A little insight into these girl's social media connection with ISIS...http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/inside-the-online-world-of-three-teens-who-allegedly-wanted
Inside the Online World of the Three Teens Who Wanted to Join ISIS
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Warrigal
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Reading all of that they seem to me to be pretty normal teens in that they are obsessing about a romantic fantasy. Just religion instead of Prince Charming.
When I was a teen of about 14 a girl I knew took it on herself to take a plane from Sydney to Melbourne (plane trips were not common in those days and very expensive) to attend a Tommy Sands concert. She was the president of his Australian fan club. There was a great panic until she was found.
Another that I taught ran off with her boyfriend to force her parents to allow her to marry. She was Lebanese and headstrong.
I don't know much about Somali culture but having grown up in the US, it sounds like they aren't too much different to some young girls I have known. I so glad that they were intercepted and brought back.
When I was a teen of about 14 a girl I knew took it on herself to take a plane from Sydney to Melbourne (plane trips were not common in those days and very expensive) to attend a Tommy Sands concert. She was the president of his Australian fan club. There was a great panic until she was found.
Another that I taught ran off with her boyfriend to force her parents to allow her to marry. She was Lebanese and headstrong.
I don't know much about Somali culture but having grown up in the US, it sounds like they aren't too much different to some young girls I have known. I so glad that they were intercepted and brought back.
Warrigal
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Probably, but they aren't likely to play with them for a long time.
Their value is not as warriors. They're more useful as martyrs.
Their value is not as warriors. They're more useful as martyrs.
Debby
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Wouldn't you hate to be their parents? You'd be so angry and so frightened at your childs foolhardiness! And after this, they'll worry and worry and worry.
Warrigal
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A twelve year old was missing for two nights in Sydney recently. A huge search was mounted trying to find her.
She ran away after an argument with her father over a chocolate bar.
A 56 year old man took her to his flat and let her stay there until she was ready to contact her parents.
I know what you are thinking but the police are satisfied that the girl was unharmed and the man acted out of concern for her welfare. The mother is grateful that the girl was not left on the streets. The father, it turns out, is soon to appear in court charged with common assault on a child, not his own.
Children can be impetuous and things are not always what we assume.
She ran away after an argument with her father over a chocolate bar.
A 56 year old man took her to his flat and let her stay there until she was ready to contact her parents.
I know what you are thinking but the police are satisfied that the girl was unharmed and the man acted out of concern for her welfare. The mother is grateful that the girl was not left on the streets. The father, it turns out, is soon to appear in court charged with common assault on a child, not his own.
Children can be impetuous and things are not always what we assume.
Warrigal
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She certainly was, for which we are all grateful.
We've had our fair share of missing children who are never seen again until their bones are found.
We've had our fair share of missing children who are never seen again until their bones are found.