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Happened to the "white widow" from England, who was a fairly boring white English girl without remarkable connections. She had far less money and was protected

Happened to the "white widow" from England, who was a fairly boring white English girl without remarkable connections. She had far less money and was protected in Somalia. She also is far more wanted as she was an actual terrorist who helped kill people. She is protected by various Islamic groups in the Somalia/Kenya border region, it is believed and evades determined capture by the rich Anglosphere nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Lewthwaite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Lewthwaite

sbarre 4y ago
Yeah those are two completely different scenarios, don't you think? A rich western elite just buying protection from Islamic warlords in Africa sounds like a movie plot. It isn't remotely the same thing as your example of someone who has 20+ years of connections to a religion and community disappearing into its criminal underworld. Also "without remarkable connections"? The Wikipedia article that you linked says she was literally married to one of the 7/7 bombers and associated with other known terrorists, including one whose family is from Kenya. Anyways this is more words than I even wanted to write about this.
c7b 4y ago
There's even a recent case with far more similarities. Incidentally, also related to a crypto scam, one of the FBI's most wanted criminals is believed to have escaped on a yacht in the Mediterranean and has managed to stay hidden for five years (and counting): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova
boeingUH60 4y ago
It’s not surprising that a terrorist sought shelter with people of similar ideology. Will you expect SBF to go squat with religious extremists or warlords in remote locations and constantly on the run from armed -to-the-teeth military personnel? I think American prison might be better..
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sbarre 4y ago

Yeah those are two completely different scenarios, don't you think? A rich western elite just buying protection from Islamic warlords in Africa sounds like a movie plot. It isn't remotely the same thing as your example of someone who has 20+ years of connections to a religion and community disappearing into its criminal underworld. Also "without remarkable connections"? The Wikipedia article that you linked says she was literally married to one of the 7/7 bombers and associated with other known terrorists, including one whose family is from Kenya. Anyways this is more words than I even wanted to write about this.

c7b 4y ago

There's even a recent case with far more similarities. Incidentally, also related to a crypto scam, one of the FBI's most wanted criminals is believed to have escaped on a yacht in the Mediterranean and has managed to stay hidden for five years (and counting): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova

boeingUH60 4y ago

It’s not surprising that a terrorist sought shelter with people of similar ideology. Will you expect SBF to go squat with religious extremists or warlords in remote locations and constantly on the run from armed -to-the-teeth military personnel? I think American prison might be better..

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