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The 'Kiwi' Isis terrorist: How Suhayra Aden was radicalised in Australia, abandoned in Syria

David Fisher
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Senior writer·NZ Herald·
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Suhayra Aden came through the dust, wind, heat and chaos of the Al-Hawl refugee camp in Syria looking for help.

This New Zealand citizen spoke with that familiar sharp Australian accent, a toddler clinging to her and a baby in her arms.

Her birth certificate might say New Zealand, but everything else about Aden from age 6 onwards was Australian.

At least, until she made the worst decision of her teenage life and travelled to the Middle East to find

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