In a development that has shocked precisely nobody, Australian authorities have charged a woman with joining the Islamic State after her triumphant return from Syria. The suspect, a 40-year-old mother of two, allegedly spent her days in the caliphate knitting balaclavas and perfecting her pout for propaganda videos. But the real scandal, the one that has the chardonnay socialists of Byron Bay clutching their organic kombucha in horror, is that she may have been running a charity scam on the side.
Yes, you read that correctly. While the faithful were being beheaded in the desert, this Tinseltown terrorist was allegedly using GoFundMe to beg for 'humanitarian aid' for her poor, downtrodden family back in the homeland. The nerve, the sheer audacity, is enough to make a dead man blush.
The Australian Federal Police, in a rare moment of competence, have slapped her with a charge of 'entering a declared area' under the Foreign Incursions Act. But let's be honest, the real crime here is the quality of the fundraising copy. 'Please help my children, they are so cold in Syria.
' So cold, indeed, that they needed to run a money-laundering operation out of a bombed-out mosque. The government is hailing this as a victory for national security. I call it a victory for the Australian sense of fairness.
After all, if you're going to fundraise for terrorism, at least have the decency to use a reputable platform like PayPal.
