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Why young American women are joining ISIS
Washington Post via MSN ^ | 11/22/15 | Danielle Paquette

Posted on 11/22/2015 11:12:56 AM PST by Libloather

Toward the end of the century, Westerners who fled their home countries to fight in Afghanistan or Bosnia shared a common characteristic: They were practically all men. Today’s militant recruits, however, represent a dramatic demographic shift.

Most are just entering adulthood. They often meet terrorists online. They’ve asked in covert chats: Do you have hair dryers, or should I bring one?

One in seven are women, according to a new report.

An estimated 4,500 Westerners have ditched home for the Islamic State or other Sunni jihadist groups in Syria or Iraq. Researchers at New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., collected data on 474 of these cases. They found in news reports an unprecedented number of radicalized women sneaking across borders.

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"They often appear to be typical teenagers," said Brigitte Lebans Nacos, a political science professor at Columbia University who studies terrorism. "They ask about hair dryers. They're looking for romance. They're fans of ISIS, like others are fans of pop stars."

Will they be required to purchase Husseincare while being raped and sold into slavery or will they still be on their parent's Commiecare plan?

1 posted on 11/22/2015 11:12:56 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Because they’re brainwashed liberal idiots?


2 posted on 11/22/2015 11:14:24 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Libloather

Why young women are joining ISIS?

Because they don’t read the conservative press, only the New York Times?


3 posted on 11/22/2015 11:16:44 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: Libloather

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=snl+dakota+johnson+isis&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=05D6B6CCB5579FA5F1A705D6B6CCB5579FA5F1A7


4 posted on 11/22/2015 11:17:08 AM PST by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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To: Jim Robinson

I actually had a two-day “conversation” with a liberal idiot who said: “If we do away with the guns and just love [ISIS], they would lay down their arms and embrace Christians.” How do you get through to an idiot who is that naive?


5 posted on 11/22/2015 11:17:59 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Jim Robinson

[Because they’re brainwashed liberal idiots?]

I was trying to find a way to say that, but you got it first.

I see a lot of stupid young women in stores all the time. And usually with a prideful look on their faces of superiority. Or so they think.


6 posted on 11/22/2015 11:19:05 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Jim Robinson

IF you were educated to believe that no culture
is superior to another and that there is nothing
special about America and that Western civilization
is just the blathering of old, dead white men,
it should shock no one that you have little
regard for your country and are susceptible to
blandishments from nut jobs only too willing
to put your naivete to their own use.


7 posted on 11/22/2015 11:20:07 AM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Or because manhood in the West has become so feminized that these ISIS monsters are seen in the eyes of these girls as "real men" by comparison. Contrasted against the typical American millennial male, the young ISIS jihadi at least stands for something.

It's high time we recover who we are as Americans. That means rediscovering where we came from. It means, rather than shrinking in shame conditioned by the continual buffeting of the "tolerant and inclusive" crowd, wearing that heritage proudly. Only then will be again carry ourselves like winners.

8 posted on 11/22/2015 11:21:46 AM PST by Lexinom
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To: Libloather
Americans in name only! These punks who are joining ISIS have nothing in common with most Americans. the sneak into the country, or are brought here by this administration's State Dept. then they join a terrorist organization like ISIS!

They should automatically lose their citizenship and should be deported immediately, never allowed to return again!

problem solved!

9 posted on 11/22/2015 11:21:51 AM PST by paratrooper82 (82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN Alfa Team Leader 2nd civil war is coming to the USA)
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To: Libloather

Most are liberals who have grown tired of feminized DemocRAT girlymen.


10 posted on 11/22/2015 11:22:21 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#blackfridaysmatter)
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To: Libloather

Because the mentally unbalanced either are liberal, muslims, or drug addicted atheists (which makes them leftists).

All serve the same ‘god’. He’s known as “allah” in some circles, “ahura mazda” in others, moloch, or Satan (his real name). This is why they don’t object to each other.


11 posted on 11/22/2015 11:22:21 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Libloather

Women want men to act like real men. The sissy-boys raised with Pajamaboy as their role model are failing to impress even liberal snowflake girls, so they are looking for wherever men will take charge. Sadly, like most liberals, these girls are making the worst of all possible choices.


12 posted on 11/22/2015 11:25:09 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: econjack

>>How do you get through to an idiot who is that naive?

You don’t. You let them go and revoke their passport once they have left US territory.


13 posted on 11/22/2015 11:25:28 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: econjack

Muslims have a murder cult, liberals have a suicide cult.


14 posted on 11/22/2015 11:27:25 AM PST by cradle of freedom
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To: Bryanw92

Yep. Wave bye-bye because you won’t likely see them again.

Male or female, NEVER allow them back into the U.S.A. Never.


15 posted on 11/22/2015 11:27:52 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Libloather

16 posted on 11/22/2015 11:28:32 AM PST by amorphous
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To: Libloather

To clean out the gene pool...


17 posted on 11/22/2015 11:29:59 AM PST by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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To: SaveFerris

When you see leftists marching, speaking or having a candle light vigil, you always see that smug look on their faces. You could spot one a mile away walking down the street.


18 posted on 11/22/2015 11:30:51 AM PST by cradle of freedom
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To: Libloather

Maybe they see the alternative as living in mom’s basement and dating metrosexual pajama boys...


19 posted on 11/22/2015 11:31:48 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Libloather
“They ask about hair dryers. They’re looking for romance. They’re fans of ISIS, like others are fans of pop stars.”

They are also immature and stupid. Any American citizen joining an enemy to fight against their country should at the very least....lose their citizenship and not be allowed back into the country. They are traitors...claiming ignorance is not a defense!

20 posted on 11/22/2015 11:32:17 AM PST by yoe
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