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Matthew VanDyke, (l.), through his Sons of Liberty nonprofit security company, is training Iraqi Christians to fight ISIS.![christianbootcamp2]()
Hundreds of Assyrians of all ages have signed on to train and fight for their families and faith.![christianbootcamp3]()
VanDyke says his group is stepping in to help a dwindling Christian community forgotten by the world.![christianbootcamp4]()
Training includes hand-to-hand combat, marksmanship, and self defense.![Training1]()
VanDyke and a U.S. military veteran are training approximately 400 Assyrians.![training3]()
Their training camp is just 12 miles north of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and one under the control of ISIS.![training5]()
VanDyke hopes to train as many as 2,000 Christians to fight the terror organization.![training6]()
The group seeks donations from around the world to fund training and weapons.![training7]()
The Assyrian Christians have found themselves caught in the middle of the fighting between ISIS and Kurds.![training8]()
VanDyke did not serve in the U.S. military, but has fought alongside Libyan and Syrian rebels.![training10]()
The first battalion of the Assyrian forces graduated from VanDyke's boot cam days ago.American helps Christian soldiers train to fight ISIS
Filmmaker and self-styled revolutionary Matthew VanDyke is training Assyrian Christians to fight for themselves in the face of a brutal onslaught from Islamic terrorist organization ISIS. (Photos courtesy of Sons of Liberty)
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