‘Jihadi John’: Islamic State killer is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi

[Valin]

Washington Post:

Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman

February 26 2015

 

LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.

 

But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize.

 

“I have no doubt that Mohammed is Jihadi John,” said one of Emwazi’s close friends who identified him in an interview with The Washington Post. “He was like a brother to me. . . . I am sure it is him.”

 

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Poverty made me do this!

[Valin]

Foreign fighters flow to Syria

The number of foreign fighters who have joined the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq now exceeds 20,000, up from the 15,000 estimated last October. According to ICSR, nearly a fifth of the fighters come from Western European nations.

 

[nickydog]

Washington Post:

Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman

February 26 2015

 

LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.

 

But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize.

 

“I have no doubt that Mohammed is Jihadi John,” said one of Emwazi’s close friends who identified him in an interview with The Washington Post. “He was like a brother to me. . . . I am sure it is him.”

 

(Snip)

 

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Poverty made me do this!

 

 

There must be some nuance in there somewhere that we're not getting.

[Valin]

 

Washington Post:

Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman

February 26 2015

 

 

 

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Poverty made me do this!

There must be some nuance in there somewhere that we're not getting.

 

No nuance, but there is a sharp knife

[clearvision]

'Jihadi John' suspect took anger management classes, says teacher

 

Well there you go. Can't be him...