Don't forget your toothbrush! British jihadi fighting for Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria packs toil

[Sally]

Now we get to hear about one of the other bad guys.


Don't forget your toothbrush! British jihadi fighting for Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria packs toiletries in his ammunition belt

• Abu Basir al-Britani has appeared in several Nusra Front propaganda clips
• In one film he is seen on the frontlines in the Syrian town of Baraghedeh
• Tucked into the Briton's ammunition belt is a bright green toothbrush
• Abu Basir al-Britani also appeared in a Nusra Front clip released yesterday
• In the video he tours a destroyed mosque and condemns ISIS fighters

By JOHN HALL FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 06:25 EST, 18 August 2015 | UPDATED: 07:01 EST, 18 August 2015


A British jihadi fighting for the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front group in Syria has been pictured carrying a toothbrush in his weapons belt in a series of bizarre propaganda images.

Calling himself Abu Basir al-Britani, the white convert is seen in the bombed out remains of the town of Baraghedeh, carrying an assault rifle with an ammunition belt packed with loaded magazines.

Curiously the militant is seen with a green toothbrush packed among the weapons of war in his belt - suggesting he considers oral hygiene to be of paramount importance to a jihadi on Syria's frontline.

Abu Basir is also the star of Nusra Front's latest anti-ISIS propaganda video, which was released yesterday. In the 15-minute clip, the well-spoken Briton tours the western Syrian city of Ariha, visiting a bloodstained mosque which was the subject of an ISIS bomb attack during Ramadan.

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British jihadi fighting for Al Qaeda packs a toothbrush in weapon belt

 

[Mr. H.]

The British are a proper lot. Old habits are hard to break. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a crumpet or two stowed away.

 

[Roudy]

Well you don't want to behead an infidel with your mouth smelling like shit.