How a 10-Year-Old Boy Was Forced To Join ISIS | Investigators

How did a family from Indiana end up in the heart of the ISIS caliphate? And how did a 10-year-old American boy end up being forced to build a suicide vest for ISIS propaganda?
Josh Baker from the BBC investigates the shocking story of Samantha Sally and her son Matthew. Baker recalls how he tracked them down in Syria, and asks whether Sam was tricked into going by her husband Moussa, or whether she went willingly.
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What happened to the Saudi prince video you guys posted?

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The second disaster and threat in the future is the Sleeping Cell. A sleeper cell is a group of agents, spies, terrorists or brainwashing victims, who live secretly among targeted communities waiting for instructions or an opportunity to act. All who go home will never be the same again. Whatever the reason and background, they are already broken. Psychologists are optimistic that those who are damaged can be cured, with the Deradicalization program. The Deradicalization is a program that aims to neutralize the thoughts of those who have been exposed to radicalism. The targets are terrorists inside and outside prisons. Deradicalization aims to neutralize radicalism. Ironically, to what extent is the success of this program against ISIS sleeper cells that have returned to activity in Iraq or terrorist acts of church bombings carried out by lone wolves, black widows, or victims who have metamorphosed into terrorist actors, is unclear other than creating multiple personalities or schizophrenia. Brainwashing only applies once, the second time only adds to the damage.

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@Vice 😢I really respect your work on put into all the Islamic videos but Isis is not the Original name it was given by goofy Americans facts it like Name calling Someone #ISIL

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proper journalist who actually tries to verify info that he reports

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It’s almost like he doesn’t belong on Vice lol

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@@ExoSquadOffical Who are some of your favorite credible journalists that don’t belong to vice?

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@@ExoSquadOffical what are the best most credible/non-biased news sources?

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@@flavortown289 He will probably say Tucker Carlson, Or Alex Jones. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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@@ExoSquadOfficalI see comments like this on literally every single video. Could it be possible that vice is just actually good in general 😂🤷‍♂️

[@YouShortz22]

It's absolutely disgusting that anyone could treat someone they care about like this.

[@nuck-]

Welcome to religion.

[@YouShortz22]

@@nuck- Not all religion. Just extremists.

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@Tone Dinh everyone will be eventually

[@nahwork8013]

Careful who u marry lol

[@monsieru]

they obviously dont care about them! it's disgusting of how little they care about the children!

[@marleyboy7732]

Can't imagine the stress the biological father must have felt knowing his kid was thrown into danger by the mother with help of her partner. My boys are my life and I would fight for them no matter who jeopardizes them.

[@ranonampangom2185]

You condemned them to suffering and death, you already jeopardized them.

[@mortalwombat2001]

where is it mentioned that he has a different the biological father ?

[@gk3092]

14:50@@mortalwombat2001

[@maxopium6072]

@@mortalwombat2001 because matthew moved to his biological father after he came back to the us

[@Uchiha.Itachii]

His mother didn’t do anything willingly it was the father, women can’t really say no to men like him

[@candiedisilvio9596]

I listened to a podcast about this story and it was unbelievable everything that this poor kid went through. I’m so glad at the end of everything he came back home to his father. The tenacity of this reporter to follow through and follow up on the story was unparalleled. Great job and even better reporting

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Pov : Your The Fish 🎣

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Joe Biden touched me in 2009 Obama rally in Omaha

[@Tardvark]

what podcast?

[@CrybabyPierre]

@@LowMedow Might wanna lay off sniffing that creatine. When you can’t properly spell “you’re”. Who’s the fish now?

[@sfss1918]

Stop saying poor child he's devil look in his eyes he's only 13+ and looks way scary. He's product of extremist and has been totally brainwashed keeping him with people is going to be a mistake it's my opinion he needs treatment. How many innocent lives he might have taken,that boy gives me goosebumps. Scary rat 🐀 who is just waiting to get some opportunity. I won't show sympathy by saying he's innocent he's not he is brainwashed rat 🐁. Biological father is too stupid to keep him with him he might eat him someday and run off.

[@MistyLarasati]

Matthew, you are a rock. The horror that you went through is unimaginable and I hope you can eventually put that behind you. Stay strong.

[@doubletapped6237]

Who won't he's a terrorist he'll either be killed or jailed oh well

[@SuperStanislovas]

just wait till he buys a gun... this is terrible

[@isa_L]

he is square rock

[@valvess]

matthew has turned into a rock

[@zooweemama911]

If he’s a rock then he’s not sentient, so no, he’s not a rock.

[@billakers5024]

It is sad how casually they discussed a “slave market” and “ buying a girl “. The fact that slavery still exists is heartbreaking and shows that the human race is still uncivilized in many ways

[@Ohpeaches87]

Islam is and will always be based around slavery, since its founding it is the largest slavers in human history by a large margin. Muslim countries were the last to officially give up slavery in the 1980's but even in 2023 many Islamic countries practice slavery.

[@temeria1986]

Human race? This has everything to do with religion and muslims, not humanity in a whole.

[@temeria1986]

@avraamavramovich Who says I dont want to generalize? I just think blaming "humanity" over what extremist nutjobs do is far fetched. Oh and dont upvote yourself, its sad.

[@hjula87]

Temeria stated nothing about generalisation. It was the other person who generalized in regular fashion just to mask the perpetrators. We all know what type of people did this so don't play dumb.@avraamavramovich

[@simonphoenix3789]

​@avraamavramovich Slavery happened there because Islam explicitly allows for and supports slavery as a practice. ISIS were a "back to the roots" sort of movement, and they justified all the horrible things they did by using the actions of their prophet as a model.

