The recovered hard drive of a Belgian ISIS volunteer captured in Raqqa (above) gives insight into her development as a European jihadist. It is loaded with more than a terabyte of pornography, but for all that, there is no lack of piety. She repeatedly tunes in to lectures by jihadist clerics linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda, figures such as the American Anwar al Awlaki.
From the Daily Beast:
Read Full Article »Many assumed that the jihadists would fight to the death in Raqqa, but she appears to have no such intentions, but neither does she appear to want to abandon the cause of the caliphate. In her final days her internet history is a cocktail of research on those who have returned to Europe from Syria, and jihadist propaganda, everything from nasheeds to Anwar al Awlaki lectures.
As the sun sets on Aug. 24, she searches “i love to leave isis” and in Flemish “teruggekeerde jihadisten”—returning jihadist. Her final search comes late that evening, she taps into Google: “what do ypg do with isis terrorist,” seemingly aware that her capture is imminent.
