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2023-01-10 | |||||||||
A US citizen, who is detained in Roj Camp, in northeast Syria, with other Islamic State Organization (ISIS) family members, said on Sunday she had been “brainwashed” before joining ISIS. The 28-year-old Hoda Muthana told the News Movement, in an interview in Roj camp, that she still hopes to return to the US even if she will serve prison time, and then advocate against the extremist ISIS. Roj camp, the second dangerous camp after Hawl Camp, is run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), it is a house for 806 families, including 2.800 individuals of Arabs and foreigners, mostly women and children of ISIS members who hail from 62 countries, according to previous a report published by North Press. Muthana, who was born in New Jersey to Yemeni immigrants, was raised in a conservative Muslim household in Hoover, Alabama.
The US government stripped her from her citizenship in 2016.
Hassan Shibly, an attorney said, “She was brainwashed and taken advantage of.”
"I’ve never seen that kind of filthiness in my life, like there was 100 women and twice as much kids, running around, too much noise, filthy beds," she recalled. She said the only way out was to marry an ISIS fighter, and she eventually married three, giving birth to a child. The Islamic State at one time held swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria and at the height of their power became famous for brutal executions and terrorist attacks that they frequently boasted about on social media. During that time Muthana appeared to be a vocal supporter of the group in interviews with Buzzfeed News and on social media. Posts from 2015 on her Twitter account showed her encouraging more Americans to join the extremist group and carry out attacks at home, including drive-by shootings, vehicle rammings and targeting large gatherings on national holidays. Muthana had her citizenship revoked in 2016 by the Obama administration, which argued her birthright citizenship could be canceled because her father was an accredited Yemeni diplomat at the time of her birth. That decision was maintained throughout the Trump administration, which continued to ban her from returning to the United States. Attorneys representing Muthana have claimed the move was in error, arguing that her diplomatic accreditation ended before she was born. But U.S. courts have upheld the position of the government, while the Supreme Court declined her appeal to hear the case last year. Hassan Shibly, an attorney for Muthana’s family, argues it is "absolutely clear that she was brainwashed and taken advantage of." He added that the family believes she should be allowed back to repay her debt to society and help others from "falling into the dark path that she was led down."
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Posted by:badanov |
#7 I just love how these shitheads always "demand" fuck right off. Also, I want in on the beer thing. |
Posted by: Chris 2023-01-10 20:31 |
#6 OK. What about the beer? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-10 17:33 |
#5 According to the article, she wS stripped of her US citizenship in 2016. Therefore, she is NOT a US citizen demanding to be repatriated. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2023-01-10 15:37 |
#4 If she had wanted a sex change here in the US and her daddy petitioned the gummint to stop it, he'd probably be in jail. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-10 08:13 |
#3 Not a teenager if she was 20... Time to move voting age back to 21. We have a bad case of socially delayed adulthood in this country. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-10 06:15 |
#2 I second that demand Skid. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2023-01-10 00:37 |
#1 I demand free beer. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-10 00:18 |