{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"53 - Arab Uprisings: Syria | The Bethnal Green Girls","description":"On February 17th, 2015, three teenage girls from Bethnal Green, London, boarded a flight at Gatwick Airport for Istanbul, Turkey. The schoolgirls \u2014 Amira Abase, Shamima Begum, and Kadiza Sultana \u2014 weren\u2019t headed for a Mediterranean holiday; they were en route to Syria to join the Islamic State \u2014 otherwise known as ISIS or Daesh. The news shocked the British public. Though thousands of men \u2014 and at least dozens of women \u2014 had already traveled from Europe to Syria and Iraq to join jihadist organizations, the idea that three straight-A students would run away from home to join a terrorist syndicate seemed incomprehensible. So, why did Amira, Shamima, and Kadiza leave their relatively guarded lives in East London to join the Islamic State? What has happened to them in the meantime? And \u2014 most important to our discussion of the Syrian Civil War \u2014 what is to be done with the ISIS members who remain? Patreon: http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/DasCriminal Sources: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3bhoMVw ","author_name":"Das Criminal","author_url":"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/dascriminal","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18886853\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/18886853"}