White Rock woman reported captured by ISIS is safe

WHITE ROCK (NEWS1130) – A woman from White Rock who was reported to be captured by ISIS over the weekend is apparently safe.

Gill Rosenberg has posted to her Facebook page, saying, “Guys, I’m totally safe and secure. I don’t have Internet access or any communication devices with me for my safety and security.”

“Ignore the reports I’ve been captured,” she adds.

There had been reports she was kidnapped by ISIS in Syria.

The federal government is now working on the assumption the reported abduction is false.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says Canadians who want to fight terrorism should be content to support domestic law enforcement and not put their lives at risk in fighting overseas.

“The best way to fight terrorism is to support our national law enforcement or national security agencies,” says Blaney. “It is important to follow the consular advice and avoid engaging in combat activity abroad without the scope of our national Canadian Armed Forces or national security agency.”

The Jerusalem Post reported Rosenberg’s capture on Sunday based on websites “known to be close” to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Blogger Mutlu Civiroglu, who describes himself a Washington, DC-based Kurdish affairs expert and journalist, wrote that he spoke Monday to the Kurdish defence chief for Kobani, who assured him that Rosenberg had never been in his area.

Civiroglu said he spoke to another Kurdish official who personally met Rosenberg on Sunday.

“The official, who wanted to remain anonymous because she was not authorized to speak, said Gill is safe and she wants her beloved ones not to worry about her well-being,” Civiroglu wrote on his blog.

Civiroglu wrote that the two Kurdish sources consider the story to be a piece of ISIL propaganda, with one of them questioning why no photo of Rosenberg in captivity has been released.