Libyan Rebels Banish U.S. Student Who Joined Fighting for Summer Vacation
- Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:03am by
Buck Sexton
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The usual vacation spots apparently didn’t get 21-year-old UCLA student Chris Jeon’s adrenaline pumping. So a few months ago he decided to hop on a flight and join the Libyan rebels in their ground campaign against Gadhafi.
Jeon was quite a sight alongside the motley crue of Libyan rebel fighters covered in kalashnikovs and bandoliers of ammunition. The Christian Science Monitor described Jeon’s battefield dress as:
“A cobalt basketball jersey emblazoned with the words “Los Angeles” and the number 44, camouflage pants, and black and white Converse sneakers. Around his neck hangs a spent ammunition casing on a string, and a black and white scarf is wrapped around his head, courtesy of the rebel fighters.”
Jeon speaks no Arabic and was only able to communicate with the rebels in broken Italian. When asked about his motivations for joining the Libyan rebels, Jeon told the Christian Science Monitor:
“At spring break I told my friends a ‘sick’ vacation would be to come here and fight with the rebels. This is one of the few real revolutions, I just thought I’d come check it out.”
The most recent reports, though, indicate Jeon’s adventure tourism has come to an end. Al Jazeera English‘s Evan Hill tweeted that rebels decided they had had enough of Jeon, and despite his enthusiasm for ride-along Jihad, sent him home.
Jeon should count himself lucky. A father and son from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania joined the Libyan rebels as well, and they were killed instantly when a mortar round hit their vehicle.
Last time he was seen, Jeon was heading towards Benghazi on a pickup truck.
No word yet on whether Jeon will head to Syria next to “take in the sights.”
(h/t gawker)
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Comments (116)
Fernyyy
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:04pmWhat‘s the word I’m looking for… Oh yeah, dumbass!
Report Post »scjeff
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:18pmUseful idiot.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:55pmIt’s never good, when an article states; “…Last time he was seen…”
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:56pmI wish he would have been accepted by the rebels and he could just stay there with them. I don’t want this little piece of crap back in the U.S. Grassroots Americans never wanted this trash in the country anyway.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:01pmAnd this kid is now on the terrorist watch list right?…..probably not……
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:36pmHe might get a chance to see how they eat the organs of their enemies. Maybe he’ll get a chance to see a gang rape of a woman or a good stoning. Maybe that will be ‘sick’ enough for him. Regardless, I hope he gets the hell out of there and makes it back safe. He obviously has no idea what he’s doing.
Report Post »kerrcarto
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:20pmYou beat me to it. What a moron.
Report Post »AKSamson1
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:34pmthe word I thought of was — target.
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:40pmMaybe he is just a psychopath that wants the thrill of killing people without having to spend one day in jail. We would occasionally get these guys in basic training. They thought they would just be issued an M4, some grenades and dropped off on the battlefield so they can become a hero. Thank God that most of them are usually non-hackers and get diverted out of the military. This guy just bypassed the basic training part.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:57pmYou must be one piece of useless **** if even the Libyan rebels don’t want you.
Report Post »swampbuck
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:42pmlucky they didn’t send his head home in a box..
Report Post »Xkiller
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 8:37pmshould he let him fight, he needs to be removed from the gene pool anyway
Report Post »WhoIsTheCoon
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 12:44amIf only he had been white he would have easily made the MSM
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 10:03amToo bad he didn’t get to see a 500lb American JDAM come through the roof. THAT would have been pretty sick…
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:03pmyou either have a ton of guts to do something like this or you are dumber than a box of rocks. I vote box of rocks…
Report Post »mils
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmrocks
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:13pmUCLA student……so maybe by the time he graduates with his environmental politics major, he’ll be up to the level of a bag of rocks.
Report Post »drago
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:20pmHey, dont give rocks a bad name!
Report Post »bluesavage
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:43pmstoned.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:37pmThis is called being a mercenary and it is illegal, both here and internationally. I hope he is arrested upon attempted entry into the US. He now has overseas terror training.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 10:44amHe wasn’t paid though.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:02pmSo you’re telling me that our government – er, Federal Family – will have a microscope up your @ss for a number of benign offenses like saying certain buzzwords on your cellphone, or looking at certain internet sites, or buying a gun for hunting, or not having the right wood when building a guitar or producing raw milk – but a UCLA student can head off to Libya, join a revolution, come home and that’s that?
Report Post »mils
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:11pmthe guitar thing…i hope the blaze keeps up on this…why was gibson singled out…buns and evacuating 3 wearhouses???over some wood?…
this kids is stupid. no one will say anything, do anything…what can we do?…obama loves the rebels in libya.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:08pmGibson’s not a “union house” … so you figure it out.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:33pmMILS
Report Post »Gibson is primarily a conservative donor and the three factories it owns are in ‘right to work’ states.
the administration likes neither.
