A short video (12 mins) about five boys - three of them brothers - who left Brighton (UK) to Syria:Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/vid...to-syria-videoMark Townsend asks why....... to join an al-Qaida affiliated group. What clues were missed? What was it about them that should have alerted the authorities to their potential radicalisation?
There is a longer written "long read". On a first glance I do wonder if this is actually true:Link:http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...to-jihad-syriaTheir journey from the south coast to Syria cannot be reduced to a single factor, but it involves racist abuse, allegations of police neglect, and the collective failure of numerous authorities – both those charged with protecting vulnerable young people, and those charged with preventing radicalisation.
What about the factors that persuaded them to go? Brighton can in places be wealthy and has a strong gay community - which may be a factor, not mentioned in the article.
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