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About 100 Americans — many of themyoung Midwestern women — have joined upwith jihadists in the Middle EastThree young women from Minnesota have packed their bags and joined terrorist groupsin Syria, leaving their families baffled, according to a St. Paul nonprofit called AmericanFriends of Somalia. Federal officials are working to find out why they're going and howthey get the means.BY NANCY CROTTI / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Sunday, September 14, 2014, 8:24 PM
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She was a shy 19-year-old woman from Minnesota with plans to attend nursingschool.
Then suddenly, her mood turned darker and she became more withdrawn justbefore she packed her bags and left St. Paul a month ago to hook up withIslamic State militants, a move that left her parents stunned and othersquestioning why.
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“She stopped going to school," said Omar Jamal, who heads a St. Paul nonprofitcalled American Friends of Somalia. “She became withdrawn to herself, not associal as she used to be.”
The young woman, whom Jamal did not identify at the family’s request,eventually called and sent text messages to relatives to say she was in Syriawith ISIS, he said.
Two other young women also have left Minnesota for Syria, he said.
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“That’s the question,” Jamal said one evening last week.“Where did she get the money? Where did she get thepassport?”
It’s also the question the FBI and the Justice Departmenthave been working to answer, as well as many parents.
The woman’s family contacted the FBI after she left, according to Jamal. Federalofficials have been meeting regularly with imams and other Somali leaders, headded. People are left perplexed.
“They don’t know what’s going on. Parents don’t want their kids in a war thatthey have nothing to do with,” Jamal said.
One woman at Ka Joog, a community center for Somali youth in the Minneapolissuburb of Eden Prairie, said most parents have no idea what’s going on, and areconcerned. So are Somali-American high school students.
“The kids do talk about it at school, but they don’t talk about it a lot,” said MarwaAbdulkadir, 16, a sophomore at Eden Prairie High School.
Marwa said she emigrated with her family from Kenya when she was 3 monthsold. Now she is president of the 4-H Club chapter at Ka Joog, a Somali term thatmeans “stay away” or “stay out.”
While the name might not seem welcoming, Somali-Americans know what itmeans: Stay away from terrorist organizations, explained Mohamed Farah, KaJoog’s executive director.
About 100 Americans have joined up with militants in the Middle East —including about 40 from Minneapolis — recruited by jihadists who use a varietyof social media, including Twitter and Facebook, to spread their monstrouspropaganda.
Most notable was Douglas McAuthur McCain, 31, who was killed last monthwhile fighting alongside Islamic State militants.
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“When we talk aboutradicalization on a national level,our strategy has not worked,”Farah said. “Radicalization is aprocess. It’s not an overnightdeal. Nobody becomesradicalized overnight.”
He attributed the lure of suchgroups to the lack ofopportunities, mentors andguidance for young people.
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enforcement,” Farah added. “This is where the communityhas to get involved. These organizations are recruitingyoung people here because they see opportunities here.”
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can’t kill an idea. The only wayto fight an idea is with an idea.You have these groups — ISIS,Al Shabab, and other groups inLibya and Nigeria building up animage that they’re rightingwrongs and bringing respectback to the Muslim world.”
Young Marwa Abdulkadir saidshe was shocked that youngwomen had left Minnesota to aidbloodthirsty ISIS fighters inSyria.
“This is just like a huge shock tome that they would takewomen,” Abdulkadir said. “Thefact that they would recruitpeople is just insane.”
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We should not be surprised,this is our fault.We let everything and anything into this country with nochecks and balances.Open borders,what BS!All endorsed by the democratic party.They will soon bejoining up by the dozens,and they WILL be back.get ready............
SCHOOLTEACHER 5113 hours ago
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So what do you have to say about the ones who were born here? Especially the white kids?
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Pretty sure the executer is black..same for the one who killed the white boy in NewJersey. I'm thinking you are worrying about the wrong color.
IRENA BARBARA4 hours ago
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I'm sure chopping off your genitals for morality wasn't on the checklist at the time these young womendecided to pick up and leave. No worries, those girls will find out soon what it's like not to have theirfreedom and then in a nightmare of a country. We'll be seeing some interesting documentaries on behalfof these regretful women on Netflix soon!
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