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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 02:52 PM Oct 2014

Austrian jihadi teen girls reportedly want to leave Syria, ISIS, come home

The two Austrian teenagers who became poster girls for the jihad in Syria are now desperate to come home after becoming disillusioned with their new lifestyles.

Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, who grew up in Vienna and enjoyed the freedom to wear whatever they wanted and to meet whoever they wanted, were told by radical preacher Ebu Tejma at a local mosque about the evils of their lifestyle. Clerics persuaded the girls that the only way to know true peace was to head to Syria and take part in the holy war.

The twohad started lecturing classmates about their lifestyles and were even suspected of a vandalism attack at their school that called for jihad.

When they left Vienna in April, they almost certainly had somebody helping them to get out of the country, police said. They left behind a note telling their parents: "Don't look for us. We will serve Allah — and we will die for him."

But once they had arrived, they were married off to local fighters. Both are now believed to be pregnant.

Police in Austria said the girls' social media accounts were taken over and manipulated to broadcast fake messages about their new lives, and that Kesinovic and Selimovic have been used to encourage other young women to head to Syria.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/austrian-jihadi-girls-reportedly-leave-syria-article-1.1970097

And earlier story about the teens here:
http://www.inquisitr.com/1471094/two-austrian-teens-join-isis-watch-their-transformation-photos/

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Austrian jihadi teen girls reportedly want to leave Syria, ISIS, come home (Original Post) Blue_Tires Oct 2014 OP
Not surprising. The story has been repeated by other young women Warpy Oct 2014 #1
That's just terrible, all the way around :( arcane1 Oct 2014 #2
I want to have sympathy for them... Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #3
Well, lots of 17 year olds make really, really stupid decisions. MH1 Oct 2014 #4
Have fun in your new lives scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #5
They seem so happy in that picture. Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #7
I shouldn't want multitudes of male corpses piled up at my feet aquart Oct 2014 #6
Really, girls? Not turning out like you hoped? TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #8
what could go wrong? samsingh Oct 2014 #9
I think it already has. Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #10
Update : they're still there. Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #11

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
1. Not surprising. The story has been repeated by other young women
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 02:59 PM
Oct 2014

who have gone off to fight for the glory of Allah and found out when they got there that they were only useful as fuck toys and incubators.

The word will get out eventually and every case like this that gets publicity helps.

MH1

(17,573 posts)
4. Well, lots of 17 year olds make really, really stupid decisions.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:11 PM
Oct 2014

I wish there were some way to get these girls back and sort of corral / quarantine them for awhile to make sure they really weren't interested in jihad any more, then let them get back to living a normal life. Maybe they could help warn other teenagers to stay away.

 

Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts)
7. They seem so happy in that picture.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:17 PM
Oct 2014

"We're number 1 "

Quite frankly I think they should keep that look...it works for them.

aquart

(69,014 posts)
6. I shouldn't want multitudes of male corpses piled up at my feet
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:13 PM
Oct 2014

But sometimes I just like the idea.

We can start with the pimp/cleric who convinced the girls to go.

 

Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts)
11. Update : they're still there.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:25 PM
Oct 2014

Well,the good news is that they will have stories to tell their friends that no one can top.

The bad news...every morning they will see how brilliant the have been.

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