Turkey detains UK teenagers travelling to Syria, sends them back - Polidicks

[url]http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31897667[/url] [quote]Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey have been flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard has said. Two boys aged 17 from north-west London and a man aged 19 were returned to the UK on Saturday night, the Met said. They have been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts and are being held at a police station in London. They were reported missing on Friday and were detained after UK police alerted Turkish officials, it added. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers had initially been made aware that the two 17-year-old boys had gone missing and were believed to be travelling to Syria.[/quote]

Is there anything that says they were trying to join ISIS? They were caught in Turkey that makes me think they might have been joining the Kurds. But we'll wait for the thorough investigation.

[QUOTE=Megadave;47327871]Is there anything that says they were trying to join ISIS? They were caught in Turkey that makes me think they might have been joining the Kurds. But we'll wait for the thorough investigation.[/QUOTE] Regardless, 3 teenagers have no fucking business going over there IMO. If they wanted to help they should join the military or something, right?

[QUOTE=Kylel999;47327882]Regardless, 3 teenagers have no fucking business going over there. If they want to help they should join the military or something[/QUOTE] But the British military isn't engaged in Syria at the moment, so how would that exactly have helped?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47327887]But the British military isn't engaged in Syria at the moment, so how would that exactly have helped?[/QUOTE] I'm a fool :v: I haven't been following everything too closely my real point is that they really don't belong there regardless, especially if they were reporting missing and then found heading there. It's shady

[QUOTE=Megadave;47327871]Is there anything that says they were trying to join ISIS? They were caught in Turkey that makes me think they might have been joining the Kurds. But we'll wait for the thorough investigation.[/QUOTE] Turkey is the destination point for Europeans wanting to join the fight on both sides.

[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;47327904]Turkey is the destination point for Europeans wanting to join the fight on both sides.[/QUOTE] ISIS/DAESH control majority, if not all, of the Turkish-Syrian border so while it's uncertain which they were joining, it's more reasonable to assume it was the Islamic extremists.

[QUOTE=Megadave;47327871]Is there anything that says they were trying to join ISIS? They were caught in Turkey that makes me think they might have been joining the Kurds. But we'll wait for the thorough investigation.[/QUOTE] The article never really said. It's entirely possible they were going to join the Kurds, especially considering how Turkey stands with the YPG/PKK.

Other sources say they were going to join IS [url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/three-male-british-teenagers-heading-for-syria-are-stopped-in-istanbul[/url]

[QUOTE=Jackald;47330402]ithought IS was the same as ISIS?[/QUOTE] Yup. IS = ISIS = DAESH. I like the fact that we've taken to calling them DAESH. It means we can call them DAESHbags.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;47330919]Yup. IS = ISIS = DAESH. I like the fact that we've taken to calling them DAESH. It means we can call them DAESHbags.[/QUOTE] Don't forget ISIL too. Or, the Group Formally Known As AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq)