Female Soldiers Train to Fight ISIS

An Israel battalion with 70% female soldiers is training to face ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula. The Caracal Battalion, named after a cat species whose sexes appear the same, is “renowned for fielding both male and female combatants” (“IDF Prepares to Fight ISIS Invaders,” Israel Today, Sept. 8 2015). Caracal is training to keep ISIS from entering Israel from the south. The number of ISIS forces in Sinai is estimated at 2,000-3,000. The battalion commander, Capt. Ksusha Levin, said, “We are preparing for worst case and extreme scenarios.” It is said that ISIS is not happy about this, as being killed by a female disqualifies jihadists from entering the terrorists’s heaven to enjoy 72 “black eyed” virgins. In Iran, many Kurdish women are also fighting against ISIS after undergoing grueling training. Some of them are former ISIS captives and “sex slaves” who have the courage and conviction to face these thugs in battle.

(Friday Church News Notes, September 18, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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