Colo. girls caught en route to join ISIS

(CNN) -- The first indication that something was wrong was a phone call from his daughter's Denver area school to let Assad Ibrahim know that she had not come to class.

He dialed her cell. And she answered. But, officials say, she didn't tell him that she was on her way to Syria to join ISIS.

She was just late for class, that's all, Ibrahim's daughter told him on Friday, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, which filed a runaway report.

 

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The American girl of Sudanese descent also kept quiet about her two girlfriends, Americans of Somali descent, who were flying with her to Turkey by way of Germany.

Two more girls, sisters

Those two had told their father, Ali Farah, that they were going to the library.

But when Farah got home from work, a visitor came calling, according to the documents. Apparently, it was Ibrahim.

Farah should check to see if his daughters' passports were missing, the visitor told him -- just like his daughter's passport was.

Sure enough, they were gone, along with $2,000 in cash.

The two families called the FBI. They said they thought the girls were on their way to Turkey.

The agency put out a notice on their passports.

German authorities intercepted the trio, ages 15, 16 and 17, at Frankfurt airport and put them on a plane back to the United States, where they were greeted by FBI agents.

The three girls were questioned and released. Two U.S. officials say they had planned to join militants with ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

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Out of the blue

The girls' parents say they had no idea their children planned to travel. None of them had ever run away before.

Their disappearance hit them out of the blue, the way other ISIS related incidents are popping up in the Western world. Two more turned up in tandem with the girls' runaway attempt.

On Monday, a radical convert to Islam in Canada ran down two soldiers in his car, killing one of them. Martin Rouleau Couture, 25, then led police on a chase before his car rolled into a ditch in the town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, southeast of Montreal.

He exited the car, and police shot him dead.

Back in July, Couture, too, had tried to join foreign jihad, and Canadian police arrested him on his way to Turkey. But they could not charge him and had to let him go.

And this week, a video turned up of a 17-year-old Australian boy standing with ISIS fighters and threatening to behead Western leaders, including President Obama, then fly the ISIS flag over the White House.

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ISIS' draw

ISIS has, for an anti-Western organization, been surprisingly attractive to young recruits from the West, as well as to some young women.

 

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More than 100 of the foreign fighters have come from the United States, according to intelligence estimates; hundreds more from Europe, which is geographically closer to the fight.

Every week, five more people from the UK alone join ISIS, a British police commissioner said Tuesday. And that's a conservative estimate.

"We know that over 500 British nationals traveled to join the conflict," said Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe from the Metropolitan Police.

"Five a week doesn't sound much, but when you realize there are 50 weeks in a year, 250 more would be 50% more than we think have gone already," he said.

To put things into perspective, though, thousands more come from the Middle East and Africa. More than 3,000 have joined from Tunisia.

Sense of belonging

It's more than just a radical interpretation of Islam that is drawing teens to the extremely bloodthirsty militant group, a former CIA officer says.

"They're often times searching for an identity, because what the jihadis are actually pushing is a specific narrative, which is: Your people (Muslims) are being oppressed in this place called Syria; your government is doing nothing; we're the only ones who are actually going to help you out," said Aki Peritz. "Why don't you join the fight?"

Richard Barrett of The Soufan Group says many of the teens lack a sense of belonging where they live, and they believe ISIS can give it to them.

"The general picture provided by foreign fighters of their lives in Syria suggests camaraderie, good morale and purposeful activity, all mixed in with a sense of understated heroism, designed to attract their friends as well as to boost their own self-esteem," he says.

And ISIS constantly cranks the PR machine, making expert use of slick videos and social media.

Echoing back West

ISIS' global digital reach has terror experts in the United States worried about security at home as well.

There are terrorist groups in Yemen and in Syria with stated ambitions of striking on American soil, but another threat is more probable, says counterterrorism expert Matt Olsen.

"I would say the most likely types of attack is one of these homegrown violent extremists or lone offenders in the United States, and (with) the rise of ISIS and the number of people going to Syria...the likelihood does go up."

Self-styled attackers like the Boston Marathon bombers could be the result.

