This is a remarkable thread from Arabic Al Aan TV reporter Jenan Moussa on a cellphone she found in Syria filled with photos and videos of “#ISIS widow Omaima Abdi” who had married two of Germany’s “most known ISIS members.” It was assumed that she was killed in Syria, but that’s not the case. Moussa tracked her down and discovered that she is now “quietly living” in Hamburg, Germany “as if nothing happened.”
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1/ Here with English subs.
I got the phone content of top German #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi.
1000s of pics show she carries gun, arms her child &marries jihadist Deso Dogg.
She returned to Hamburg &now lives as if nothing happened.
Our EXCLUSIVE @akhbar:https://t.co/UuFSsYxQ4T
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
These “pics from Omaima’s phone give uncensored view &hard evidence into life of a top ISIS widow”:
2/ Why story about German #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi crucial?
Normally ISIS members give interviews &mention what they want u to know. Journalists can't check anything.
But these pics from Omaima's phone give uncensored view &hard evidence into life of a top ISIS widow.@akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
More on the content of the phone:
3/ This exclusive investigation into German ISIS in #Syria started months ago when we managed to obtain content of phone of ISIS widow Omaima Abdi from #Hamburg.
Content of phone consists of 36 GB, 24.634 files. Mainly pics taken by Abdi herself while in Germany &Syria.@akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
4/ My exclusive investigation into the content of the phone of top #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi from Hamburg, Germany is 20 minutes long.
So let me break it up, go through it part by part and tell you what I learned. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
5/ Also please note that we have prepared a special website with hundreds of pics from the content of Omaima Abdi's telephone.
This website will be up shortly. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
6/ After obtaining content of #ISIS phone, 1st thing was to go through 24.000+ files to understand it. Took weeks.
After realizing it was about German/Tunisian ISIS widow, I thought she might have been killed in Syria.
But shocked to realize she was quietly living in Hamburg.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
7/ After realizing ISIS widow Omaima Abdi survived Syria &might be living again in Germany, I went myself to Hamburg to seek answers.
Among files in her phone I found some addresses in Hamburg. At one of those address she now lives again.
Here 1st part of my report. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/jg3a27VJSf
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
8/ As twitter only allows 2.20 min per clip, here the second part of my 20 minutes investigative story on #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi in #Hamburg.
Moral of the story: when you join ISIS, never lose your phone. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/puCmx52XSq
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
9/ As you can see in this exclusive document I found on Omaima's phone, German authorities knew in March 2015 that Omaima went to Syria.
Omaima left Germany January 13th 2015. Letter dated March 10th 2015 and cancels her social benefits due to "travel abroad, (Syria)".@akhbar pic.twitter.com/uGAN2Z2GVk
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
Police in Germany are now investigating:
9/ I cannot see the question because it comes from a locked account, but this seems to be a comment by the police in South Germany regarding my story on ISIS widow Omaima Abdi in Hamburg.
"It is known to us and it is being worked on." https://t.co/6pxahfMByK
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
You can see more photos from her phone here:
10/ The website is up now. Please find here pics from the content of the phone of #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi.
We chose a collection so you can easily scroll and check. https://t.co/lZiIF2xuXa
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
11/ The site is divided into 5 folders.
a/ Omaima in Germany until 1/2015: https://t.co/xK7lsPA5Ac
b/In Syria until 3/2015: https://t.co/XqJxjElFRS
c/In Syria with Deso Dogg: https://t.co/Y50iw2Rswp
d/Downloads: https://t.co/dBV0FNkNE6
e/Various files: https://t.co/43XToUmXgq— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
12/ We went to Hamburg, #Germany and tried to get a comment from #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi.
So I knocked on her door, not knowing who would open. Here is the third part of the report.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/hMwfz4sQl5
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
For some reason, the ISIS terrorist didn’t want to talk to a reporter:
13/ This is the 4th part of the story. After Omaima became aware of my presence in Hamburg, I didn't dare to return to the house.
So I called her instead. She hung up twice when I asked her about her ISIS past.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/fHMpmTHkZ9
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 15, 2019
14/ Due to the enormity of the story of the tragic fire at Notre Dame, I paused last night my thread on German ISIS woman who lost phone in Syria.
I'll pick it up now again with few remaining tweets.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 16, 2019
So, how did she return to Germany so easily?
15/ The 5th part of my story on #ISIS widow Omaima Abdi whose mobile phone content we got.
This part is about Omaima's radicalization in Germany prior to her departure to ISIS in Syria in 2015. Begs the question of how she could easily move around & travel. pic.twitter.com/WPxPGMqSXF
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 16, 2019
Exit question: What happens to her 2nd husband and kids now?
16/ With Omaima's husband Nader already in Syria, Omaima &her 3 children follow in his footsteps.
In Jan 2015 they fly to Turkey, incl a "Mahram" (Family member who accompanies Omaima). They meet Nader.
Then they move into ISIS territory in N-Syria. pic.twitter.com/E5pQ04Eg7R
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) April 16, 2019
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