Monday, October 27, 2014

Another Canadian Joins ISIS Mission

Sami, a Montrealer in his 20s, left Canada last year to wage jihad in Syria.
Sami, a Montrealer in his 20s, left Canada last year to wage jihad in Syria. (Facebook)
Yet another young Canadian has managed to get away to Syria to fulfil his aim of waging jihad and has boasted of his exploits online, an investigation by Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête has found.

This comes after news emerged that Martin Couture-Rouleau and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau — two men involved in the killings of two soldiers that shocked the country this week — had been blocked from leaving Canada over fears they planned to travel to the Middle East to join militant groups.

But an investigation by Enquête found that a young Montrealer named Sami did make the journey to Syria. His story was featured in a special edition of the CBC’s the fifth estate Friday.

Enquête journalists began following the journey of Sami, whose last name is being withheld, with the help of the young man himself — via his active online presence.

On April 2, 2013, a photo of Istanbul was posted on the young Montrealer’s Facebook page.

Sami went to Turkey to wage jihad. Easily accessible, the country is the main gateway for foreigners who want to fight in Syria.

It was a trip motivated by his return to his Islamic roots, which apparently happened in 2011.

Sami is part of a wave of Westerners leaving their homes in countries like Canada to join rebel groups fighting the al-Assad regime in Syria.

CBC

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