The use of the Internet makes terrorists more vulnerable to tracking, but that has become more difficult since Edward Snowden revealed secret U.S. surveillance programs.

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Girls' online activities

In Denver, the 17-year-old girl was apparently the instigator of the trip, having planned it for months, two U.S. officials said.

But all three researched the plan online, visiting websites where extremists discuss how to get to Syria. The online activity didn't set off any tripwires the FBI typically uses to flag possible jihadist sympathizers, the officials said.

The FBI is combing all of their communications to see if anyone was helping them. Their parents think ISIS was behind the trip.

Investigators are also not sure the girls had even worked out the final goal for their travel.

As was the case with the Canadian, Couture, the investigation into the travel will probably not lead to charges, especially because the girls are minors, the two U.S. officials said.

On Monday, Sheriff's Deputy Evan Driscoll visited the two girls of Somali descent in their home and had a conversation with them.

"The girls explained that they stole the $2,000 and their passports from their mother," he wrote in the runaway report.

They wouldn't tell Driscoll why they flew to Germany.

The deputy called dispatchers and had the girls' runaway listing removed.

CNN's Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Holly Yan and Shimon Prokupecz contributed to this report.

官員：3丹佛女孩從學校逃學，並試圖加入ISIS
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科羅拉多​​州女孩陷入途中加入ISIS
新聞提要
這三個女孩翹課，並採取了飛行到德國，還要去土耳其
官員們說，他們試圖使敘利亞參加ISIS
兩個女孩的索馬里血統，偷2000美元父母
三人被抓，在德國法蘭克福機場
（CNN） -第一個跡象表明，事情不妙了一個電話，從他女兒的丹佛地區的學校，讓阿薩德·易卜拉欣知道，她沒有來上課。
他撥通她的手機。她回答說。不過，官員說，她並沒有告訴他，她是在她的途中敘利亞加入ISIS。
她只是上課遲到了，這一切，易卜拉欣的女兒告訴他上週五，據阿拉帕霍郡警長辦公室，它提交了一份報告，離家出走。
為什麼美國青少年嘗試加入ISIS？ 前反恐怖長：迫在眉睫的威脅 青少年發誓要提高ISIS的標誌了WH
蘇丹裔美國女孩也保持沉默，她的兩個女朋友，索馬里裔美國人，她是德國的方式誰是飛往土耳其。
