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An American In ISIS: Meet Doug McCain, One Dead Jihadist
Zero Hedge ^ | 8-26-2014 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 08/26/2014 3:04:06 PM PDT by blam

Tyler Durden
08/26/2014

Perhaps the only question emerging from this profile of the first document US citizen casualty fighting for the Islamic State, whose name earlier was revealed as Douglas McAuthur McCain, is whether he and John are related.

From NBC:

The battle in itself seemed tragically normal. Two Syrian opposition groups fought and there were heavy casualties on both sides. Then victorious rebels rifled through the pockets of the dead. One contained about $800 in cash -- and an American passport.

Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, California, was killed over the weekend fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the Free Syrian Army. Photos of McCain's passport and of his body -- which feature a distinctive neck tattoo -- have been seen by NBC News. According to an activist linked to the Free Syrian Army who also saw the body and travel document, McCain was among three foreign jihadis fighting with ISIS who died during the battle.

Senior administration officials told NBC News they were aware that McCain was killed in Syria, adding that they believe dozens of Americans have gone there to fight with extremist groups - including, but not limited to, ISIS.

Actually, on second thought it appears there is no relation.

The spin cycle has already been engaged: McCain may be dead, but the treat that countless others like him have returned to the US to perpetrate, gasp, acts of terrorism on US soil is very much alive:

"The threat we are most concerned about to the homeland is that of fighters like this returning to the U.S. and committing acts of terrorism," a senior administration official told NBC News.

(snip)

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis; islam; scum; syria; terror
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To: blam

He probably was ex TSA


21 posted on 08/26/2014 3:45:20 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: blam

He looks like a criminal.


22 posted on 08/26/2014 3:45:34 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: R_Kangel; trisham

http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/report-american-fighting-for-islamic-state-killed-in-syria-1.300046


23 posted on 08/26/2014 3:55:34 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: Pollster1

http://www.topix.com/wire/religion/islam


24 posted on 08/26/2014 3:56:32 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: grania

It’s time to start locking people up.

They can start with members of these groups:

Advocacy for Principled Action in Government
American Center for Outreach
American Civil Liberties Union
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
Arab American Association of New York
Arab American Institute
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles

Auburn Seminary
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for National Security Studies
Center for New Community
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR)
Defending Dissent Foundation
DRUM - South Asian Organizing Center
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Emerge USA
Franciscan Action Network
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
Georgia Association of Muslim Lawyers (GAML)
Human Rights Campaign
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
Imam Hussain Islamic Center
Interfaith Alliance
Islamic Information Center of America
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Jews Against Islamophobia
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
Lambda Legal
Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council) of Metropolitan NY
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Michigan Muslim Bar Association (MMBA)
Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC)
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)
Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC)
Muslim American Community Association
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of Southern California
Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)
Muslim Peace Coalition USA
Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance
Muslim Public Affairs Council
NAACP
NAACP New York State Conference
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

National Lawyers Guild
National Muslim Law Students Association
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association (NJMLA)
OneAmerica
Progressive Congress
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
The Hindu Temple Society of North America
The Interfaith Center of New York
The International Institute of Tolerance
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)
The Queens Federation of Churches
The Sikh Coalition
Transgender Law Center
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
UMMA Community Clinic
United Sikhs
Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA)
Women in Islam Inc.


25 posted on 08/26/2014 4:01:01 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: blam
Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, California

That is the most republican sounding name, ever.

26 posted on 08/26/2014 4:08:00 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Rome2000

He was a typical thug.


27 posted on 08/26/2014 4:09:17 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: blam

I don’t think he’s dead enough. Give him a couple more whacks.


28 posted on 08/26/2014 4:12:53 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: trisham

All muslims in the USA are potential terrorists and need to be deported or locked up, all mosques shut down.

The enemy is within and should have been dealt with domestically after 9/11

Attacks on US soil against innocent civilians by the “brothers” right around the corner


29 posted on 08/26/2014 4:15:40 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: Rome2000

There are muslims in our current administration.


30 posted on 08/26/2014 4:19:11 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: blam

I’ll bet the boy smells pretty ripe about now.


31 posted on 08/26/2014 5:03:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It's my home!)
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To: Captainpaintball
I wonder if his parents were military, or just patriots. The last name was unavoidable, I understand.

Surely if his parents were either patriots or military they would have known that the general's name was not McAuthur.

32 posted on 08/26/2014 5:58:01 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: ottbmare
Surely if his parents were either patriots or military they would have known that the general's name was not McAuthur.

They might have as a pun, or an homage. Like a patriotic spanish-speaking family named "Arbusto" (Bush) naming their kid "Jorge Walker Arbusto". It's not the best example, but it's all the time I will dedicate to this post at this point.

And by the way, since when does proper spelling mean anything to certain demographics when naming their kids?

33 posted on 08/26/2014 6:31:06 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
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To: blam

Funny how the difference between “threat” and “treat” is just a lousy “h”


34 posted on 08/26/2014 9:17:17 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: R_Kangel

I only need one guess for that “?”


35 posted on 08/26/2014 9:22:03 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: trisham
He looks like a criminal.

Just take a look at any scene from Ferguson, MO for the last couple of weeks (after dark.)

36 posted on 08/26/2014 9:24:12 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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