Sahir Talib Full Story

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There once was a little boy named Sahir Talib. Sahir was a happy child, living in an unknown town in Syria. Growing up his parents were great to him they bought him sweets, toys and most important of all they loved him. He would wake up to an excellent made breakfast and a joyful amount of playing time. One day when he was 5 years old his father suddenly disappeared. Sahir was desperate to know where his father had gone, but neither him or his mom knew the answer. Sahir didn’t find out where his father had gone until he was at the age of 14 he was now old enough to hear the story that his mother hid from him. His father left everything behind including Sahir and his mom, only to join the most cruel, ruthless organization known as ISIS. Sahir and his …show more content…
It took Sahir a moment to realize what was happening it was all just a quick blurr. Sahir finally came back to his senses and realized he had just been kidnapped. Sahir was told to be quiet or he would be hurt, he obeyed and kept quiet in the car. The car stopped and Sahir was escorted out of the car. The men removed the bag from his head and explained to him what was gonna happen. The men were ISIS members and they told him that his father ordered them to do this and that he could either have his mother executed or he would have to join ISIS. Sahir made the obvious choice to join ISIS and save his mother’s life. The men told Sahir that he would be able to visit his mother if something urgent happened to him but he had to join and pledge allegiance to ISIS. Once he pledged allegiance he was a member and he would have to take and complete orders even if it mean’t to kill or suicide bombings. Sahir knew well that there was a great chance he could become a suicide bomber, after all his father did not care about his life

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