Members of the Dunedin-Harley owners group drive past spectators during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival parade in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir
Members of the Dunedin-Harley owners group drive past spectators during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival parade in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir REUTERS/David Moir

Three Dutch nationals, apart from guerrilla groups launching a crusade against the ISIS in Syria, have taken up arms against the crazy radicals. The European men travelled to northern Iraq and joined the Kurdish fighters to protect and ensure Kobani doesn't fall in the hands of the blood-hungry extremists. They were members of a big motorcycle gang back in the Netherlands.

Armed with Kalashnikov rifles, the three men from Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda left their home country for Mosul in Northern Iraq to help in the fight against ISIS, Klaas Otto, the leader of their biker gang No Surrender, told state broadcaster NOS. It was learned the three were former soldiers.

Otto said the No Surrender biker gang has dozens of chapters in the Netherlands and across Europe. New York Post said it is one of the Netherlands' biggest motorcycle clubs. It rivals the Dutch Hells Angels' chapter in that country.

The involvement of the three Dutch biker gang men came into light after a photo of a heavily-tattooed European man was posted on a Dutch-Kurdish Twitter account. In it, the man, with an armed weapon, was seen flashing the "victory" sign. He was inside a bunker beside a Kurdish fighter. The No Surrender member was identified as "Ron."

✌️Three members of a Dutch motorcycle gang join #Kurds in #Kobane to fight #ISIS _ #TwitterKurds #SaveKobani #Kobani pic.twitter.com/q1nTH5adWG

— KURDISTAN ARMY (@KURDISTAN_ARMY) October 11, 2014

"Dutch bikers strapping it with the Kurds has made my day," Twitter user modn world commented.

"Looking forward to the Deadliest Warriors special - Dutch Bikers vs The Islamic State," Brown Moses commented, referring to the canceled Spike TV show.

It is not known among the No Surrender biker gang members when exactly did Ron and his two other colleagues left the Netherlands for Iraq. But if its any consolation, in case they live to tell their stories of the war there and decide to return, they are still very much welcome in their homeland.

Wim de Bruin, a Dutch public prosecutor, told AFP the three men are safe from the hands of the law when they get back to the country. Times have changed, he said, noting that joining a foreign armed force nowadays is "no longer forbidden." What citizens must bear in mind is, they cannot join an organization that wishes to launch a fight against the Netherlands. Now that's highly punishable. For purposes of information and guidance, he advised Dutch citizens to refrain joining the Kurdistan Workers' Party because it is blacklisted as a terrorist organization.

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