12 Australian women have tried to join IS: Police

[yuiyoshida]

MELBOURNE: At least 12 Australian women from one city have attempted to join the Islamic State group, police said on Friday (May 29), warning of a trend towards a "romanticised view" of violent militants.

More than 100 Australians have left the country to support IS in Syria and Iraq, raising concerns about radicalisation and whether they pose a security threat on return, the authorities have said. At least 30 have been killed overseas.

Victoria Police assistant commissioner Tracy Linford said those attracted to IS were mostly young, isolated people swayed by slick social media propaganda.

In the case of women, they often had a romantic idea of what life would be like under Islamic State control, she said, adding that at least 12 had attempted to join from Melbourne, Victoria's capital city.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/12-australian-women-have/1879978.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Girls, we got

some fine specimens to choose from! And our boys really know how to show a girl a good time!

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[Hoppy]

2. Yeah, life for females under Issis should be a western girl's dream fulfilled.

[BlueJazz]

3. Australian women are usually fairly sharp. These ones know not what they do.