[@sahltyy]

“No matter how bad things get there’s always hope and you can make it through “ is a beautiful statement

[@rubyruby7573]

Yeah Tell That To The Kid's Mother Who Was Convicted of Terrorism For Being A Hostage

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@@1138Savage yikes

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@@RAYMOND75600 tough world

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@@1138Savage who said being down here was easy

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@Little Timmy whatever say little Timmy

[@__-pl3jg]

Imagine being friends with someone you met at school and asking them where they grew up. Then that person tells you about the time they spent several years living in Syria wondering if they were going to get shot or blown up each day, about how the vibrations from bombs felt and about seeing dead people in the streets. Thats this kids life.

[@randy45]

From hearing the screams of people being raped daily.

[@lmao5070]

The same happened to me but I was on the other side. Do I care if isis children all die ? No do I care if isis women all die ? Absolutely not ISIS children are just ticking time bombs You probably won't understand how I feel because you didn't lose anybody of your family bc of them but I want earth to become hell for them all

[@glvbukz897]

I’m 100% sure he’ll never speak of this to anyone.

[@hassanamir387]

That’s also the lives of thousands of innocents Syrians that lived there…

[@rowanaldean]

@@hassanamir387 So glad somebody said this. It's the reality for many of the youth in all of the fertile crescent.

[@ChrisGWGreen]

Best take aways from this: - Kids are home - Shes in prison - Drone strike

[@bandofrmda30]

Why is she in prison and is she in prison in USA or Syria.

[@ethanbower8519]

@@bandofrmda30did you even watch the video

[@goat0472]

​@@ethanbower8519no they think she's a victim too even though she put herself and son in danger

[@francisfrain6385]

I imagined the kid accidentally joining ISIS through CoD or something but this story is way more insane

[@josep754]

"hey, do you know how YOU can make the terrorists win?" -recruiter in Cs:Go Lol

[@josephjoestar9233]

@@Clos_Goldstienburg-III 🤣🤣

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

@Brad Mcewen Jalisco (CJNG) uses GTA V online to recruit

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😈

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

@Brad Mcewen GTA worked really well for CJNG as well, but I agree about the need for humanitarian intervention. Please read the ICCT’s textbook on terrorism prevention, you’ll like chapter 2 especially for its radical rethinking of counterterrorism under the lens you mention.

[@adradaadrad326]

I can’t imagine being a mother and taking your kids to a war zone. The ducking idiocy.

[@rubyruby7573]

She Was A Hostage Too Are You Not Following ISIS Is Totally American Straight Outta The DNC They Don't Want Her To Testify That's Why Their Doing This Imagine It The FBI Arrests The CIA Who Then Arrests The NSA Who All Claim They Investigated Themselves And Found Nothing Wrong That's ISIS

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🦆🦆

[@sophiawilson8696]

I am NOT surprise the white woman was bored and wanted some excitement in her life and drag her children along into war zone unbelievable. 🤤😨😰😕

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@Tribhuvan Shekhawat India massacres non Hindus like Sikhs and Muslims. Free Panjab.

[@iuroyaltybasketball5960]

😈😈😈

[@juliacorrente2655]

the way he skips over "I broke my back.." crazy. this man has so much passion and drive. New sub :)

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This "Investigators" series on Vice isn't just the best series I've seen on vice in years, it's some of the best short-form video journalism I've seen on KZbin EVER. And I watch a lot of KZbin and read/watch a lot of news, so I don't say that lightly. The closest thing I can thing of in terms of level of quality is the NYT visual investigations series, and those are the people who were able to help confirm the timeline of the massacre at Bucha when the Russians claimed it was a Ukrainian false flag. So this series truly is cream of the crop when it comes to journalism on youtube, PLEASE KEEP IT UP VICE!

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some of the greatest journalism ever hands down

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This is how we all got to love Vice to begin with! They had to go through their period of awkward wokeness like everyone else, and now it seems like the grownups and real journalists are in charge again.

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🍎🍎 don’t take all the stories at face value. It’s entirely possible that parts of it are completely fabricated. When it comes to geopolitical issues, intel agencies use various forms of propaganda in videos like this to give the public information which may only be partially true.

[@dnath1234]

True

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@@VisibilityFoggy wdym by wokeness

[@xxcapxr3611]

I’m always fascinated with this case. I think the mom *KNEW* what was happening in the back of her mind and didn’t believe how bad it was, until she got there. She probably got brainwashed by her husband and didn’t believe isis was that bad.

[@ooffactor]

fight for allah my friend 😀 infidels must submit suffer leave or die. /s.

[@iHasaComputer]

She knew exactly what she was doing. Probably did it to get back at the white ex husband who was the biological father of her kid.

[@hello-gx6oi]

@@ooffactor we don't care as long as their actions are terrible then it is terrible

[@hairold5680]

@@ooffactor oh my god

[@brittanymichelle4739]

Yeah the mom knew, your giving her too much credit. The fbi had proof she was apart of it the whole time that's why she was charged with more crimes after being arrested.

[@JackieOwl94]

I feel so bad for the kid. I have a feeling that the situation with Sam is so complicated. But in the end, she’s an adult and can make adult decisions and need to take the consequences with it.

[@icankillbugs]

That consequence should include a pair of handcuffs, a black head sack, and a couple hundred bullets.

[@Fireclaws10]

I like how she says she saved the slaves, but left them behind. Suad is currently in a refugee camp haunted by her experiences in Sam’s home.

