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TexasTowelie

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 10:59 PM Dec 2015

ISIS threatens first Miss Iraq since 1972 with kidnapping if she doesn't join



If you thought Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia had it bad because of Sunday's confusing end to the Miss Universe pageant, consider the plight of Shaymaa Qassim.

The night before host Steve Harvey made the mis-crowning heard around the world at the Miss Universe pageant, Qassim was named the first Miss Iraq since 1972 in Baghdad.

And almost immediately, the 20-year-old beauty from Kirkuk began receiving threats from the Islamic State (ISIS).

According to the Jerusalem Post, Qassim received a phone call from persons claiming to be from ISIS stating that if she did not join the group, she would be kidnapped.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/nation-world/article/ISIS-threatens-first-Miss-Iraq-since-1972-with-6717355.php
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ISIS threatens first Miss Iraq since 1972 with kidnapping if she doesn't join (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2015 OP
Oh dear! longship Dec 2015 #1
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