Letter to his parents before his departure:

“Muslims have been crushed under foot for too long…This nation is openly against Islam and Muslims… I do not want my progeny to be raised in a filthy environment like this.”Kevin Sullivan, “Three American teens, recruited online, are caught trying to join Islamic State,” Washington Post, December 8, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-american-teens-recruited-online-are-caught-trying-to-join-the-islamic-state/2014/12/08/8022e6c4-7afb-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html.