Douglass McAurthur McCain. Yahoo/AP
An American was killed in Syria while allegedly fighting for ISIS. -Yahoo/Reuters. The United States government confirmed that Douglass McAurthur McCain has died while in Syria. Reports are that McCain was a convert to Islam and had publicly shown support for ISIS on social media and in person. If the allegations are true McCain would be counted on the roughly 100 Americans who are fighting for ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Last may one of these men committed a suicide bombing in Syria.
My Comment:
I can't imagine what McCain's family is feeling right now. I know that if I had a relative fighting for ISIS I would probably blame myself and wonder if there was anything I could have done to prevent it. Hopefully they can get through it ok.
This is one of the largest dangers to the West from ISIS. McCain died before he could come home and cause trouble but how many more like him are there? The problem is bad enough for the estimated 100 fighters from America, but Europe and Australia have the same problem but have a much large population of citizens working for ISIS. Sooner or later one of these American or European fighters will come home. I purposely choose this photo instead of a later dated one after he radicalized to show how easy it would be for someone like McCain to blend in with the population. He looks like a normal black man, and it goes to show that it isn't just Arabs that are caught up in radical Islam. The Boston Marathon suspects where white and there are radical Muslims of every race. This is a threat that is bigger then most people realize and it isn't going away anytime soon...
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