LarryofArabia
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:59amAnd to think he was the fastest swimmer. Humm. I will give him his props, he’s got some stones. I’ll give him that. Too bad his stones and his brain don’t work in concert with each other. And yes, he could do the same by joining the Marines or the Army… although he doesn‘t seem to be the ’sharpest knife in the drawer’. Just sayin.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:46pmI had not read your post before adding mine above. I agree, hugh stones or an idiot. He does not appear to be the hugh stones type so going with idiot. Hd to be raised in a tough neighborhood to even come up with an idea like this. A normal middle of the road raised kid would not even consider something like this. Thinkin gangbanger ties????
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:59amLet’s hope this 21 year-old UCLA student’s “sick vacation” will cure him of his naivete in thinking Islamic revolutions are something that should be “checked out” during a summer vacation.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:50amAfter beating Call of Duty, what’s a young lad to do? Now he can buck for a professorship @ UCLA!
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:40amWell with the hundreds of terrorists the rebels just released from Libyan prisons, the numbers of “freedom fighters” that would like to cut off some American heads probably increased dramatically. The sex in those prisons probably wasn’t the best either and a sweet little American boy is probably just what they were looking for. I guess keeping this kid alive much longer was looking pretty doubtful, time to send the kid home.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:38amThe Arab Muslim sincerely believes that anyone from America is a Christian…it’s a wonder why they did not kill him…
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:49amRight so did he go there just to have a chance to kill someone and come back to tell about it. Or did he want to be part of their revolution what. I would keep track of this guy.
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:36amI’m sure someone could make a good legal argument that he gave up his citizenship when he went to fight along side the Libyan rebels. Let me go back to the beginning and stand in line IF he wants to become an American citizen again.
Report Post »BREORY
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:33amIf he wants to fight, why not sign up with the best. Join the US armed services and fight for our freedom.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:03pmGreat point – but he’s a UCLA student. Ten to one he’s as anti-American as our President. No hope in he11 of that happening.
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:33amLOL, don’t hate him just because his brass is so much bigger than yours. Not the smartest thing considering he didn’t even learn some Arabic before going over there, but my hat’s still off to him. An immature version of Hemingway. Instead of getting some girl pregnant he’s actually learning something about the world.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:43pmOK CHRISY…. Now that we have fitted you with this nice “VEST ” ….go over there to those people and say …Hello !!! ….yes we know the vest has very pretty colours….Hey !!! is there any more like you where you come from ?…we are so glad you came “useful idiot”….cough…I mean CHRISY…
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:31pmThat’s quite the string of words you put together…
Report Post »Steve
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:05pmClown trolls should be double taped.
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:31amAnother brilliant (and brainwashed) product of progressive education. Keep your kids at home, teach them to read and don’t plug them into the mainstream media that is out to destroy them.
Report Post »BREORY
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:30amSign up for the army and see the world and fight for your own country.
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:04pmWe don’t need anyone THAT stupid on OUR Side!!
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:04pmNo joke he needs to be on their side so our guys can eventually end his pathetic existence.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:28amFurther proof that there are no lifeguards at the gene pool…….
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:27amI will be surprised if he survives…
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:08pmI would throw a party if he ends up taking a dirt nap there.
Report Post »dsm
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:25amUseful idiot. Now if and when he makes it back to US he will be telling his useful idiot friends in the US how much fun he had and we need to do that here. Fools, fools, fools.
Report Post »How proud his parents must be. Kudos to the fantastic public education system where they are taught how great revolutions are.
DanWesson455
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:24amThanks. now get the frickin outta here.
Report Post »citizen0000
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:24amDoes he know there is no reset on this video game?
Report Post »orionreplay6607
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:21amObviously spent his school nights playing Modern Warfare 2 on his XBox in his dorm room and decided he wanted to check out his ability to get head-shots for real. Sad. I have far more respect for these Rebels now that told this moron to take a hike.
Report Post »David286 - FL
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:20amMaybe he could go hiking along the Iranian boarder next…Idiot!
Report Post »CCulotta
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:20amHe is lucky they are just banishing him and not cutting his head off on the internet.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:36amYa,… and how is he gonna come back home?
Report Post »His ass should be #1 on the suspected terrorist NO FLY list!
These Libyan ‘Freedom Fighter Revolutionaries” are all going to join the muslim brotherhood and be part of the Jihad against America as soon as they get control of that country.
They are letting us do their dirty work so they can enact sharia law and become a proper terrorist state with intentions of killing all of us.
This kid is an idiot and so are we for helping these rebels.
They are going to turn against us very soon…..just wait and see!
J4Y
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:39amI thought the same thing and i’m sure if that kid was as white as me, that head of his would be a soccer ball when all the shootin stops. I actually pray for his safe return no matter how dumb his stunt was….
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Report Post »ejbonk
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:17amIDIOT and so are His PARENTS. This is ,the type of Education,your Tax Dollars sre paying for,Communist Brainwashing at all levels from pre-school to Graduate School. “Student are Useful Idiots” Communist Party USA.,
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:16amMaybe he should try hiking on the iran / iraq boarder !
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:15amNo more citizenship for his sorry arse I say.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:07amcollege student in the California school system? No way…Shut the front door….
Report Post »Mahakala
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:24amWhy am I not shocked he was from Kalifornia, the land of fruits and nuts?
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