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Quick Hits 179 – Canadian woman freed from ISIS detention camp reunites with daughter in Canada

Joining a listed terrorist entity is illegal. And yet hundreds of Canadians have done so and some are now home…but have not been charged. What should we do with these cases?

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Canadian woman freed from ISIS detention camp reunites with daughter in Canada

A Canadian woman who was held in an ISIS detention camp in northeast Syria has arrived back in Canada to reunite with her five-year-old daughter — who was allowed to leave ahead of her last spring in the company of a former U.S. diplomat.

The woman left Canada in 2014. She said she never intended to join the Islamic State extremist group as it was trying to establish a caliphate across Syria and Iraq.

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By Phil Gurski

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of six books on terrorism.

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