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ISIS-linked women willing to take the 'hit' of arrests for their kids' freedom
Key takeaways
- Those 14 hours in the air would either mark the beginning of their new lives, or the end of their brief freedom.
- "We just want the children to be safe," one of the women explained to the ABC as she waited at the airport.
- In the arrivals' terminal in Doha, the women weren't hard to miss, despite their oversized sunglasses and hijabs, as their thick Australian accents carried across the room.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Link copied Share Share article When a group of Australian women and children linked to ISIS boarded a flight from Doha to Melbourne on Wednesday, they took a leap of faith, unsure of what fate awaited them at the end of their journey.
Those 14 hours in the air would either mark the beginning of their new lives, or the end of their brief freedom.
"We just want the children to be safe," one of the women explained to the ABC as she waited at the airport.
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