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Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
MSN ^ | 9/15/14 | Alistair Bell

Posted on 09/15/2014 3:43:34 PM PDT by Libloather

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants' recruiting at home.

At least three Somali families in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have female relatives who have gone missing in the past six weeks and may have tried to join Islamic State, said community leader Abdirizak Bihi. He said that while the reasons for their disappearance were unclear, he had told the families to contact police.

In a separate case, a 19-year-old American Somali woman from St. Paul snuck away from her parents on Aug. 25 saying she was going to a bridal shower. Instead, she flew to Turkey and joined IS in Syria.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: female; isis; islam; jihad
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To: Slump Tester

They are probably hoping to get caught up in a mass rape frenzy. Their only chance of hooking up.


21 posted on 09/15/2014 5:26:24 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: Libloather

Somali teenage girls missing? Easy, they pissed off dad and are now in the back yard, here and there. It’s an “honor” thing.


22 posted on 09/15/2014 6:15:59 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Libloather

These aren’t Americans.


23 posted on 09/15/2014 10:08:19 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: grania

I thought it was crazy ti send these people to Minnesota; what a climate change! In hindsight, it was brilliant - they’re leaving.


24 posted on 09/16/2014 2:22:11 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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