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Chicago native suspected of fighting with Islamic State is killed
Chicago Tribune ^ | Aug 27, 2014

Posted on 08/27/2014 7:28:58 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Chicago native suspected of fighting with Islamic State is killed

Militants in Syria

A Chicago-born man suspected of fighting alongside Islamic State militants who have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria to the alarm of the Baghdad government and its allies in the West has been killed in Syria, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

"We were aware of U.S. Citizen Douglas McAuthur McCain's presence in Syria and can confirm his death," U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.

Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, of New Hope, Minn. McCain, who was born in Chicago, was killed in Syria, and is suspected of fighting alongside Islamic State militants. (Hennepin County Sheriff via Reuters)

"We continue to use every tool we possess to disrupt and dissuade individuals from traveling abroad for violent jihad and to track and engage those who return," Hayden said.

According to a relative, McCain was born in Chicago and grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side before the Chicago Housing Authority building was torn down. He moved with his mother to Minnesota and attended high school there. He later moved to the San Diego area, where he attended community college.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chicago; homegrown; isis; islam; islamic; jihad; jvteam; obama; politics; syria; terrorism; yesterday

Douglas McAuthur McCain

Hennepin County Sheriff via Reuters

Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, of New Hope, Minn. McCain, who was born in Chicago, was killed in Syria, and is suspected of fighting alongside Islamic State militants.

1 posted on 08/27/2014 7:28:58 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Douglas McAuther?

Was “Chester Nemetz” or “Omar Bradlee” also involved?


2 posted on 08/27/2014 7:33:13 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: KeyLargo

The U.S. should refuse to allow his remains to come into the country.


3 posted on 08/27/2014 7:33:13 AM PDT by montag813
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To: PGR88

He shall not return.


4 posted on 08/27/2014 7:34:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: montag813
The U.S. should refuse to allow his remains to come into the country.

Better yet, ban ALL travel into USA from M.E., North Africa, and Pakistan. You can go, but don't expect to get back in.

5 posted on 08/27/2014 7:35:11 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: montag813
The US should refuse to allow his remains to come into the country

I'd add to that if any US citizens who fight with ISIS attempt to return to the US, they should be sent to a permanent tropical vacation...at the Guantanamo resort.

6 posted on 08/27/2014 7:36:12 AM PDT by grania
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To: PGR88

"If I had a son, he would look like Douglas McAuthur McCain "

John McCain

7 posted on 08/27/2014 7:36:29 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: grania

Instead they’ll become members of the Democratic Party.


8 posted on 08/27/2014 7:37:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KeyLargo

Now he will have his 72 virgins and a perpetual erection.


9 posted on 08/27/2014 7:41:05 AM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: KeyLargo

How many times will he vote this November?


10 posted on 08/27/2014 7:41:13 AM PDT by YourAdHere (Barack is the wife.)
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To: KeyLargo

If Obama had a Son ?


11 posted on 08/27/2014 7:57:10 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: KeyLargo
According to a relative, McCain was born in Chicago and grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side before the Chicago Housing Authority building was torn down.

These 'Projects" were among the most crime ridden sections of a crime ridden city. They were a constant reminder of the "Great Society" of LBJ in all its socialistic glory. The police wouldn't even go there to investigate because of the dangerous aspect of the job. No wonder this "KID" turned out so well.

12 posted on 08/27/2014 7:57:29 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone

In 2007 Chicago Mayor Daley ordered demolished the CHA high-rises and gave all of the denizens paid vouchers to move to the white suburbs on Section 8 so he could get kick-backs from his contractor backers for demolition and redevelopment.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k—Gs1veNYE


13 posted on 08/27/2014 8:10:07 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: dfwgator

Newsmax

Report: Hundreds of Americans May Be Fighting for ISIS
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 09:58 AM

By: Sandy Fitzgerald

The government is tracking at least 300 Americans who may be fighting with the Islamic State’s terrorists in Iraq and Syria as concerns mount that the terror organization could become a threat to homeland security, senior U.S. officials say.

The officials, speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the situation, said Washington is concerned that radicalized fighters could return to the United States and put their newly acquired skills to use for domestic attacks, reports The Washington Times.

“We know that there are several hundred American passport holders running around with ISIS in Syria or Iraq,” one official said of the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — more than earlier reports of about 100. “It’s hard to tell whether or not they’re in Syria or moved to Iraq.”

One such American, Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, originally of San Diego, was killed over the weekend in Syria, his uncle told CNN.

The body and passport of Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, originally of San Diego, California, was discovered by members of the Free Syrian Army after he was killed in a firefight with the group.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ISIS-Iraq-Douglas-McAuthur-McCain/2014/08/27/id/591178/


14 posted on 08/27/2014 8:16:13 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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15 posted on 08/27/2014 8:27:21 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Don Corleone

Looks like Chicago is not just screwing the nation bygiving us Obama and his thugs now it is giving us terrorists.


16 posted on 08/27/2014 8:39:04 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: KeyLargo

I guess we need more PSAs to go along with “Stay in School”, “Let’s Move!”, “Don’t Smoke”, etc.
IE: “Don’t become a jihadist nutbag”.


17 posted on 08/27/2014 9:51:51 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Killed. Good.


18 posted on 08/27/2014 4:04:53 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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