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Don't all parents say the same when their children go astray.
I am astonished
I am shocked
I am baffled
I am surprised
They were good basketball players
They loved cats
They were normal kids
They never touched even a knife
The brothers told their family they were going on a week-long holiday to Thailand when they flew out on November 8.
ONE of the four El Baf brothers who abandoned their family to join the Islamic State in Syria is believed to have been the catalyst for the trip.
Omar 28; Bilal, 25; Hamza, 23; and Taha, 17, disappeared into the war-torn region last month after telling their parents they were going on week-long holiday to Thailand.
The group did fly to Thailand on November 8 but then flew to Turkey immediately before crossing into Syria.
A text message was sent to the boy’s sister two days before they were due back saying they had arrived in Syria.
Bilal El Baf, who was unemployed and was depressed before he left, was seen talking regularly to a mystery figure outside the family’s Yagoona home and spending a lot of time online.
“My son Bilal, a guy used to come to our place in a car, we couldn’t tell what they were doing,” Sam El Baf said.
“He used to come once a week.”
Bilal’s phone records could hold the key for investigators in finding the local recruiting arm of the death cult.
The brothers told their family they were going on a week-long holiday to Thailand when they flew out on November 8.
The group did fly to Thailand but then flew to Turkey immediately before crossing into Syria.
A text message was sent to the boy’s sister two days before they were due back on November 15 saying the group had arrived in Syria and they would see them in “paradise”.
When the group failed to show, and again the following day, the Australian Federal Police were contacted five days after the boys had crossed into Syria.
The family said there was nothing Islamic about IS and it was a “dangerous, cancerous and hateful ideology” that had stolen their children.
They also do not believe the text was sent by one of the brothers because it was in broken English.
Mr El Baf said he had no idea what his sons were planning.
“They bluffed us. We had been in contact with them for the first five days and then they vanished, no clue, no answer,” he said.
“We are suffering, especially the wife she is very upset, crying all day. She wants the kids back, she is very desperate to see them.
The El Baf brothers attended the Malek Fahd Islamic school in Greenacre with Taha also attending Birrong Boys High before he left.
“He (Taha) is very talented. I don’t know what happened to him, somebody brainwashed him.
Please if anybody knows we want to see them back,” Mr El Baf said.
“They are very good kids. they wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Bassima El Baf broke down as she pleaded for information on her sons’ whereabouts.
“I would like my kids to come back, they are all still my babies,” she said.
Don't all parents say the same when their children go astray.
I am astonished
I am shocked
I am baffled
I am surprised
They were good basketball players
They loved cats
They were normal kids
They never touched even a knife
The brothers told their family they were going on a week-long holiday to Thailand when they flew out on November 8.
ONE of the four El Baf brothers who abandoned their family to join the Islamic State in Syria is believed to have been the catalyst for the trip.
Omar 28; Bilal, 25; Hamza, 23; and Taha, 17, disappeared into the war-torn region last month after telling their parents they were going on week-long holiday to Thailand.
The group did fly to Thailand on November 8 but then flew to Turkey immediately before crossing into Syria.
A text message was sent to the boy’s sister two days before they were due back saying they had arrived in Syria.
Bilal El Baf, who was unemployed and was depressed before he left, was seen talking regularly to a mystery figure outside the family’s Yagoona home and spending a lot of time online.
“My son Bilal, a guy used to come to our place in a car, we couldn’t tell what they were doing,” Sam El Baf said.
“He used to come once a week.”
Bilal’s phone records could hold the key for investigators in finding the local recruiting arm of the death cult.
The brothers told their family they were going on a week-long holiday to Thailand when they flew out on November 8.
The group did fly to Thailand but then flew to Turkey immediately before crossing into Syria.
A text message was sent to the boy’s sister two days before they were due back on November 15 saying the group had arrived in Syria and they would see them in “paradise”.
When the group failed to show, and again the following day, the Australian Federal Police were contacted five days after the boys had crossed into Syria.
The family said there was nothing Islamic about IS and it was a “dangerous, cancerous and hateful ideology” that had stolen their children.
They also do not believe the text was sent by one of the brothers because it was in broken English.
Mr El Baf said he had no idea what his sons were planning.
“They bluffed us. We had been in contact with them for the first five days and then they vanished, no clue, no answer,” he said.
“We are suffering, especially the wife she is very upset, crying all day. She wants the kids back, she is very desperate to see them.
The El Baf brothers attended the Malek Fahd Islamic school in Greenacre with Taha also attending Birrong Boys High before he left.
“He (Taha) is very talented. I don’t know what happened to him, somebody brainwashed him.
Please if anybody knows we want to see them back,” Mr El Baf said.
“They are very good kids. they wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Bassima El Baf broke down as she pleaded for information on her sons’ whereabouts.
“I would like my kids to come back, they are all still my babies,” she said.
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