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ISIS Video Star ‘Jihadi John’ Targeted by U.S. Drone Strike

The English-speaking masked terrorist who has appeared in many ISIS murder videos, known as “Jihadi John” but long ago identified as 27-year-old British expatriate Mohammed Emwazi, has been targeted by a drone strike near the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa, Syria.

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U.S. Targets ‘Jihadi John’ In Syria Air Strike

(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday carried out an air strike in Syria targeting the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John,” who participated in gruesome videos showing the killings of American and British hostages, officials said. One U.S.

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ISIS Threatens to Kill Croatian Hostage unless Egypt Frees Muslim Women

The Egyptian branch of ISIS has kidnapped a 30-year-old Croatian named Tomislav Salopek, who was in Egypt on business as an employee of French geology firm CGG, and is threatening to murder him within 48 hours if the Egyptian government does not release Muslim women from its jails. It is not clear exactly which Muslim women the terrorist group wants freed, as there is no shortage of them in Egyptian prisons, following the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Is ‘Jihadi John’ Really On The Run From Islamic State?

‘Jihadi John’, the notorious Islamic State (IS) executioner from Britain who featured in several beheading videos, is thought to have gone on the run from the Islamist terror group several weeks ago, reportedly trying to reach North Africa. The Express reports the British terrorist

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‘Jihadi John’ Love Group To Challenge Funding Block

A landmark legal ruling means Britain’s voluntary sector regulator, the Charity Commission, faces a judicial review of its decision to pressure charities into cutting donations to Cage. The British advocacy group linked to Islamic State (IS) executioner ‘Jihadi John’ previously alleged the regulator exceeded its role, acting

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Former ISIS Hostage: Jihadists Enjoy Teletubbies, Game of Thrones

Former Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) hostage Nicolas Henin, 39, spoke out recently about his ten months with the jihadist group. He told the BBC the militants enjoyed Teletubbies and Game of Thrones. He also claimed there were some who could not come to terms with the blood the group spills on an almost daily basis.

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Boko Haram Takes a Page from the ISIS Playbook with Beheading Video

The degree of coordination between Nigerian terror gang Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been a topic of much speculation among counterterrorism analysts. It has long been a matter of record that Boko Haram idolized ISIS and sought to emulate their ideology and tactics, creating a “caliphate” of their own in Africa.

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NYP: Empowering Jihad: The Deadly Myth of a ‘Root Cause’

Reports that “Jihadi John,” the British-accented narrator of ISIS snuff videos, isMohammed Emwazi — an educated young man from a middle-class background — ought to put the final stake in the pretense that poverty and a lack of education and opportunity fuel Islamist hate.