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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree US Teens Attempt to Join ISIS.
The Khan teens, U.S.-born children of Indian immigrants, each left letters for their parents explaining their motives.
An Islamic State has been established and it is thus obligatory upon every able-bodied male and female to migrate there, Khan wrote. Muslims have been crushed under foot for too long. .?.?. This nation is openly against Islam and Muslims. .?.?. I do not want my progeny to be raised in a filthy environment like this.
His sister wrote: Death is inevitable, and all of the times we enjoyed will not matter as we lay on our death beds. Death is an appointment, and we cannot delay or postpone, and what we did to prepare for our death is what will matter.
In their letters, all three teens, who had grown up playing basketball and watching Dragon Tales and Batman, told their parents how much they loved them and asked them to join them in Syria, but made it clear they would probably never see them again, except in the afterlife. They begged them not to call the police.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-american-teens-recruited-online-are-caught-trying-to-join-the-islamic-state/2014/12/08/8022e6c4-7afb-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)I don't want "to be raised in a filthy environment like this.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)keep a really clean house.
I'm sure you really love America....or is it amerikkka.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Signed, The filthy environment.
PS, you do know that most people in Syria don't have wifi or access to Starbucks?
Remember when teens just smoked behind the cafeteria as a way of rebelling?
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)There won't be anyone to cook and clean for you, no video games, nobody will pay your phone bill, I don't think they will give a crap if you are hungry or sick. Enjoy.
LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)melodrama any day. These kids have not been brought up in mainstream American society; their (interpretation of their) religious upbringing is responsible for this.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)I cannot imagine what their parents must be going through.
randome
(34,845 posts)Sorry. Just taking the 'blame all of us for Bush' idea to its extreme.
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