兩個女孩子姐妹
這兩個曾告訴他們的父親，阿里法拉，他們是去圖書館。
但是，當法拉下班回到家，有客人來訪來電，按文件。顯然，這是伊布。
法拉應該檢查，看看他的女兒的護照遺失，遊客告訴他 - 就像他的女兒的護照了。
果然，他們都走了，還有2000美元的現金。
兩個家庭被稱為美國聯邦調查局。他們說，他們認為女孩在他們的途中到土耳其。
該機構推出了他們的護照的通知。
德國當局截獲三人，15歲，16日和17日，在法蘭克福機場，並把它們放在飛機回美國，在那裡他們被聯邦調查局特工招呼。
三個女孩的質疑和釋放。兩名美國官員說，他們曾計劃參加武裝與ISIS，伊斯蘭國家在伊拉克和敘利亞。
一位前聖戰者講出來
出於藍
女孩的父母說，他們根本不知道自己的孩子打算去旅行。他們都沒有以往任何時候都跑掉了。
它們的消失打出來的藍，IS-IS等有關的事件如雨後春筍般冒出，在西方世界的方式。兩個止跌回升也隨著女孩的脫韁嘗試。
週一，徹底皈依伊斯蘭教在加拿大跑下來兩名士兵在他的汽車，打死其中一人。馬丁·魯洛時裝，25，然後帶領警察在追之前，他的車開進聖讓河畔黎塞留，蒙特利爾東南鎮溝。
他退出了車，民警將他擊斃。
早在七月，時裝，也曾經試圖加入外國聖戰和加拿大警方逮捕了他在他的途中到土耳其。但他們不能控告他，只好讓他去。
而本週一的視頻變成了一個17歲的澳大利亞男孩站在ISIS的戰士，並威脅要殺頭的西方領導人，包括美國總統奧巴馬，再飛ISIS的國旗在白宮。
科羅拉多​​州的青少年承認有罪在計劃加盟ISIS
ISIS的“平局
ISIS已經為反西方的組織，已經從西方的年輕新兵令人驚訝的吸引力，以及一些年輕女性。
ISIS表示，檢獲的武器下跌美國 請問ISIS攻擊西方？ WH：ISIS的進步會見了空襲
100多名外國武裝分子都來自美國，根據情報評估; 數百個來自歐洲，這是地理上更接近的戰鬥。
每個星期，來自英國的五個單獨的人加入ISIS，英國警察局長在星期二說。，這是一個保守的估計。
“我們知道，超過500個英國公民前往參加衝突，”伯納德·霍根 - 豪先生從警視廳說。
“五一周聽起來並不多，但是當你意識到有50個星期了一年，250以上為50％以上，我們認為都已經走了，”他說。
要正確看待這個事情，不過，數千來自中東和非洲。3000多名從突尼斯參加。
歸屬感
這不僅僅是伊斯蘭教是青少年拉向極端嗜血好戰團體的只是一個激進的演繹，前中情局官員說。
“他們很多時候尋找一個身份，因為什麼樣的聖戰者實際上是推一個具體的敘述，那就是：你愛的人（穆斯林）正在受壓迫的這個地方叫敘利亞，你們的政府在做什麼，我們是只有那些誰是真正會幫助你的，“阿基Peritz說。“你為什麼不加入戰鬥？”
本Soufan集團的理查德·巴雷特說，許多青少年缺乏屬於他們身在何處的感覺，他們認為ISIS可以給他們。
“通過他們的生活在敘利亞的外國武裝分子提供的總體情況表明情誼，良好的士氣和有目的的活動，所有混在某種意義上低調的英雄主義，旨在吸引他們的朋友，以及提高自己的自尊，”他說。
和ISIS不斷曲柄的公關機器，讓專家用光滑的視頻和社交媒體。
回顯西
ISIS的“全球數字範圍在美國反恐專家擔心安全在家裡為好。
有在也門和敘利亞的恐怖組織以醒目的在美國本土的陳述野心，但另一個威脅更可能說，反恐專家馬特·奧爾森。
“我會說，最有可能的類型的攻擊是在美國本土的這些暴力極端分子或孤獨的罪犯之一，（與）ISIS的興起和人們前往敘利亞的數量...的可能性確實上去了。 “
自封的攻擊，如波士頓馬拉松轟炸機可能的結果。
利用互聯網，使恐怖分子更容易跟踪，但已變得更加困難，因為愛德華·斯諾登披露美國秘密監視計劃。
觀點：什麼誘使美國人敘利亞打？
女子網上活動
在丹佛，17歲的小女孩顯然是此行的始作俑者，已經計劃了幾個月，兩名美國官員說。
但是，所有這三個研究計劃網上，訪問網站，其中極端分子討論如何去敘利亞。在線活動並沒有掀起任何絆聯邦調查局通常用來標記可能聖戰支持者，官員說。
聯邦調查局（FBI）正在梳理全部的通訊，看是否有人幫助他們。他們的父母認為ISIS背後的行程。
調查人員還不能確定女孩們甚至計算出的最終目標，為他們的旅行。
由於是與加拿大，時裝的情況下，調查旅遊可能不會導致收費，尤其是因為女孩是未成年人，兩名美國官員說。
週一，警長埃文·德里斯科爾參觀了兩個女孩的索馬里裔在他們的家，並同他們進行了交談。
“女孩們解釋說，他們偷走了$從他們的母親2000和他們的護照，”他在逃亡報告中寫道。
他們不會告訴德里斯科爾為什麼他們飛往德國。
副叫調度員和有女孩離家出走的房源刪除。
CNN的帕梅拉·布朗，埃文·佩雷斯，閆冬青和西蒙Prokupecz促成了這一報告。