[@beepbeep9043]

Yeah so fucking sad that there was a literal slave market. She bought these slaves and they were raped for years. She could have allowed them to live in her home and have them help with cleaning and child minding. But they were just traumatized and repeatedly raped. So tragic and sad for those girls. She traumatized her kid and she kept and traumatized slaves. Honestly though part of me thinks that her husband controlled her and she wasn’t able to stop him from raping them. And it’s possible those slaves are right and the situation they were in at her home with her husband saved them from an even worse fate. Also I think it’s tragic she’s in a refugee camp. If she’s in the one I think she’s in, that houses all the people from isis or married to isis members. It’s an extremist breeding ground. It would be horrible to be housed withn the people who bought and sold you.

[@Sumaya6395]

I really didn't know that slavery happens there!!! Very sad

[@emmby6392]

@@Sumaya6395 Slavery is very very common in almost all of Africa and the middle east. It isn't a skin color issue tho & its mostly women and girls

[@TheMysteriesOfThePast]

@@emmby6392 lmao have you seen the slave markets in northern Africa? It is literally just Africans being sold by Arabs. Show me one picture or a news article of it being the other way around lol

[@Susanviolet3322]

@@emmby6392 “almost all of Africa “ is a huge lie. It’s only certain parts . Stop spreading your deceptive narratives

[@gageturner3599]

That young man is going to grow up to be one of the strongest men alive. You can tell just by how grateful and happy he is to be out of that situation and the way he speaks. And this is coming from a 23 year old man. This kid has been through hell and he is stronger and will go on to do great things and live a successful life.

[@praxym9293]

After a life time of therapy

[@patrickranes9998]

@@praxym9293 That's true. I hope he isn't too radicalized

[@Always-Hustle]

He'll probs end up hating America

[@electricdazz]

@@Always-Hustle Yeah because America basically created ISIS

[@Mark-cd2xx]

​@@Always-Hustle Realistically Americans hate Americans just as much if not more than outsiders

[@billakers5024]

Those poor children. You can tell how bad it was for Matthew when he was asked what his favorite thing about being back in America was and he replied,” everything “. The way he said that told me that every single aspect of his life in syria was horrible.

[@PTUBE2023]

The whole situation of story is just heart breaking

[@iuroyaltybasketball5960]

😈😈😈

[@sdupont79]

Unbelievable what this kid has already seen in his young life, hopefully he can finish being a kid

[@techkingdata9338]

Millions of children were there at the same time going through same thing.

[@ALotOfCancer]

@@techkingdata9338 Whites don’t notice or care until it’s right in front of them.

[@bigbillybadass]

It happens all around the world

[@sdupont79]

@@techkingdata9338 and they all deserve a new start so why attack my comment?

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@GeForce 1030 Benchmarks as in make a snard remark on how I wished this boy well because other people in the world have also suffered, my comment didnt take away anything from anyone elses plight or story

[@Wyatt1314.]

That boy, gave me full body goosebumps to hear him sound like he's happy, healing.

[@yumekowt]

The mother shouldn't be allowed to keep her kids at all and I hope she doesn't get chance of parole I pity the poor kids.

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100%FACTS!👍👍👍

[@mikeluc9916]

She deserves at least Life without parole but I don’t think the death penalty would NOT be out of line for this situation.

[@yumekowt]

I do admit though death penalty Is too far but I hope her kids are okay

[@rosiemoore2285]

Did you watch the video..?

[@Sergio-kd9wm]

@@rosiemoore2285 yea they’re telling us some bs story about he she was made to go with them when he took the kids she knew where she was and she knows what she did

[@frankrivera4982]

This whole story is just wild.. Everything just sounds so farfetched to the point where it made me realize how shielded us Americans are to the rest of the world.. I know everything isn't perfect in the US but when you really hear and see how these people are living, just trying to survive day to day life and how much corruption and death there is over there, America seems like a playground.. glad they were able to get the kids out, that trauma will be with them for the rest of their lives.

[@hersii]

america is the reason why the middle is so destabilized

[@MayorMcheese12]

Yeah man rent might be high and gas prices fucking suck. But atleast we aren't being threatened by a bunch of extremists with bombs blowing everything up. Yeah theres shootings every now and then but aye it could be the middle east

[@hersii]

@@MayorMcheese12 we do have american extremists shooting up grocery stores malls schools church etc etc but hey it’s not the middle east where we as Americans payed our tax dollars, in most cases funded terror groups who became rebels and had our military destabilize, ruin their country’s killing millions of kids and families for oil and “freedom” committing war crimes just to come back home to the USA with ptsd and barley get any government support and are mostly homeless. god bless this country

[@TheGoodContent37]

You are just ignorant of the horrors and crimes happening right now in the US.

[@MS-tc2fs]

🍎It’s entirely possible the parents were intel agents. It’s important to look to that as a possibility.

[@joey8033]

As someone with a little knowledge, I'm so sorry that permanent damage has been done to that boy unfortunately, I hope he gets the help and community he needs to be stable and happy in the future

[@icemeoutlikeelsa]

This was way too short, is it just me or were there no specifics of what Sam actually did? She clearly knew more than she lead on but tell us what exactly!

[@Cloud-9_C9]

It's Vice. They rarely put out anything lengthy wise, most of their videos are 20 min or less way less

[@ErinMDavis05]

Definitely listen to the podcast! Amazing

[@Cloud-9_C9]

@@nirakhurana they acknowledge that in this video

[@nirakhurana]

the podcast goes more in depth

[@nirakhurana]

@@Cloud-9_C9 yeah, really good podcast. This Vice video is more about how he found out and reported than the story itself

[@CharlosMinecraft]

THIS is the Vice News that we all once loved and miss. Do more of this.

