They come from all walks of life to become terrorists.
From a bricklayer turned bombmaker to a schoolboy on a suicide mission: The faces of the TWENTY Australians killed fighting overseas for terrorist groups... and their very average backgrounds
By DANIEL PIOTROWSKI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 21:27 EST, 17 April 2015 | UPDATED: 09:19 EST, 18 April 2015
One was a bricklayer. Another was a bit-part actor. There was a council worker. A couple of teenagers, barely out of school. A pair of champion kickboxers.
The Australians blown apart by bombs and bullets while fighting for terror groups overseas come from backgrounds that were far from extraordinary.
Yet something inspired all of them to extreme violence that led inexorably to their violent deaths.
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In chronological order by time of death: 1. Mustapha Al Majzoub 2. Roger Abbas 3. Yusuf Toprakkaya 4. Sammy Salma 5. Abu Asma Al Australi 6. Yusuf Ali 7. Amira Karroum 8. Caner Temel 9. Ahmad Moussali 10. Zakaryah Raad 11. Adam Dahman 12. Zia Abdul Haq 13. Mohammad Ali Baryalei 14. Abu Nour Al-Iraq 15. Housam Abdul Razzak (not pictured) 16. Ahmed Mohammed Al Ghazzawi 17. Mahmoud Abdullatif 18. Suhan Rahma 19. Jake Bilardi 20. Sharky Jama
The number of Australians believed to have been killed fighting illegally in Iraq and Syria in recent years has topped 20.
Many of the earlier fighters fought for Jahbat al-Nusra (JN), an al-Qaeda linked rebel group considered a terrorist organisation under Australian law. Most militants coming later took up arms for the bloodthirsty Islamic State (IS) terror group.
Terrorism researcher Greg Barton said that while they come from diverse backgrounds there is one common factor among them.
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From a bricklayer turned bombmaker to a schoolboy on a suicide mission: The faces of the TWENTY Australians killed fighting overseas for terrorist groups... and their very average backgrounds
- Twenty Australians have died overseas fighting for jihadist causes
- Some fought for ISIS, others for proscribed terror group Jahbat al-Nusra
- At home they were bricklayers, council workers, students - even a model
- The uniting factor was their desire to be in an alternative community,' said terror expert
By DANIEL PIOTROWSKI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 21:27 EST, 17 April 2015 | UPDATED: 09:19 EST, 18 April 2015
One was a bricklayer. Another was a bit-part actor. There was a council worker. A couple of teenagers, barely out of school. A pair of champion kickboxers.
The Australians blown apart by bombs and bullets while fighting for terror groups overseas come from backgrounds that were far from extraordinary.
Yet something inspired all of them to extreme violence that led inexorably to their violent deaths.
Scroll down for video
In chronological order by time of death: 1. Mustapha Al Majzoub 2. Roger Abbas 3. Yusuf Toprakkaya 4. Sammy Salma 5. Abu Asma Al Australi 6. Yusuf Ali 7. Amira Karroum 8. Caner Temel 9. Ahmad Moussali 10. Zakaryah Raad 11. Adam Dahman 12. Zia Abdul Haq 13. Mohammad Ali Baryalei 14. Abu Nour Al-Iraq 15. Housam Abdul Razzak (not pictured) 16. Ahmed Mohammed Al Ghazzawi 17. Mahmoud Abdullatif 18. Suhan Rahma 19. Jake Bilardi 20. Sharky Jama
The number of Australians believed to have been killed fighting illegally in Iraq and Syria in recent years has topped 20.
Many of the earlier fighters fought for Jahbat al-Nusra (JN), an al-Qaeda linked rebel group considered a terrorist organisation under Australian law. Most militants coming later took up arms for the bloodthirsty Islamic State (IS) terror group.
Terrorism researcher Greg Barton said that while they come from diverse backgrounds there is one common factor among them.
Read more:
The faces of the TWENTY Australians killed fighting for terrorist groups overseas Daily Mail Online
