near Raqqa

LONDON -- Two American men have been killed fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants as the terror group clings to its last urban stronghold, the terror group's de-facto capital city of Raqqa in Syria.

One of the most potent forces battling ISIS on the ground in Syria -- with backing from the U.S.-led military coalition -- is the Kurdish militia known as the YPG. Volunteers with varying motives from around the world have joined battle-hardened YPG fighters during the last three years, often paying with their lives.

In a statement posted online this week, the YPG identified two U.S. nationals, both men, who it said were killed in the battle to retake Raqqa from ISIS.

Robert Grodt, 28, a former "Occupy Wall Street" activist, appeared in a YPG YouTube video only two weeks earlier, explaining why he left his family and friends in New York to join the fight against ISIS.

He said he was motivated to fight for the Kurdish "revolution" by a "buddy" who had joined in 2016. Like all foreign fighters who join the YPG, Grodt, adopted a Kurdish moniker, calling himself Demhat Goldman.

Continued: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-robert-grodt-nicholas-warden-killed-fighting-isis-kurdish-ypg-raqqa/

And Brit killed as well fighting for the Syrian Democratic Forces it looks like, SDF: https://www.albawaba.com/news/24-year-old-british-man-killed-fighting-raqqa-996398

Pictures at websites.  Check facts for oneself.

[TomSea]

Robert Grodt:


Nicholas Allen Warden:


From the UK: Luke Rutler:


More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/07/11/two-american-foreign-fighters-killed-battling-isis-in-syria/?utm_term=.9faf7d74131d

@jmyrlefuller

Buffalo man among 3 killed fighting ISIS in Syria

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In his video, Warden, who previously served with the US Army in Afghanistan, said he traveled from Buffalo, New York, to fight ISIS "because of the terrorist attacks they were doing in Orlando, in San Bernardino, in Nice, in Paris".

EslForKids http://eslforkids.net/2017/07/12/buffalo-man-among-3-killed-fighting-isis-in-syria/

[TomSea]

Check it out, Robert Grodt aided this girl who was pepper sprayed at a Wall Street protest.  He went on to have a child with Kaylee Dedrick. It doesn't make OWS less repelling to me. The article below says Grodt was a "volunteer" medic and helped Dedrick.  Grodt is not in the youtube video.  Her rescuer was Robeert Grodt in the story.

Kaylee Dedrick, OWS Protester Pepper-Sprayed In 2011, Expecting Baby With Her Rescuer (VIDEO)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/kaylee-dedrick-ows-protester-pepper-sprayed-expecting-baby-with-rescuer_n_1914028.html

Grodt reminds me a bit like the guy Willem Defoe plays in Platoon, Elias.