ISIS bride Lisa Smith's claims she 'ran with the crowd' questioned by former military intelligence chief
ISIS bride Lisa Smith’s claims that she just “ran with the crowd” to join the Islamic death cult have been questioned by a former military intelligence chief.Mr Murphy also hit out at the Fine Gael Government for not bringing in laws recommended by an EU directive which would make it a crime for anyone travelling to join terror groups such as ISIS.
The former deputy director of military intelligence was commenting on reports at the weekend that Smith claimed her reason for travelling to join the terror group was because she "just ran with the crowd". But he added that the Government might be left with no choice but to bring the 37-year old mother of one home.
"As far as I believe, when you went to an ISIS territory, you handed over your passport. You took out citizenship of the caliphate.The former intelligence chief said Smith had not done anything wrong under Irish law, adding that the Government should have followed a 2017 European Union directive and made it illegal to travel to ISIS-controlled territory.
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