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Terror Networks
British and French Militants May Have Been Seen in ISIS Execution Video
2014-11-18
[NY Times] A day after Sunni bandidos forces of Evil distributed gruesome video footage of the execution of an American aid worker, indications began to emerge on Monday that the images may have shown a Briton and a Frenchie among a group of executioners.

The suggestions by a British father whose son had traveled to Syria to join the myrmidon Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
and by a senior French official seemed likely to deepen apprehension about the role of foreign-born jihadis in the conflict and the possible hazards of their return to native lands.

Thousands of young European Moslems have been reported flocking to join the Lion of Islam Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in its campaign to revive an Islamic caliphate in areas under its control. The battle sharpened significantly in June when the Islamists flooded from Syria into Iraq.

The myrmidon group distributed a video on Sunday purporting to show that it had beheaded a fifth Western hostage, Peter Kassig, an American aid worker and former Army Ranger. The video featured a masked executioner with a British accent who has been nicknamed "Jihadi John" in British media accounts of the earlier executions.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Let all the wannabe jihadis go to syria and Iraq so they get the early death they want/deserve!
Posted by: Paul D   2014-11-18 06:20  

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