The article I read this week was about a male model and DJ being killed fighting for ISIS this past week. The mans name was Sharky Jama and he was born and raised in Melbourne. For the past few months Sharky was living in the Iraqi city of Falluja which is currently under ISIS control. News of his death came to his parents and public attention Monday, from a call and text message to his mother from the president of the Somali Austrailian council of Victoria. The call stated they were sad to inform the family of their loss, and disappointed Sharky, who was 25, had joined ISIS forces. The parents and family members had not known of this even though Sharky's man social media posts supporting ISIS. Sharky was killed in a firefight, who by is still unknown.
My article this week was interesting and informational. It talked about how ISIS is still in control over many regions and cities and how they are still at large. It also discussed how they manage to recruit new members. I find it crazy how people such as Sharky Jama, who grew up with a great family and great future, could be drawn into joining a terrorist group. This article relates to out class topics by talking about international relations and how our government is dealing with ISIS. If it were up to me, I would try and find away to make them surrender to end the killing of innocents. This was a very unsettling article to read because I learned just how many people are joing ISIS.
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I like that you pointed out that Sharky grew up in a good family and had his whole future in front of him and still decided to go against his country and join ISIS. It goes to show the wide reaching allure the organization has and why many commit treason to join the militants.
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