‘A terrible mistake’: B.C. ISIS bride Kimberley Polman, in her own words
VANCOUVER — In 2015, Kimberly Polman was unemployed and living in low-income housing in British Columbia when she made a life-changing decision — she would move to war-torn Syria and join her husband in the Islamic State terrorist organization.
In 2015, Kimberly Polman, an unemployed woman living in low-income housing in British Columbia, made a life-altering decision to join her husband in the Islamic State terrorist organization in war-torn Syria. Polman later admitted that this decision was a "terrible mistake" and expressed her regret constantly and for the rest of her life.
Her story, which includes the circumstances of her decision, her fear of retribution from the terror group, and her plea for return to Canada, is detailed in her terrorism case statement of facts. The statement also includes a handwritten letter from Polman, written while she was in the Roj refugee camp in Syria, in which she begged to be allowed to return to Canada.
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