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Violet_Crumble

(36,385 posts)
36. Yep, he sure is...
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 07:12 PM
Aug 2014

The kid isn't, no more than he's ISIS, as that headline says, but what do you expect from crap like the Daily Mail. Sharrouf managed to slip out of Australia with his four kids (not sure where his wife is now) on someone else's passport. The mob online reaction appears to be calls to deport Sharrouf, but there's some problems with that, mainly that he's no longer in Australia to deport, and even if he was, if they want to deport him back to where he was born, that'd be Australia anyway. Instead they should be asking what I am, which is how did someone who's on a no-fly list manage to get through customs using someone else's passport. The end result of that fuck up is that there's now four children in danger, coz that pic and others I've heard of are blatant child abuse. The Australian Federal Police have issued an arrest warrant for Sharrouf, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise he's got no plans to ever come back here...

Here's the story from a reliable and non-sensationalist source. A translation for Americans who aren't familiar with the language of Bogans. 'Youse' translates as 'you all'. It looks like they're a charming family..

Boy's uncle says forget about photo of severed head

Politicians and Muslim community leaders have labelled it sickening, deplorable and shockingly evil.

But Khaled Sharrouf's brother believes Australia should simply "forget" about a photo of his young nephew holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier.

As the shocking image of Sharrouf's son travelled around the world on Monday, Mostafa Sharrouf, a stonemason from Sydney's western suburbs, said: "He's gone, forget about it. He's forgotten about youse. I'm sure you've seen much worse than that."

Sharrouf, 33, slipped out of Australia last year using Mostafa's passport and travelled with his four children to Syria and Iraq, where he has been fighting with the terrorist rebel group Islamic State.

The jihadist from Punchbowl has become Australia's most wanted terrorist and continues to bait authorities from afar by posting images and threats online.

<snip>

Community leader Jamal Rifi said the photos could only be taken "by a very sick person".

"His actions are deplorable," he said. "There's a lot of anger within the community because he's doing much more damage to Islam when he's pretending to be defending Islam."

Dr Rifi has known Sharrouf's father for years and spent time with the family at their Chester Hill home.

A court found in 2009 that Sharrouf, who spent four years in prison on terrorism charges, had a troubled upbringing that included violence from his father, illicit drug use and paranoid hallucinations.

"This does not give him an excuse but may explain his behaviour," Dr Rifi said.

Lebanese Muslim Association president Samir Dandan said the photos were "the act of a lunatic".

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/boys-uncle-says-forget-about-photo-of-severed-head-20140811-102t0t.html























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Sad. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #1
"ISIS 7 year-old?" More like child mistreated by ISIS member father Scootaloo Aug 2014 #2
I bet lots of Jesusland kids would LOVE to have their picture taken... FrodosPet Aug 2014 #4
Apparently his father thinks he is. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #5
Because his father is a fucking asshole. Scootaloo Aug 2014 #9
Yep, he sure is... Violet_Crumble Aug 2014 #36
"Shock and awe" CJCRANE Aug 2014 #3
They must be making lots of global bucks on this. ancianita Aug 2014 #10
Didn't early settlers prize scalps and take them home as family trophies? What do we really expect kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #6
terror porn propaganda bigtree Aug 2014 #7
I totally agree. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #11
Something that needs to be acknowledged is that ISIS is practicing the Koran-supported elimination ancianita Aug 2014 #15
"They are not to be taken lightly" ? Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #17
Maybe if we could just trick them to all be in the same area at the same time snooper2 Aug 2014 #18
Is everything a joke? Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #19
It's not a good call right now. We need to see how this caliphate shapes up. ancianita Aug 2014 #22
How is this Caliphate going to shape up? FrodosPet Aug 2014 #33
Saw that. Dunno. We'll see. ancianita Aug 2014 #34
A Caliphate should be great. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #39
They are ignorant idiots who know little about religion or history CJCRANE Aug 2014 #24
You do not know this. These are issues WE think might be important, but might not be at all to the ancianita Aug 2014 #26
Do you know or speak to any muslims? CJCRANE Aug 2014 #28
Yes. I have Muslim friends. I've read the Koran front to back twice. Taught its basics. Read Muslim ancianita Aug 2014 #29
"Teach your children well Their father's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams... 4139 Aug 2014 #8
I hope this helps put an end eissa Aug 2014 #12
Your point being that Skidmore Aug 2014 #13
My point is... Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #16
It is that. By any international standard. ancianita Aug 2014 #23
Leave it to Khaled? opulent80 Aug 2014 #14
So will you be signing up to go after them? Kingofalldems Aug 2014 #20
Thats just so ******. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #30
nothing new really, during lynchings of black people in the US didn't people bring families JI7 Aug 2014 #21
And this is what they want to show the world flamingdem Aug 2014 #25
That is the Syrian rebels for ya RobertEarl Aug 2014 #27
The Question Is hollowdweller Aug 2014 #31
That kid is standing next to the same fence Go Vols Aug 2014 #32
Sucks to be them FrodosPet Aug 2014 #35
Yup... Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #37
Yep Go Vols Aug 2014 #40
Its a good fence to stick heads on. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #38
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