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bettyellen

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7. Not exactly - they use women to get men to join as jihadi all the time

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:33 PM

Dec 2015

Promises or brides (encouragement of having offspring(, raping infidel women and then there's that plethora of virgins later. Their MO has always been to use women to get men.
Seems like this could be a variation on that theme.
If she was a deeply devout woman, it's likely allowed the men in her family to choose a man for her. He'd be a great target- an American government worker. Shit. It's not exactly Tinder that got them together.

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Investigators probe whether wife radicalized husband before San Bernardino massacre [View all] B2G Dec 2015 OP

Interestingly 2naSalit Dec 2015 #1

I'm really beginning to question if that's even her real name. nt B2G Dec 2015 #2

A woman converting a man to radical Islam?! KamaAina Dec 2015 #3

That we know of... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #4

Hardly a first. More like a growing trend. B2G Dec 2015 #5

Not exactly - they use women to get men to join as jihadi all the time bettyellen Dec 2015 #7

This seems very possible, unfortunately. At the very least she was as crazy as he was. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #6