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British fighter in Syria: 'No plans for UK attacks'

ITV News has spoke to a British Muslim fighting Jihad in support of the Syrian rebels against the regime of President Assad. He says he has no intention of attacking other countries or coming back to the UK to plot terror attacks.

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British jihadi in Syria 'has no intention' to attack UK

A British man who claims to be fighting for the Syrian rebels told ITV News he has no intention of returning to the UK to launch an attack, though he did understand those fighters who would.

Speaking on a mobile phone from an unknown location inside Syria, a man who calls himself Abu Summayah al Britani told ITV News UK Editor Lucy Manning:

"The Mujahedeen here have no intention of number one going back, and number two attacking any other country.We are in a state of war here, and you know we are in a state of emergency.

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