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Michael Enright, British-born actor vows to wipe ISIS ‘off the face of the earth’; says he joined Kurds ‘because they fight’ unlike Shiites ‘who surrender.’
The 51-year-old actor, who has appeared in countless Hollywood movies such as the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Knight and Day”, has decided to turn his back on Hollywood to fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria.
Michael Enright, who has no military background, now sleeps in full uniform in the Syrian mountains, with his Romanian-made Kalashnikov rifle that he named ‘Olga’.
Michael Enright said he decided to try to halt the murderous march of ISIS and to take real-life action against the extremist group after ISIS beheaded American journalist James Foley, the Daily Mail reported.
Talking to The Mail on Sunday by mobile phone from Syria, Enright, who was born in Manchester, said that he hadn’t told any of his Hollywood friends nor his family that he was heading to Syria as he wanted to keep it a secret so that the airport authorities would not prevent him from going.
He also said he has no plans to return to the US or Britain any time soon. When asked if he misses home, Enright said: “No, I’m very happy to be here, to be doing something that I think will outlast me.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
From one ageing warrior to another: you are too old for front line duties.If you must fight, and I admire you, get a staff job