Excerpts of messages between Samir Halilovic and Assane Kamara
Extracts from July 2014 Facebook messages between Samir Halilovic — a Canadian who fled the country and is suspected of having joined Daesh — and his Senegalese friend, former Université de Sherbrooke student Assane Kamara, who is currently awaiting trial on terrorism charges in Dakar, Senegal.
Halilovic is marked (SH) and Kamara is marked (AK).
July 11, 2014
SH: Brother, Yakky is out of contact and he will be for a little while. AK: Yakky? SH: He’s going to do his internship there, and with us as well. We’ll be out of contact once we start our internship. Yes, Yakky was with me. AK: Hahaha. I’m out of it. SH: The guy who was with me when we saw you on FaceTime. Do you remember?
July 11, 2014 SH: I can pay for you if you need my card.
AK: Good. God is great. I will tell you when and you can send me the co-ordinates, God willing. Be on the lookout.
SH: In fact I didn’t forsee (sic) contacting you, brother, because you talked about this fall.
AK: Yes, that’s what I thought but they betrayed me without shame.
SH: But now at midnight we are the 12th. Zack leaves the 13th at 6 p.m. and arrives in Istanbul at 10 a.m. the 14th and I arrive at 3 p.m. How will it work?
AK: I don’t know brother. I’m waiting to receive the dough to pay the ticket and take off. SH: Do you have the money now? AK: As soon as I receive it I will give you the date. It should arrive within the next three days.
SH: Because on the 15th we have to be at the destination and there I contact a guy who has a good restaurant there and after that we won’t be in contact.
July 12, 2014
AK: Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God, and his blessing. Can you send me the co-ordinates to pay, God willing?
SH: Here’s how it works: You have to confirm for me that you will definitely be able to take the plane on a given date. Someone will transfer the money in my bank account by Interac transfer and after I have to put it on my prepaid Visa card because with the payment for Zack there is just $141 technically. SH: $141 on my card AK: I only need $20 or Euros to pay for the visa and for the ticket I should receive the money any time now, God willing. And I have to buy the ticket to confirm it for you but I want to deal with this visa business already.
SH: Okay, God willing. You will receive the money from someone in Dakar?
AK: No, from Canada, God willing. I will get the money in Dakar, God willing.
July 12, 2014
AK: My financial source said that he will make progressive transfers in such a way that I have the full amount for the end of the month, God willing. So unless I find something else before that I’m grounded. But I will take the visa as soon as my mother arrives anyway.
July 14, 2014
SH: May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you, brother. I’m with Zartan. We are in contact with our friend. It’s a question of hours/days now inshallah. That Allah helps us and you. Don’t give up. It won’t be much longer now, God willing.
AK: And may the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you, brother! God is great!!!!! God willing, I hope that we will see each other at the internship.