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Surrendered Palestinian-American IS fighter said to be Virginia-born

Muhammad Jamal Amin, a Palestinian-American IS fighter said to have given himself up to Iraqi Kurdish forces was born in the south eastern US state of Virginia, according to Kurdish news site Rudaw.

Rudaw reports Amin’s father is Palestinian while his mother hails from the Iraqi town of Mosul.

A picture purporting to show Palestinian-American Islamic State member Muhammad Jamal Amin. (Screen capture: Rudaw.net)
A picture purporting to show Palestinian-American Islamic State member Muhammad Jamal Amin. (Screen capture: Rudaw.net)

He was apparently on his way back to Turkey from Syria when he mistakenly walked into peshmerga hands.

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