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Terror Networks
Football fields: A waystation en route to the Islamic State
2015-03-09
[Hurriyet Daily News] One thing the biographies of Jihadi John, the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
's executioner of foreign hostages, and several of his European associates have in common is their passion for football and their dashed hopes of becoming professional players.
And the elder Tsarnaev brother's hopes for a pro boxing career were dashed on the jagged rocks of his inadequate ability.
They all belonged to amateur teams or bonded in part by playing football together. Like other disaffected youth for whom playing football became a stepping stone to joining a bad boy group or becoming a jacket wallah, Jihadi John and his mates traversed football fields on their journey. Their biographies highlight football's potential as a recruitment and bonding tool.
"If I can't be a footie hero and get lots of money'n'girls, I'm gonna to join the jihad and just take what I deserve." If that's really what's going on, it's a wonder hundreds of thousands of Westerners haven't joined ISIS. There are lots of passionate youth soccer players who never made the cut.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Winnie Mandela had a football team as well...
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-09 08:52  

#1  Marie Harf to say Midnight Soccer Football is the solution to jihad.
Posted by: Percy Shearong1083   2015-03-09 07:35  

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