Former US solider 'Brett', pictured, has joined a Christian militia in Iraq to fight against ISIS A 28-year-old former US soldier has returned to Iraq as part of a militia defending one of the world's oldest Christian communities under threat from terror group ISIS. The man, known only as Brett, is one of the leading foreign fighters in the Dwekh Nawsha Christian militia. He had previously served in the US Army in Baghdad between 2006 and 2007. Now, he is based in Al-Qosh, home of a mostly Christian population, which had been forced to flee into Kurdistan when ISIS fighters threatened to approach.
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A former US solider is recruiting foreign fighters in the battle against ISIS
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'Brett', 28, claimed he was on a 'crusade' against ISIS in Iraq
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He said he wants Christians to be allowed to live in Iraq in peace
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His first recruit is a retired US Marine from Texas called Louis Park
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@placeholder, pictured, retired in December from the US Marine Corps and wanted to get back into the fighting