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Raqqa to the world: a letter

How might a young British adherent of ISIS, now in Syria, see the intensifying war? The latest letter in a series imagined by Paul Rogers.

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Raqqa. Flickr/Beshr Abdulhadi. Some rights reserved.
Raqqa. Flickr/Beshr Abdulhadi. Some rights reserved.

Raqqa. Flickr/Beshr Abdulhadi. Some rights reserved.

Dear Brother,

Thank you for your letter and I am pleased to hear you were nowhere near central Baghdad when the bomb went off. I know we have had our differences, but do believe me when I say that war has consequences which even those involved can regret.