Wednesday, October 22, 2014

AP/ Yahoo News - FBI: Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis (And don't forget to 'Celebrate Diversity!')


FBI: Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis



DENVER (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether three teenage girls from suburban Denver who may have been trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria have friends or associates with similar intentions.
A U.S. official said the evidence gathered so far made it clear that the girls — two sisters, ages 17 and 15, and their 16-year-old friend — were headed to Syria, though the official said investigators were still trying to determine what sort of contacts they had in that country. The official said investigators would be trying to figure out whether there were "like-minded" friends and acquaintances in the girls' social circle. ...