[@ReclusiveEagle]

They have. If you look at all the videos they've ever uploaded including the ones you are misinformed about and think is propaganda, you will find the same level of reporting and ethics. The difference is one you already decided was fake before even educating yourself on the issue

[@CharlosMinecraft]

@@ReclusiveEagle no...just no. Its nowhere NEAR as balanced and non-partisan as it was in it's inception. You clearly havent been around very long. After what they did to Jordan Peterson it was clear that they now have an agenda. Once they partnered up with HBO it turned into a SJW's wet dream. Youll understand when you get out into the real world.

[@jonhall2274]

@@ReclusiveEagle Sadly, you are mostly correct. While i will agree that Vice, like literally *ANY* News agency has different journalist/investigators and therefore different reporting standards. Though, the biggest problem today, is the fact that people believe misinformed &/or propagandist followers into thinking whatever isn't aligned to their specific beliefs, then it has to be fake, not real, lies, or propaganda itself. When in reality if that same company with the same reporters regurgitated the lies, conspiracy theories &/or propaganda that they were used to, they would be shouting and cheering about how great that agency is. People rarely think for themselves, and just believe what they are told to believe. Smh. 🤦‍♂️🙄

[@kellybraille]

@@ReclusiveEagle True, Vice hasn't wavered - American culture did. People are so used to their echo chambers that they think that world reporting that doesn't match their inner narrative to be "propaganda" by the "other side" (whichever one that happens to be). Americans have the luxury of just choosing the reality they prefer these days (and by "prefer", I don't mean that they actually like that reality... many have gotten addicted to outrage and "good guy/bad guy" simplistic thinking, so that nuance and complicated situations are reduced to black and white morality. It's lazy, frustrating and counterproductive to actually learning about the world.) Sigh.

[@nad1ax2]

Just to be clear, Vice = Hipster Pop culture covering the cutting edge of popular culture/Alternative Left Media Vice News - Serious investigative journalism covering international affairs It’s called the ‘Buzzfeed model’. Using revenue attained from alternative media and covering pop culture to fund very serious investigative journalism Its the same with Buzzfeed, which is perceived as this cringy blithering tabloid outlet, and Buzzfeed News, which won the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering Uighur detention camps in China

[@abductedbyaliens9425]

Now this is real news. I love that he goes and actually goes and verify the information himself.

[@stevemeister3840]

Her: “I can fix him!” Him: *Brainwashes wife and kid to join Isis*

[@starmaree]

Let's not blame her for his actions and manipulation

[@jod5986]

@@starmaree let’s blame her it’s her fault her kids were even there

[@francisd3740]

@@starmaree lol then blame who?

[@amosonyoutube]

do some woman just follow what there partner says

[@fuk671]

@@starmaree that's were " thinking before action" is most important.

[@chupacabra304]

When he was asked “whats the best part about being back in the USA” and replies “everything, there isn’t just one part , it’s every thing” it makes me so grateful for all the wonderful things we have been blessed with as North Americans. We have it so good here & we would do well to remember that

[@nourtakrouri3529]

Americans have it good here, but then American leaders cause chaos for these countries. Who do you think created Al Qaeda in order to combat the spread of communism?

[@chupacabra304]

@@nourtakrouri3529 and ISIS & funded Narco-terrorism in S. America , still doesn’t change the fact that we should be grateful for what we as N. Americans have. Although we would certainly do well to hold our leaders accountable

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

now you only need healthcare, solve homelessness, shootings and people who work 3 jobs just to survive, and you will officially join the civilised world

[@chupacabra304]

I would hardly call Europe civilized with all the wars they submit their peons to but you do you

[@jessicamarie8299]

@@chupacabra304 Europe is way better than America at least we don’t have mass shootings

[@Lolmeep]

At least the husband got a well deserved drone strike.

[@lorielhassani]

It was never confirmed that he actually died

[@loucipher7782]

Trump is great at drone strikes

[@MrHashi20]

Better drone strikes then 40 billion

[@BlinkOnWheels]

The whole situation is just heartbreaking.

[@iuroyaltybasketball5960]

😈😈😈

[@ninasaligman8009]

This is not at all said to negate Matthew's suffering, which is absolutely harrowing and unimaginable. Thousands of kids born in Syria go through the same things that Matthew did, Suad being one of them, and it doesn't seem to spark the same outrage within us as it does when we see one of "our own" in that situation. I don't think that's right

[@priscillayoga4040]

True

[@exacerbatedfellow1236]

🙄

[@Lthethird]

It actually is right because we're Americans

[@chrisjewell-qn6qk]

Blame the parents

[@bernardoohigginsvevo2974]

This guy is an awesome journalist. A rare gem these days.

[@Bigm_hunna]

@@oye1843haterr

[@therealdarzeval]

​@@Bigm_hunna he isn't

[@kisa6143]

I commend this journalist. Very detailed and engaging account and you can really see his drive and passion for his job to go the extra mile to verify his evidences.

[@DemarcusQ]

This kids gonna have some crazy stories to talk about with his friends when he grows up.

[@loucipher7782]

nah he will resume his position as ISIS leader and start a war at New Orleans

[@iuroyaltybasketball5960]

😈

[@logansoulard4777]

True but this is really fucking sad man.

