Yusuf says ISIS will "defeat" the U.S. and Trump. (MEMRI)
Posted on 11/23/2020 6:28:03 PM PST by xomething
Matthew went by name 'Yusuf' when he appeared in ISIS propaganda video
An American teenager who was once the face of an Islamic State propaganda video is speaking about the ordeal for the first time, saying it is “sweet relief” to be back in the United States.
The child – identified only as Matthew – was only 10 years old when he was filmed telling President Donald Trump that “the battle” with ISIS would “end in your lands.”
“I was so young I did not really understand any of it,” Matthew, now 13 and living in Florida with his father after he was flown home by the U.S. military in 2018, told the BBC.
Matthew's life changed when he was dragged by his mother, Samantha Sally, and his stepfather, Moussa Elhassani, across the border into Syria in April 2015. He was 8 years old.
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"We ran across an area that was very dark,” Matthew said during the interview. “It was at night, there was a lot of random spots of barbed wire… There wasn't much going through my head except, 'I need to run.'"
Matthew, his mother, and his stepfather lived in Raqqa, the city that the ISIS terror group claimed as its capital.
"It was pretty noisy, gunshots normally," he said. "Once in a while a random explosion, like far away, though. So we didn't have too much to worry about."
His stepfather became an ISIS sniper, and the child filmed a number of propaganda videos. In one video, Matthew assembled a suicide belt; in another, he took apart an AK-47.
In the most famous video, Matthew – calling himself Yusuf – threatened President Trump.
"My message to Trump, the puppet of the Jews: Allah...
Yusuf says ISIS will "defeat" the U.S. and Trump. (MEMRI)
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I think we’ll be hearing about this kid again in the future. Possibly as a suicide bomber.
SMILE WAIT FOR FLASH
They have been considered as not redeemable and not fit for modern society.
He is a fool to be giving statements meant to be posted online. All this will do is revive the public’s memory of his earlier pledge to ISIS. Someone with nothing else to do would not find it too difficult to get more current information about him. Too bad he was allowed back in.
Can you give us a better link to this story?
Goat replacement for 7th century barbarians can get old real quick I bet.
Don’t worry. CAIR will demand reparations for him for the time he was “forced” to support their counterparts, ISIS.
How did this future terrorist get into this country after he threatened Trump???
Sponsored by the Dem party?
That "fool" is 13 years old!
Regards,
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