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By Jacob Bojesson

*Warning: Graphic content ahead.

A Norwegian war veteran left the comfort of his life in Scandinavia to fight Islamic State on the front lines in Iraq.

Dubbed “Mike” by Norwegian press, his Instagram account has gained a large following for the graphic content he shares from the battlefield. Mike left his job with the Norwegian military in January 2015 to volunteer for the Kurdish Peshmerga military forces in the fight against ISIS.

“My goal is to be a part of fighting the ISIS terrorists,” he told Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet in a January interview. “I don’t know when the offensive against Mosul starts, but I am ready.”

He regularly shares images of ISIS fighters the Peshmerga kills and videos from the battlefield by the Mosul Dam.

A video posted March 30 shows how Mike and the Peshmerga put one of ISIS’s armored personnel carriers on fire.

“We were attacked by ISIS,” he told Dagbladet. “The battle lasted several hours, until we alienated the terrorists.”

While Mike’s real identity is anonymous, he revealed that he came to Norway as an Iraqi Kurdish refugee at a young age in the 1980s. After serving with Norwegian forces in Afghanistan, he returned to his place of birth to put an end to ISIS.

“When we’ve run Islamic State out of Mosul, it will mark the death of Islamic terrorists in Iraq,” he told Dagbladet. “Then I’ve done my part. Then I’ll go home to Norway for good.”

Mike’s fight is funded by donations from supporters who in return get to enjoy his journey on social media accounts.

GRAPHIC CONTENT:

https://www.instagram.com/p/1nTE_hSPGL/?taken-by=peshmerganor&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/257MGdSPH1/?taken-by=peshmerganor&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDQvpu5yPId/?taken-by=peshmerganor&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/-PG_ipyPOM/?taken-by=peshmerganor&hl=en

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