[@Krlja]

I may be wrong for it, but i have hard time finding sympathy for Sam. Being a submissive person and not wanting to see what's happening is no excuse to ruin your kid's life, and then even more lives down the line. There's no way there were no red flags, especially once they changed plans and stopped in Turkey and moved towards the border. Being dumb or ignorant isn't an excuse a mother should ever have. You don't let your kids get harmed or made into suicide bombers out of fear of being physically harmed yourself, as they put it. Just horrible. And yeah, she might have not done anything similar if she hadn't been with that guy, but in my opinion, once you have kids and are a grown ass adult, there should be no person in the world that can influence you into doing something this ridiculous. Hope Matthew and other kids do recover and grow up to be better people than the ones they have been presented with during their most vulnerable years.

[@gabred5800]

Yea but you don’t know what it’s like being in the same situation so please don’t judge especially because you weren’t there.

[@syasyaishavingfun]

Some people just have hollow brain. This same woman if this thing doesn't happen she might be even inducted into cults and MLMs.

[@Krlja]

@@syasyaishavingfun Yes, thank you! Exactly my point. If it wasn't this particular thing, it would have been something else. And she would again blame someone else, and not herself.

[@skinlesswalnut6259]

@@gabred5800 she was in on it, I listened to the whole BBC radio documentary on it a couple of years ago when it came out, think it was like 10 episodes at 20 minutes each so a lot more in depth

[@scee8474]

Glad no one relies on your opinions lol

[@sadib4782]

1:28 oh my gosh i remember seeing this exact clip and being so worried about his spine. i’m so glad he’s okay.

[@gabrielc.2177]

Congratulations to these parents, they f*cked up their kids minds. They surely got traumatized and it this trauma will manifest later in their lives

[@SimpStonks]

Let's take an Isis kid and put him in school with our kids... what could possibly go wrong

[@McV1llaiN]

Respect on the way you went about producing this piece.... Most people take the easy less hard way of just producing the same thing every other media puts out just copy and paste...... Nice to see someone find the actual truth and actually going to look for the truth

[@genewest8426]

Any religious extremism is a negative, using children as religious pawns is sickening

[@genewest8426]

@@ak-up8fg don't waste my time with a comment that is nonsensical

[@ak-up8fg]

@@genewest8426 sorry it was not meant for you. You are absolutely right religious extremism is bad for our world and must be eradicated Asap and at all mean we can. Ahh my bad i was arguing with random guy states 'this is islam'. At all extremism is bad, religion is love and i love all creatures.

[@genewest8426]

@@ak-up8fg no worries brah,we're good 👍👌

[@chefbezos.]

Same with most political groups even lgbt target schools to push there propaganda

[@dcworld4349]

@@ak-up8fg All extremism is bad, what confuses me is why we try to make it out that some religions don't provide the world wiith worse results. I'm just not seeing these types of results from Mormons. I could write a list of bad things every religion has done both in the past and in the present. But can we be a bit adult about the fact that one religion is living a few centuries behind the rest of the world but gets to use more advanced weapons? Of course they are not all bad people, it just seems insane that we are afraid to speak of the difference because of races. Take places like Saudi Arabia they still have gender segregated seating at entertainment events and that they have to do such events in secret outside the cities because its blasphemous to gather for anything other than their god. I have friends who their entire lives have to pretend to be more religious than they are because they fear certain family members will kidnap their kids if they know the truth that they are no longer practicing their religion. My best friends girlfriend, was still very religious but acted more progressive. Very much a reasonable second wave feminist approach to her faith in wanting regular equality. She was kidnapped and sold by her father after learning she had a white boyfriend. She ended up throwing herself off a roof after her wedding night at 15 years old. So if I seem a bit intolerant that is why. I think it should be illegal to raise any child in any religion, it should be a decision a person makes when they have a fully formed brain. Not when an adult pushes their beliefs as if its a fact.

[@varuna9303]

This is what investigation reporting is ,, feels good that atleast someone is doing it

[@bordobereli6690]

It’s again proven that camera man never dies. At 01:14 he got almost roasted. Lucky bastard 😂

[@flutenstuf]

The bio father wasn’t really mentioned in the video, I can’t imagine the pain and sadness if he saw the video of his young son ):

[@khazms]

He.. was mentioned at the end. Lmao. The reporter said he'd been talking to him for a while too. I imagine he must have seen it. That said, I can't say he really cared considering he let his ex take his kid to live in another country. As they mentioned, they initially planned to move to Morocco.

[@jansorijansosten253]

@@khazms As if he can stop her moving to another country. She probably didn't tell him either.

[@hus390]

@@khazms The bio dad really cares about Matthew and the mom took him to Syria without informing him. Matthew is with him right now. You can see it all on PBS Frontline. He did it for PBS. Search for it. It's fascinating. You can see many very detailed stories. Including a Yazidi slave child.

[@popcornsaidfu8757]

This lady isn't fit to be in charge of a hotdog stand let alone kids!

[@Auden-ik4qw]

It’s hard to know how complicit Sam was in the sexual assault of the enslaved women, buying an enslaved woman was Moussa’s idea, and what could Sam have done to stop him? And to stop him every time he went to assault either of these women? Sam couldn’t stop Moussa from taking her children and abusing them, i doubt any other person had a higher priority than her kids in the situation. In an abusive situation, if someone else is the focus of that abuse, it’s a reprieve for the usual victims. Not saying it’s right, but don’t know if we can hold Sam accountable for Moussa’s actions and awfulness in this regard.

[@sfuikm]

You're assuming Moussas the one that raped them

[@matthewscully795]

She knew what she was doing, she isnt some victim. She got jailed for a reason.

