Report: American fighting for Islamic State killed in Iraq

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes
Published: August 26, 2014

NBC News reported on its website Tuesday that an American who had gone to Iraq to fight in the ranks of the Islamic State was killed over the weekend.

Photos of the passport and body of Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, have been seen by NBC News, who wrote that he was identifiable by a distinct neck tattoo.

According to an activist linked to the Free Syrian Army who also saw the body and travel documents, McCain was among three foreign jihadis fighting with the Islamic State who died.

The State Department was not immediately able to comment on the report. U.S. officials have said “a small handful” of Americans are believed to be fighting with ISIS, another common acronym for the Islamic State.

Read more: http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/report-american-fighting-for-islamic-state-killed-in-iraq-1.300046

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The reason I didn't link to NBC is that if you go there, you'll run into an autostart video that begins with an advertisement. I don't like those. At all.

[JI7]

1. great name

[DonViejo]

2. Good grief...

what a name this guy had: Dougal MacArthur McCain.

[flamingdem]

12. The name made him do it?

[Rhinodawg]

31. If he became a rapper...

his name would be D-Mac-Mac.

But alas it will never be.

[cosmicone]

3. One down ..... n/t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. Whoa! The Name!

That is quite a coincidence, eh?

[flamingdem]

11. I can't get over the name

the McCain part is just the cherry on top.

[The CCC]

5. Report: American fighting for Islamic State killed in Iraq

While I can't cheer anyone's death this one doesn't sadden me either.

[flamingdem]

13. It's a timely morality tale

for anyone thinking of heading to Syria to join Isis.

Well unless they believe in the virgin story for real.

[theHandpuppet]

28. Same here

I only feel sorry for his family.

[NickB79]

6. I think this is a video of the same person acting as a sniper in Syria

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/193282531.html

McCain went to HS in Robbinsdale. How many guys could there be in Syria wearing sweaters from a small Minnesota school?

[7962]

17. Robbinsdale Mn, home of the late "Ravishing" Rick Rude, the wrestler!

[True Blue Door]

7. I will never understand traitors.

Especially ones whose adopted cause is the epitome of evil and marauding barbarity.

It would be one thing to literally sell your country out, as in being a corrupt douchebag - at least that could be understood as weakness. But to actually choose, based on intrinsic feelings, something that is nothing but hate and ugliness is inexplicable.

This sounds like the timely death of a colossal jerkoff.

[7962]

16. Yeah, that British guy supposedly came from a well-off family.

Sometimes we hear its because they cant get ahead, or they resent the success of others, but a lot of these people never had money troubles. they just fell for some nonsense I guess.

[True Blue Door]

19. Sons of privilege who want to punish the world for not feeding their egos.

Just an extreme point on the same spectrum that contains people like Limbaugh and Paul Ryan.

[reorg]

23. no, he didn't

[7962]

25. This guy did.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2718854/The-curly-haired-bearded-hipster-wealthy-family-sword-wielding-ISIS-poster-boy.html

[reorg]

27. how do you figure?

this story seems to be just the same sensationalistic crap as the other one. At least some reports voice a little scepticism about the various claims while others report them as facts, although they cannot possibly know anything definite. Are there different persons with the same name? Why would a University student necessarily be "well-off"? This person was apparently living in Cairo, which is a far cry from a posh "£1million former west London home", the false spin you were buying into without questioning it.

Ahmed Ali, a sales person at the fitness center, confirmed to Al Arabiya News that Yaken used to work at the gym but declined to give any further information about the young man.

As a multilingual student, he then went to Ain Shams University for a Law degree, which he completed in 2013.

While another Egyptian twitter user said “the guy [Yaken] studied engineering in Ain Shams, traveled to Syria to join ISIS. Ain Sham is an incubator [for jihadist activity],” another wrote.

Despite the seriousness of the story, some were skeptical of its authenticity.

“People are actually buying the Islam Yaken c**p?” one said, and another added “the whole Islam Yaken story is too d**n funny/scary.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2014/08/03/Meet-Islam-Yaken-a-cosmopolitan-Egyptian-who-turned-into-ISIS-fighter-.html

That these groups exist is bad enough, why can't we at least try and figure out what really motivates someone to join them, why pass on pointless rumors instead?

[Burf-_-]

8. Just becuase you grew up in the US....

This just go's to show what religious extremist propaganda can do to anyone if they choose to believe the lies.

[SoapBox]

9. He was no "American"...

Next!

[flamingdem]

10. Parents please teach your children the advantages of

being an atheist!

He was brought up Christian and they also brainwash to some extent making a young adult vulnerable to believing more stories later.

[TwilightGardener]

14. Don't you just love it when some problems solve themselves?

[delta17]

21. We fixed the glitch.

So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore.

[RandiFan1290]

22. I don't like the sound of that!

[7962]

15. Lie down with dogs......get buried with them. nt

[Botany]

18. Good!

n/t

[Boomerproud]

20. No tears here.

Maybe, just maybe, some innocent lives were saved.

[OldRedneck]

24. Douglas McAuthur McCain??

John McCain's nephew??

[hadrons]

26. Nope, and he's a brother too...

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1917552.1409074362!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/homegrown27n-4-web.jpg

This is a pic of him above

[Martin Eden]

29. I'm sure he fought for what he believed in.

Some beliefs are seriously screwed up.

How do people get that way?

[Rhinodawg]

30. " Huh? What do you mean they are going to shoot at us ? "

[GOLGO 13]

32. Way to go bulletcatcher!

Another oxygen stealer is outta here.