Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq

Three members of a Dutch motorcycle club with military backgrounds have gone to Iraq to help fight Islamic State (IS), a fellow biker says.

The three left for northern Iraq to help Kurds there after being horrified by news of IS atrocities, Klaas Otto told Dutch media.

All are trained soldiers who have served abroad in the past, he said.

Dutch prosecutors told BBC News that they were not necessarily breaking the law by fighting on the Kurdish side.

Wim de Bruin, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutor's office, said that signing up with organisations like IS or the Kurdish militant group PKK was banned but joining a foreign armed force was no longer forbidden.

[link to m.bbc.com]