[@Auden-ik4qw]

@@matthewscully795 i agree with you 😄👍 reading comprehension is a life skill

[@mikicerise6250]

She can be held accountable for her own actions.

[@mattneff7420]

This man is a reporter. He is amazing as hell.

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

Matthew seems a lot stronger than most people I know, sadly he's had to be for himself, his younger siblings, and I'm sure probably his mother to a degree, children love their mothers despite it being deserved or not. I really hope he is being watched after and considering his very special circumstances, I hope he is given unlimited access to mental healthcare and social workers to help with his future. Same for his siblings. I wish them all the best in the world.

[@colt45yk]

Watched the short vid of this on Snapchat, but I had to watch the full version

[@peterdakduif4804]

The thing that sucks is that tons of kids are being trained like this. There are videos where kids are executing civilians. Under the guidence of ISIS.

[@manis8569]

Isn’t isis dead now?

[@marisamartin3664]

It is better to be a young victim than to become a murderer at any age. They are destroying their souls.

[@KingOfTheMandem]

Saw the official documentary where the kid gets interviewed years later hope he has good success in the future he seems like a lovely kid

[@IRISHJACKEIRE]

Where can you find it

[@rleicester]

where can I find the documentary?

[@skootzkadoodles]

@@rleicester I'm Not a Monster - BBC podcast

[@KingOfTheMandem]

@@rleicester It was called to Isis and back it was either channel 4 or bbc or maybe national geographic

[@hus390]

@@rleicester You can see it all on PBS Frontline. He did it for PBS. Search for it. It's fascinating. You can see many very detailed stories. Including a Yazidi slave child.

[@zyahhewitt708]

Matthew is gonna become something big one day and have the backstory that shares it all

[@prodbytarantino]

I wanna hear more from Matthew 😩Please drop that whole interview if he’s comfortable. I honestly can’t wait for him to become an adult and share his stories. Like that’s a strong ass little boy right there. He was a fighter and that’s probably why they liked using him as the face for ISIS in that video. I pray he’s given the proper help and treatment cause he’s gonna be grow up to be a great man.

islam supports pedophilia Quran 65:4 Quran 33:49 Al-Muwatta 29:108 Sahih Bukhari 7:62:163 Sahih Bukhari 7:62:64 Sahih Bukhari 3896, 5133, 5134, 5158 and 6130 Sahih Muslim 8:3310 islam supports murder Quran 2:191 Quran 3:90-91 quran 5:33 Quran 9:29 sahih bukhari 6922 wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Non-Muslims Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (p. 508, o1.1-2) Sahih Bukhari 9:84:64 Mukhtasar Al-Quduri 1368-9 bukhari 3017 wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Honor_Killing Sunan Abu Dawud 38:4348-9 Sahih Bukhari 8:82:813 Sunan Abu Dawud 2633 Sahih Bukhari 5:59:512 Sahih Bukhari 5:58:148 Abu dawud 38:4447-8 Quran 4:15-16 Al-Tabarani 4157 Al-Bayhaqi, Su‘ab al-Iman: 5075 Al-Tirmidhi, 17:1456 Ibn Maajah, 20:2561 Musnad Ahmad: 2915 Musnad Ahmad:1878 Al-Tirmidhi: 1457 Ibn Maajah: 2563 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_homosexuality islam supports slavery, segregation, racism Al-Tabari, Vol. 2, p. 11, p. 11 Al-Tabari, Vol. 2, p. 21, p. 21 Sahih Muslim 10:3901 Sahih Bukhari 9:89:256 Sahih Bukhari 1:11:662 Sahih Bukhari 1:11:664 Quran 3:106-107 Quran 39:60 Quran 33:50 Quran 23:5 Quran 70:30 Quran 24:32 Ishaq:374 Ishaq:243 Ibn Musa al-Yahsubi, Qadi ‘Iyad, p.375 Mishkat, Vol. 3, p. 117 Ishaq:450 Sahih Bukhari 9:87:161-164 Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir p.151 Quran 2:47 Quran 2:65 Quran 2:87-91 Quran 5:13 Quran 5:41-42 Quran 5:60 Quran 5:64 Quran 17:4 Quran 62:6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSVhYWGqbp9brM wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Slavery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century#:~:text=As%20of%202018%2C%20the%20countries,and%20the%20Philippines%20(784%2C000). www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_575479.pdf theconversation.com/slavery-is-not-a-crime-in-almost-half-the-countries-of-the-world-new-research-115596 www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/highlights/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_in_the_Quran islam supports torture Quran 8:12 Quran 5:33 Sahih Bukhari 1:11:626 Sahih Muslim 16:4131 Sunan Abu Dawud 38:4359 Ishaq:387 Ishaq:515 al-Tabari p. 96-97 Sahih Bukhari 4:52:261 Sahih Bukhari 1:4:234 Sahih Bukhari 5:59:505 Sunan Abu Dawud 11:2126 Sahih Bukhari 7:71:623 Sahih Bukhari 8:82:794 Sahih Bukhari 8:82:797 Sahih Bukhari 9:83:37 Sahih Bukhari 8:82:795 Sahih Bukhari 4:52:260 wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Muhammad_and_Torture

[@thetopic5302]

Bro that emoji 😂

[@maxymaxy32]

Oh god 😩

[@Peorissimo]

I dont know. The trauma the kid has endured can turn into PTSD. It is possible he can grow up with some Psychopathic tendencies. Let's hope he can lead a normal peaceful life, but lets not forget what he was trained for. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tomlxyz]

Don't burden him with having to be a hero after going through all this

[@bowser2987]

another great vid vice, and to the reporter, and all the reporter's out there putting themselves in danger just to tell us the truth of what's going on, i pray you all stay safe, healthy, and well. ty for what you do.

