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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 08:33 PM Aug 2014

ISIS & The rise of the British UK homegrown jihadis known as 'The Beatles'


further evidence emerged of the prominent role British jihadis are playing in Iraq.Some celebrated and joked about Mr Foley’s murder, with one woman fighter volunteering to be the next to kill a UK or US captive.

Experts warned Britons are among the most vicious of the Islamic State’s fanatics and one may have been chosen to carry out the killing because of the global impact it would have. He said international hostages called ‘John’ and his fellow Britons The Beatles because they were from the UK.

Anti-terror investigators are now seeking to establish that the voice in the video is that of the man brandishing the knife before Mr Foley, rather than a voiceover.The Briton’s role as a negotiator and self-styled executioner shows the extent to which British Muslims have become embedded in IS. It will also raise questions as to whether enough is being done to stem the flow of UK fighters to Syria and Iraq.

The Government puts the figure at around 500 while a further 250 are thought to have already returned to the UK where the police and security services are attempting to watch them. Shiraz Maher, of King’s College London’s international centre for the study of radicalisation, told the BBC that British recruits were ‘among some of the most vicious and vociferous fighters who are out there’ and ‘that is unfortunately just a part of their radicalisation’.

Messages written on Twitter by British jihadis before the release of the video appeared to suggest some had prior knowledge of the killing.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730336/Find-British-butcher-mask-Jihadi-filmed-beheading-American-journalist-identified-John-Londoner-gang-UK-extremists-known-The-Beatles.html
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ISIS & The rise of the British UK homegrown jihadis known as 'The Beatles' (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2014 OP
I just read that Cameron will not allow Isis to put up leaflets, fly the Isis flag flamingdem Aug 2014 #1
There are whole areas in the UK, that are no-go areas HipChick Aug 2014 #2
Do you think that there are areas where it's okay to fly an flamingdem Aug 2014 #3
It's not ok..but I have seen it... HipChick Aug 2014 #5
The Beatles huh. John Lennon would probably call that Instant Karma opulent80 Aug 2014 #4

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
1. I just read that Cameron will not allow Isis to put up leaflets, fly the Isis flag
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 08:45 PM
Aug 2014

or use the internet (under British control or?). Not sure he'll get much resistance to this edict.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
3. Do you think that there are areas where it's okay to fly an
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 09:33 PM
Aug 2014

Isis flag? I can imagine there are neighborhoods that get left alone except when they want to swat team them.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
5. It's not ok..but I have seen it...
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 09:45 PM
Aug 2014

No go areas are just that in UK....areas where the police are never called

 

opulent80

(19 posts)
4. The Beatles huh. John Lennon would probably call that Instant Karma
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 09:39 PM
Aug 2014

Seeing that the British Empire screwed up the entire Mid-East with their colonialism.

Those borders were drawn with absolutely no regard to the people, cultures and history of the region.

It now comes back to get you.

All shine on

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