‘Jihadi John’ Lookalike Sparks Speculation over Identity as Foley Killer Reportedly Identified

Breitbart – by Nick Hallett

The British jihadist suspected of murdering American journalist James Foley has been identified, the Sunday Times reports. Government sources said that security agencies MI5 and MI6 have worked out the identity of the masked fighter, who is said to be known as “Jihadi John” to fellow Islamists, although they have so far declined to give the man’s identity.

Despite their reluctance to announce the killer’s identity, one key suspect is 23-year-old Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who previously lived with his family in their £1 million home in London’s wealthy Maida Vale district.  

Meanwhile, the Sunday Telegraph says that intelligence agencies are investigating footage of two jihadists taking part in the execution of a Syrian soldier to see if one of the men is the same person who killed Foley. The video, posted to Instagram, shows the soldier crouching in a field before being shot in the back of the head. His body is then shot with an automatic rifle by a second man.

The Telegraph says that one of the British men is wearing a similar black robe to “Jihadi John” and is of a similar height and build. Like “Jihadi John”, he also appears to be left-handed.

Researchers from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ISCR), which is based at London’s Kings College, told the paper that the British fighters are believed to be part of a group called Rayat al Tawheed, which has close links to ISIS.

A security source said: “We are considering all evidence from the internet to establish who killed James Foley. We can’t afford to rule anything out. But at the same time nothing can be taken at face value.”

Intelligence agencies are using various sophisticated tools to analyse the extremist videos, including supercomputers that can help identify and match voices in different recordings. They are also trying to work out what sort of equipment was used to record the videos. James Foley’s murder was recorded on a high-quality camera, with sophisticated editing software, making it easier to identify the killer’s voice.

However, investigators have not ruled out that the killer’s voice could have been dubbed into the footage, meaning that the man heard speaking would not be the same as the man who carried out the murder.

ISIS posted the video of Foley’s murder last week, sparking international outrage, as well deep concern in the UK over the killer’s apparent British accent. The British government believes there to be about 500 Britons fighting in Syria and Iraq, raising fears that battle hardened jihadists could try to return to the UK and spread terror.

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3 thoughts on “‘Jihadi John’ Lookalike Sparks Speculation over Identity as Foley Killer Reportedly Identified

  1. Staged staged staged. All these aholes must think we are stupid. They want and will let all this shit happen. Then you must surrender what remains of your rights, so they can keep you safe. What a crock.

  2. Jim’s Rant For The Day. Send In The Clowns.

    The Main Street Presstitutes keep telling us that the beheading of James Foley is an “act of war” and deserves a war. But it appears that act of war may be going up in smoke. Here are the facts we have today.

    The gentleman in the video doing the beheading is a well known British rapper. This makes sense to me because when you advertise for someone experienced in losing heads, rappers would be the first to be considered, if you have ever listened to their lyrics. Now the British “government” is admitting that the video is indeed a hoax per their experts. However, because they need the war as badly as the U.S., they still conclude that Foley was executed later. But this goes into the face of the expert’s report as they made no comment as to the severed head being real. They just concluded the whole video was a hoax, period.

    Then yesterday, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said that ISIS is only a regional threat in the Middle East, thus leaving us to conclude that all this screaming that ISIS is coming is a hoax too.

    Are people awakened in enough numbers now to keep their lies from sticking? Just last week Youtube informed viewers of the beheading film that they “would be subject to arrest if they watched it”. Perhaps it’s time that they send in the clowns. . . Oh wait, they’re here.
    Source: http://src-fla.us/index.php/news2e629/80-rant/331-send-in-the-clowns

  3. I haven’t been paying attention to this nonsense either, and again, nor do I plan to start. They did this fake journalist beheading thing a few years ago with a guy named Nick Berg, so there’s no need to watch the re-run.

    What’s important here is the propaganda’s purpose, and this “Jihadi John” character was created to push the “domestic terrorist” angle. Notice that the “key suspect” is from a wealthy family. That’s to impress upon you the notion that a “domestic terrorist” can be anyone, so you shouldn’t hesitate to get on the phone and report anyone you see buying too many cans of soup.

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