She helped her daughter travel to Syria and now wants help?
Via Brisbane Times
Karen Nettleton, the mother of Sharrouf’s wife Tara Nettleton, has been trying to secure the return of her daughter and their children. On Tuesday night, she issued this statement.
“A few days ago a man knocked on my door. I was scared. I felt as though I was opening the door to the ominous messenger who delivered telegrams to mothers and wives during wartime. The messenger told me that the man my 13-year-old granddaughter was forced to marry, Mohamed Elomar, was dead. I was also told that Khaled Sharrouf, my daughter’s husband, was missing and presumed dead.
My heart broke for my daughter Tara and my granddaughter Zaynab, alone in a troubled and dangerous country, but I was so relieved by the news that they were alive and unharmed.
Some months back Khaled Sharrouf’s car was blown up, resulting in the death of the family inside, including a mother and children. They were friends of Tara. It seemed to me that the target was Khaled Sharrouf. As happens in the fog of war, civilians become victims, or as is so coldly stated, collateral damage. I don’t want my daughter and grandchildren to be collateral damage in this shameful and tragic war. There are so many innocent victims dead, wounded or displaced.
Since my daughter has been in Syria, I fear watching the news. I am sure I am not alone. There are other parents in my situation in Australia and overseas. My heart goes out to them. Their lives and ours will never be the same.
Recently I made a public plea to the Australian government to assist in bringing home my daughter and grandchildren. I believe the Australian government has the resources and expertise to save its own citizens. With the deaths of Mohamed Elomar and likely Khaled Sharrouf, my daughter and grandchildren more than ever need the love and care of their family to help them recover from the trauma, abuse and terrors of war they have experienced. Unlike millions of displaced people in Iraq and Syria, they have a place to come home to.
HT: TAH