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Two Islamic State jihadists have been extradited to the US from Iraq to face trial for the murder & beheading of American citizens
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Alexanda Kotey
...half-Ghanaian, half-Greek Cypriot who is also in our archives as Alexanda Amon Kotey; “Ringo”, age 35, captured by the SDF in January 2018...
and El Shafee Elsheikh
... Sudan-born, “George”, age 30, captured by the SDF in January 2018. The British government has stripped both of British citizenship and protections...
are accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed "The Beatles" involved in kidnappings in Iraq and Syria.

The pair appeared via video link from prison at a hearing in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

The men, who had been in US custody in Iraq, previously denied the charges.

US Assistant Attorney General John Demers told a press conference the charges were "the result of many years of hard work in pursuit of justice" for the four Americans who died - James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.

The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.

The charges they face are:

  • Conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death

  • Hostage taking resulting in death

  • Conspiracy to murder United States citizens outside of the United States

  • Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists - hostage taking and murder - resulting in death

  • Conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation resulting in death

The IS group's alleged ringleader, Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John" died in a drone strike in 2016.
...betrayed by spies in Raqqa. The fourth member of the group, convert Aine Davis (formally Aine Lesley Davis, “Paul“), was jailed in Turkey in 2017. Mr. Davis is a former druggie/drug dealer who joined ISIS to get away from temptation, his wife, Moroccan-Brit Amal el-Wahabi, who graduated from Holland Park Comprehensive, the so-called 'School for Jihadis, because so many of its graduates went a-jihading, claimed at her trial for sending him €20,000....
Posted by: Fred 2020-10-08
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=584175