[@hus390]

You can see it all on PBS Frontline. He did it for PBS. Search for it. It's fascinating. You can see many very detailed stories. Including a Yazidi slave child.

[@mikeyy2322]

Thanks for your coverage of this story josh!

[@janiceharris1934]

According to documents in this case, in November 2014, Elhassani was informed by her husband that he and his brother wanted to travel to Syria to join ISIS, which she knew at the time was a terrorist organization that engaged in terrorist activities. Between November 2014 and April 1015, Elhassani helped the two men join ISIS by making multiple trips to Hong Kong and transporting more than $30,000 in cash and gold from the United States and depositing it in a safe deposit box in Hong Kong. Elhassani melted down the gold to look like jewelry and did not disclose the cash and gold on customs declaration forms. At the time Elhassani transported the money and gold, she knew that her husband and brother-in-law had expressed an interest in joining ISIS and that they intended to use these resources to support ISIS. During her last trip to Hong Kong, in late March 2015, Elhassani procured tactical gear, including rifle scopes and image-stabilized binoculars. From there, Elhassani and her family, including her seven year old son and two year old daughter, departed for Istanbul, Turkey, and entered ISIS-controlled territory in Syria sometime in or around June 2015. In the months leading up to the move to Syria, Elhassani helped conceal the plans by lying to family, friends and federal agents about her travel.

[@xdae]

THIS PERSON IS A GOOD WOMAN, SHE’S A VICTIM!! Jk she’s a snake!! 🐍🐍

[@thegreatest1176]

A women get her story believed no matter the facts. Crazy

[@beepbeep9043]

Not only that she fucking bought and kept a slave that she allowed to be raped for years. Sick sick woman

[@CompetitivelyAwesome]

Where did you find this info?

[@sophiawilson8696]

So basically the mother was in on it to joining ISIS?.

[@chocolatestarfish9944]

Nobody is that naive. The mother was hoping for more but got zero so returned to being victim.

[@checkboxxxproductions]

What a relief to watch Matthew, in the end, stare into the sunset at home.

[@superhakker3198]

I had to go watch the actual video and my goodness. That boy is so well spoken if he didn't have a child's voice you'd think he was fully grown

[@yetundeoke5012]

1:29 I love how he just says he broke his back SO casually

[@crashgear08]

Great report Josh, there is always a Deeper Story to any Story..

[@artpoirot9574]

Probably should just skip talking with the female and interview the kid. The mom, innocent or guilty, will always have to fudge up certain details for legal defense reasons if not more

[@TiktokBurnedMyCrops]

Children are incredibly resilient. I hope that he is doing much better now.

[@foxtailedcritter]

Evil woman. No one accidentally brings a child to syria during a full blown war.

[@hermeslein6614]

Blame America for these inhumna conflicts

[@RedrickURL]

@@hermeslein6614 yes let’s blame a country for all the wrong doings that were done by living people!

[@candiedisilvio9596]

I agree what she put those children through was inexcusable. It was wonderful to see how well Mathew is doing now.

[@hermeslein6614]

@@RedrickURL America invented ISIS to create conflicts research and glimpse

[@RedrickURL]

@@hermeslein6614 yes we all know good sir….

[@dty3479]

I called BS when Sam mentioned the surprise ten day “holiday/vacation “ in Turkey that moved closer to the Syrian border. Did you not know when the flight from turkey to Morocco was for? That journey to the border was for them to enjoy their last days of freedom. The van part to me sounded like a Hollywood kidnapping movie scene .

[@texastuna7298]

YES !!! SAM IS BS !!! SHE OBVIOUSLY HATES HER HOMETOWN & ASIDE WITH ISIS !!!!

[@NicoBleackley]

This is the Vice I remember loving. Top tier journalism

[@sexuallyattractedtodoorkno1612]

This sounds alot like the movie "Not Without My Daughter". Anyone here who hasn't seen that movie definitely should give it a watch. It's amazing and It's very much like this child's story.

[@jesskass9769]

I watched that movie as a small child. If I can remember right… Sally Field played the mother and I believe it was based by real events.

[@serendipity3062]

Mom was not complicit in that movie unlike Sam.

[@sandrawilson3973]

@@jesskass9769 yess. It's actually based on a biography by Betty Mahmoody. It's a great read.

[@NOMAAM1970]

Yes watched that movie. Excellent watch. Sally Field played Mrs. Mamoody. She went through a lot to get her daughter out and back in the states.

[@karlscher5170]

Why she still bears that muslim's last name?

[@jbro6892]

All I can say is what a horrible father to force his kids like that

[@iheartcoding]

I'm a girl from saudi, I heard my middle school teacher went to isis with her children, but never imagened american woman to do it.. like why? why involve children in this you monsters.. oh my god

[@123Booduh]

"I'm sat in a hotel, having tea and scones..." I can't imagine a more pleasant environment, to learn about a child forced into war

[@viewoftime3541]

This is the type of journalism we want!

[@RicoMetts]

Blesss his heart so many adults have failed him

[@void_7828]

Thanks for going back to your roots vice and actually delivering well researched and verified, (to the best of the journalists ability), great report, horrifying story.

[@mevrouwaruba]

What this kid went true breaks my heart! I wish I could give him a hug and tell him it's alright!

