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1. The chilling message an ISIS child bride sent to her Aussie grandmother.
Karen Nettleton, Mother-in-law of Australia’s most wanted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf received a text message earlier this month from her granddaughter in Syria.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the text message reads,
“Hello Nana, how are you? My husband got hit by a drone yesterday and got killed. When I found out I was happy for him to get what he wanted and go to paradise but at the same time I was devastated because I loved him so much and I knew I was never gonna see him again in this life.”
The chilling response was sent by Ms Nettleton’s eldest grandchild Zaynab, who at just 13 years of age, had just become the widow to Sydney jihadist Mohamed Elomar.
Zynab, her four younger siblings and mother Tara are now stranded in an Islamic State stronghold. This week, their possible return to Australia has made national headlines and sparked intense political debate as to whether criminal charges should be laid.
The Sydney Morning Herald now reports, that Zaynab – now 14 – may be carrying Elomar’s child, after updating her Twitter profile last week with the words “a mom to be”.
Earlier this year Kahled Sharrouf, Nettleton’s son-in-law, posted an image of his young son holding the severed heard of a solider. Both Sharrouf and Elomar have also been accused of the execution of Iraqi soldiers and the rape and torture of slave girls in Syria.
2. Tony Abbott’s views on #marriageequality remain unchanged after landmark decision in the US.