Possible American Accent Detected in ISIS Horror Video

ABC News ^ | February 17, 2015 | Brian Ross, James Gordon Meek, Randy Kreider, and Alexander Hosenball

[C19fan]

U.S. intelligence officials are analyzing facial features and speech patterns of the masked man who spoke in a recent ISIS video to determine who he is, and if he could be one of ISIS’s American recruits, according to a senior U.S. official.

The masked man speaks briefly in the video, which purports to show the gruesome execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, declaring that ISIS’s Libyan affiliate is “on the south of Rome,” an apparent reference to ISIS’s expansion into Libya and the threat it poses to the West.

Professor Erik Thomas, a linguistics expert at North Carolina State University, told ABC News that based on distinctive word pronunciations, “he sounds like an American” with some Arabic influence. Another linguistic expert from another American university, who requested he not be named, said the masked man may be a native Arabic speaker but came to learn American English likely by spending a “significant amount of time” in the U.S.

[C19fan]

/src on/Channeling Legally Blond Harf: Because of American racism this poor Arab immigrant could not find gainful employment in the US. Therefore, America forced him to join ISIS where now he is gainfully employed as a human resources recruiter and spokesman./src off/

[Paul46360]

“HEY Y’ALL DOIN”

[manc]

Must have not got his free college or work training.

[Michael.SF.]

Could they not use face reconstruction techniques from the video to get an idea of what these guys look like?

[Stormdog]

“he sounds like an American” with some Arabic influence. Another linguistic expert from another American university, who requested he not be named, said the masked man may be a native Arabic speaker but came to learn American English likely by spending a “significant amount of time” in the U.S.”

Then again, he may just be a cunning linguist.

[CrazyIvan]

Probably picked it up in Gitmo before Obama released him.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Dis he sound like Obama ?

[Viennacon]

Sounds like a Scottish american

[353FMG]

The possibility that there are Americans among those ghouls is very high.

There are enough muzzies in our country to raise a large army of ISIS operatives.

[Gritty]

Whoever this Muslim savage is, he isn’t an American even if he sports an “American” passport.