The Disabbeard

Remember whent he BBC insisted that a Syrian ‘fighter’ was definitely not a Jihadi on the run…the BBC knew this because ‘his identity is unusually well documented…He says that he was a Free Syrian Army commander, and that before the civil war he worked as a plasterer in his home city of Aleppo..’

Ah yes, that well known seal of authenticity….’He says….’

Here he is…fighter and ‘migrant’…

What reminded me of this story?  A tale from the Mail about the Jihadi Hipsters trying to dodge Putin’s wrath by shaving off their face fungus…

A close shave? Terrified jihadists leave their BEARDS on the battlefield as they shave their faces and dress as women to flee Syria

ISIS fighters are reportedly shaving their beards and dressing up as women in order to flee Syria, in the wake of Russia stepping up its military campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Pictures said to have been taken near Aleppo last week shows mounds of what looks like cut off facial hair, alongside discarded packets of razors. 

In order to cross the border to Turkey undetected, ISIS jihadists are said to be shaving and disguising themselves in niqabs – a veil covering all but the eyes worn by some muslim women.

Not saying of course that our plasterer turned Syrian freedom fighter was a jihadi but why did he shave off his beard as he slipped into Europe…indeed why did he grow one…beards being a very definite recognition feature of a Jihadi?