ISIL to hit back at West over airstrikes: Ex-member

A European member of the Daesh (ISIL) terror group says the terrorists will have their revenge for US-led strikes by targeting Western targets.

Harry Sarfo, who joined ISIL in Syria and appeared in a terrorist execution video, told The Independent that the so-called US-led coalition against Daesh will prompt the insurgents to launch more terror attacks in the West, the British daily reported Friday.

The ISIL terrorist, who once worked for Britain’s Royal Mail as a postman, made the comments in an exchange with the UK daily from a German prison where he awaits trial on terror charges.

Sarfo said the US-led strikes drive the militants to carry out further attacks in Europe.

“The bombing campaign gives them more recruits, more men and children who will be willing to give their lies because they’ve lost their families in the bombing,” said the former ISIL terrorists.

“For every bomb, there will be someone to bring terror to the West,” said Sarfo, adding, “They know the West is scared to put boots on the ground. Even if that happens one day, they’ve got plenty of men waiting for Western troops to arrive.”

He was arrested upon his return to Europe three months later and has now been indicted on charges including being a member of a foreign terrorist group and violating German weapons laws.

The German-born man, who grew up in the UK, was reportedly disillusioned with the scale of ISIL brutality and fled the terror group three months after joining them in April 2015. He was arrested upon his return to Europe three months later.

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