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Mum says toddler taken to Syria by Isis dad
The Local (Italy) ^ | 22 Dec 2014 16:30 GMT+01:00

Posted on 12/24/2014 7:21:12 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin

A mother has claimed to have recognized her three-year-old boy in photos distributed on jihadist forums promoting terrorist organization Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), more than a year after he disappeared from northern Italy.

Lidia Solana Herrera, who was born in Cuba, claims her son Ismail Mesinovic was kidnapped by her estranged husband and son’s father, Ismar Mesinovic, from her home in Belluno in northern Italy in November 2013.

Mesinovic, a Bosnian native, is alleged to have taken the child with him when he left Italy and volunteered to fight for Isis in Syria. The father has reportedly been killed in the conflict.

An emotional Herrera has told Italy’s Corriere della Sera she recognized the child dressed in black Isis uniform and a headscarf inscribed in Arabic through photos that have been distributed via social media networks. In another picture the child is shown carrying a small machine gun.

“That child is Ismail,” Herrera said. “I pray every day that he will be brought back to me. I hope that he will come back here beside me. I think only of him, only him.”

Herrera said she was separated from her husband and she was not suspicious when he took Ismail a year ago while she visited her relatives in Cuba, as he had previously taken the child outside Italy to visit his relatives in Bosnia and Germany.

Investigators from Italy’s anti-terrorism police in Padua and members of the secret services are now involved in the investigation regarding the child’s disappearance, according to the Italian daily La Repubblica.

The newspaper said police were conducting inquiries into a network of Islamists allegedly active in the Veneto region in northern Italy.

“I never had the faintest suspicion my husband was a terrorist,” Herrera said.

“When I knew they had left for Syria it was like everything around me fell apart. My little one in Syria...You can only imagine how a mother feels in front of news like that.”


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1 posted on 12/24/2014 7:21:12 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Prayers for this child to be safely reunited with his mother.


2 posted on 12/24/2014 7:25:32 AM PST by NEMDF
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So much on thisd story..Bosnians are generally scum of the earth in addition to being muzzies..Cuban mom probably did EVERYTHING to get out of Cuba...and then married a muzzie to get “status” and not deported.

I feel for the child ONLY. Italy, like most of europe is loaded with muzzie scum....raping of women and children is common but under reported....Eff em all!


3 posted on 12/24/2014 7:26:20 AM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
When a woman marries a Muslim man, she and any children become his property and that of the Muslim kingdom. Being property they can be taken by the Husband and it's too bad if they don't want to go... they have no say.

She and they can be Honor killed on a husbands suspicion. He does not have to tell anyone he is going to do this, he does not have to get permission from anyone.

Why any woman would want this is beyond me.

4 posted on 12/24/2014 7:27:14 AM PST by sr4402
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Sadly, the little boy probably has been sold....muzies LOVE little boys..especially pink ones.

Next time ya hear some say...”well my muslin friends....” or “not all muslims are bad.....” or “we need to understand their culture”.......remind yourself of that facts then decide if ya want to belt them in the mouth!


5 posted on 12/24/2014 7:32:54 AM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Lesson Learned:

Never marry a muslim


6 posted on 12/24/2014 7:33:19 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

No matter what he says when you’re dating, all bets are off when you marry a Muslim man. Being Cuban she probably had no idea but any Western woman who does this is a fool.


7 posted on 12/24/2014 8:14:55 AM PST by stellaluna
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