Posted on 08/21/2014 8:19:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Weeks before he was abducted, alleged members of a kidnapping network tied to ISIS were busted in London. Syrian extremists saw it as a reason to accelerate abductions. American journalist James Foley was captured in Syria in November 2012, just weeks after the British government arrested and charged three British citizens, who were alleged members of a group of foreign fighters associated with the Islamic State, for the kidnapping of two other Western journalists.
It remains unclear whether these accused terrorists who later slipped through the fingers of the British legal system were part of the same extremist cell that abducted Foley, but they are part of a growing network of foreign fighters working together and with ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
The London legal case was viewed among extremist groups in Syria as a call to action to accelerate abductions of Western journalists, because one of the former hostages had testified against the alleged extremists in pretrial hearings before the case fell apart. The case also highlights the British governments long struggle with how to combat the growing number of its own citizens who are waging jihad in Syria and fighting alongside ISIS.
In early November 2013, the British government released and dropped all charges against Shajul Islam, a British-trained doctor who was associated with the NHS. Islam had been arrested in October 2012 when he arrived back in London with his wife and child at Heathrow airport and was charged with the false imprisonment of two Western journalists kidnapped in Syria in July 2012.
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Yep...London...Rotterdam, Malmo, Oslo...Hamburg, for sure. All the multiculturalist in Europe are finding out their stupid ideas get lots of people raped and killed.
This explains the perfect English and the British accent coming from Foley’s executioner.
Meanwhile in jolly old England, the yobs are more concerned about Man U than the survival of their nation. 'Ave another pint, mate!
It remains unclear whether these accused terrorists who later slipped through the fingers of the British legal system
In early November 2013, the British government released and dropped all charges
This also explains why Prime Minister Cameron immediately returned from his vacation, while Obozo was seen laughing on the golf course 10 minutes after his presser about the butchers.
The British don’t have an accent, that’s just how English sounds when spoken properly.
Nah, ManUre aren’t going to win the league this year. Need strengthening.
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