Thursday, June 8, 2017

This American Family Decided To Move To Mosul

David and Karen Eubank with their children Sahale, 16, Suuzanne, 14, and Peter, 11, next to their armored ambulance in Mosul. (Family Photo)

Washington Post: Thousands of Iraqis have fled Mosul, but this American family moved in

MOSUL, Iraq — The Eubank family has a guiding principle — if other families are forced to live in war zones, there should be no issue with theirs being on hand to help.

And so as Iraqi forces pushed into the last pockets of western Mosul still under Islamic State control, an American mom was home schooling her three children in a room above a medic station deep inside the city.

Sahale, 16, and Suuzanne, 14, sat in a corner with their laptops near their mother, Karen, occasionally bursting into song. Eleven-year-old Peter lay on a camping mat on the floor doing math. They sleep in a house a short drive away, but spend their days at the medic station to assist and give out supplies to fleeing Iraqis.

About a mile away at the front line, their father, David, who says he served for a decade in the American military including in the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, evacuated families as they came under sniper fire from Islamic State militants.

It was just an average day for the Eubanks, who describe their work as a calling from God.

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WNU Editor: WTF?!?!?!

8 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

This fool is putting his family at tremendous tragic risk.

Unknown said...

Can you imagine what isis would do to his daughter and wife ?!?!?? Sack of shit putting his family at risk like this

Anonymous said...

I agree with the other posters. My first thought was how horrifying it would be if ISIS got its hands on that moron's wife, daughters, and son. Their presence in Mosul is either part of a psyops campaign, or a story about an absolute fool and his poor family. Horrific either way.

Unknown said...

If this is indeed true this man has already marked for death... extremely naive and foolish! This is not a game with these terrorists they will literally cut these poor peoples heads off in the most brutal way... angers me to read about this dumb dumb

James said...

Note the source of the story and think about it.

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Anonymous said...

Another Fake Posts

Stephen Davenport said...

If something happens to those kids, they need to go to prison for life, never put your kids in danger.