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Dirty Little Secrets
Crooks Scam Terrorists Families
by James Dunnigan
November 18, 2005
Discussion Board on this DLS topic
The latest criminal racket in the Middle East
is to scam money out of the families of al Qaeda terrorists who have gone to
Iraq and, well, disappeared. Several thousand Saudi Arabian men have gone to
Iraq to fight for al Qaeda. Not surprising for the country that supplied 15 or
the 19 terrorists who carried out the 911 attacks. But this has provided
opportunities for crooks in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. When these fellows
find out about a young man who has gone off on jihad to Iraq, they contact his
parents with the news that their son is in trouble, and that money can make it
all better. The story varies, from the kid getting kidnapped, or
arrested, in Syria or Iraq. The families, whether they approved of their lad’s
terrorist intentions or not, are usually eager to get him back. Money is sent,
and the scammers are never heard from again. Sometimes it turns out that the
kid in question has not even left Saudi Arabia yet, or got stuck in Syria,
unable to get across the border. In other instances, the young fellow does get
killed in Iraq, and his parents never hear anything more. It’s often impossible
to identify suicide bombers after they carry out their homicidal mission. The
people who set them up, and set them on their way, often do not get word back
to the parents. All the families have is the false hope provided by the
scammers, and the hope that the money they paid will somehow, some day, pay
off. For terrorists, nothing much pays off, ever.
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