The Mannan family (pictured) from Luton, Bedfordshire, came to the world's attention in May 2015 when 12 of them left the UK to join ISIS in Syria. They are believed to have crossed into the country soon after arriving in neighbouring Turkey on the way home from Bangladesh
Daily Mail: Revealed: Entire British family of 12 - including three children aged 11, five and one - who fled their home in Luton to join ISIS in Syria are all now DEAD
* The Mannan family came to the world's attention when they left the UK and joined ISIS
* They are believed to have crossed into Syria soon after arriving in neighbouring Turkey in May 2015 on the way home from visiting relatives in Bangladesh
* Two months after arriving in Syria, the Mannans released a statement declaring their support for Islamic State
* But those left behind in Luton have told MailOnline that all those relatives who made the trip have died
* Seven of them were killed in an airstrike while three brothers were all slain fighting for ISIS
A British family of 12 who made headlines around the world when they fled to Syria to fight for ISIS have all died, MailOnline can reveal.
Three of the grown-up sons from the Mannan family were killed fighting for Islamic State, while seven more relatives, including three children between the ages of one and 11, were all wiped out in an airstrike.
The elderly parents, Muhammed Mannan and his wife Minera, both died in the terror group's former capital from natural causes.
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WNU Editor: The lesson of this story is simple. Do not move your entire family to a war zone and join a terror organization.
Go beyond the obvious:
ReplyDelete1. How and why did this family come to, end up, in GT Britain?
2. What might happen when allegiance to religion conflicts with connection to secular state and religion wins out.
3. why has Turkey always allowed a border easy to cross in order to get to Syria, a nation in serious conflict for many years now.
I wonder why they didn't join the Kurds to fight against ISIS like Anna Campbell did? Same country, different ideals.
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ReplyDeleteTurkey is hostile to the Assad regime for several reasons. The insurgency is mainly Islamist (Sunni) in nature, and supported by the gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Assad regime belongs to a Shiite sect, but its policies are secular and supported by Iran. That's the religious angle (Turkish leader Erdogan is an Islamist)
Secondly, the jihadist groups are also hostile to the Kurdish militias who are Turkey's main enemy, so allowing men and weapons to reach the Islamists and harm the Kurds is in their interest.