[@lil_sky9843]

Much respect for these journalists that put their life on the line for their work

[@Poop_King_Gaming]

I remeber seeing that image of you in Syria years ago at 1:30 I thought in that image you looked like the guy that hyped up No Man's Sky

[@D0NCH33T0]

Only thirteen and already having gone through this entire set of bullshit that absolutely NO kid deserves. God bless him to the moon and right back 💔

[@joshedwards5311]

4:42 It's suicide when they willingly kill themselves. It's homicide when a person attaches explosives on another person.

[@nootnootah]

bruh ok FYI slaves is not just restricted to discrimination of coloured race. It can also mean buying someone to be used for working.

[@absbi0000]

Sam was equally as complicit as her husband. It would be a shame to treat her any less complicitly.

[@Rjm2422]

What an amazing child to still have so much hope for the future despite what he went through.

[@Bigdsd89]

This lady put her kids in harms way for a dude.Zero sympathy for her.

[@briantneary2248]

She shouldn't even have a Chia Pet under her care, never mind her children

[@YouNeedToLearnTheTruth]

This woman does not and I suppose never truly will take responsibility for most of what she caused and had a hand in and agreed to. She said, ‘I accept that I WAS UNABLE to make the right choices…’ There is no owned responsibility in that statement.

[@peace-now]

You seem so harsh. Get real! Her husband grabbed her child and she want into Syria for her child, as any woman would. People also get forced into situations. You cannot take responisblity for things you are foced to do.

[@paigeconnelly4244]

​@@peace-now you missed the part where she smuggled tens of thousands of dollars gnd gold to ISIS through Hong Kong, bought tactical gear for ISIS use, and lied to her family about her travel plans. There's also documented converstations where her husband tells her that he and his brother wanted to join ISIS. She had YEARS to leave him or to tell the US authorities (and also, nobody forced her to launder money for ISIS). Did you listen to anything the journalist or militia who cared for her and her kids said? She also ASKED her husband to buy a SLAVE which was obviously going to be used for her husband to r*pe. She filmed her son building a suicide belt and sent it to her family. She's not the victim here. Get your head out of your ass.

[@paigeconnelly4244]

​@@peace-now case you didn't realise it yet, the woman is aproven liar. Why are you believing her story that he grabbed the kids? That never happened. She willfully took her kids into a warzone to join a terrorist group.

[@user-ke6kp1xb2q]

@@peace-now so she shouldn't had married a sand dweller

[@CNoteZzz]

This is horrible and heart breaking 😞

[@ButchJoestar]

I can't even imagine going from middle America, to an ISIS caliphate, back to America as a full grown adult. I can't believe how this story is real

[@tyzorg]

They should've left that disgusting "Mother" with those ISIS blokes. I'm sure they would've taken 'GREAT' care of her

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

Can you imagine school shootings, US military invading Arab and Muslim countries and feminism? You can imagine all of these things from your middle America, yea?

[@FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000]

@@DarkReapersGrim1 how are these similar? Both are horrendous granted. But why would you choose to travel to such an awful place with an awful retarded ideology?

[@legatusmatheus9815]

@@DarkReapersGrim1 Found the Arab.

[@northstrider6482]

@@legatusmatheus9815 I mean they are kinda right.

[@MausMasher54]

One of the worst cases of co-dependency to surface, yet....

[@NikoFool]

I really appreciate journalists like this who go above and beyond to show the truth

[@fleetsiderebel8274]

This dude saved these people just because he seen a video! Everyone else should be ashamed!

[@jackchop1576]

You white women are the biggest guilt trippers online.

[@grundgesetzart.1463]

they dont deserve to be saved. They went there, they wanted to be there....let them rot there.

[@msjuvee4287]

Matt is gonna be something great I can already tell! Prayers of comfort peace fun and greatness sent to him and his family!

[@redlady222]

She didn’t take them to a war zone. Why are you shaming her? She took them to Turkey. Her husband took her kids into Syria and she followed.

[@user-rl9tu3jo8u]

The FBI literally charged her with knowingly and willingly joining isis. He isn’t shaming her it’s a fact

[@seaofroses8888]

This is the craziest story I have heard in a while. I still have a lot of questions to be honest.

[@Edwardemeus]

I love how he just casually brings up the slave market like it’s a common everyday occurrence in syria lol. It very well could be, given the circumstances.

[@uyoebyik]

What's so funny about it?

[@hypedmma9974]

Great journalism. Well done Vice and Josh Baker

[@heartlights]

Interesting how often victims of ISIS become the target of blame. At the least, it says a lot about ISIS tactics. Very tragic; wish there was more info available to the public.

[@TACTIK00L]

Extremist groups are always like that unfortunately

[@mikeg6285]

anytime one of his friends complains about getting grounded or having strict parents, this kids gonna go off.

[@j3j326]

I heard about this story from the BBC, luckily the boy got home safe.

[@nobodycaresaboutyourfeelings]

Makes me fuming, when these women wanna blame others for destroying their and their kids lives. How ignorant could you be to allow your kid to live like that.

[@FeloniousSavage]

So you're telling me I live in Richmond Indiana and there is a woman that lived just a couple hours away from me that ended up in the mist of the Syrian conflict? Goes to show that you never know the type of life your neighbors are living......

[@jtheripper8929]

I’ve never met anyone that knows abt Richmond IN! I lived there as an adolescent haha, crazy crazy world

[@1dedoe]

I was takin back when he first said south bend Indiana because that is where i live.

[@TheRandomINFJ]

A couple hours away isn't your neighbor. That's pretty far so.....

[@araminrain]

I'm in no rush because I want this kid to live as much of a normal life as possible, but I would love to someday hear a documentary account from his perspective. When he's much older and wants to talk about it.