US charges British IS members in deaths of American hostages (2 Viewers)

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mrln

silent ghost
"Because of a recent concession by the Justice Department, prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty."
FUCKIN REALLY!?!
the govt is whats wrong with the fucking judicial system! these scumbags killed people and they get to live? on the tax payers dollar? unfuckinreal...
who made what "sweetheart of a deal", behind closed doors,is what i wanna know. they too, should be crucified!
fucking retarded bullshit...
 

Vwj

NewbieX
"Because of a recent concession by the Justice Department, prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty."
FUCKIN REALLY!?!
the govt is whats wrong with the fucking judicial system! these scumbags killed people and they get to live? on the tax payers dollar? unfuckinreal...
who made what "sweetheart of a deal", behind closed doors,is what i wanna know. they too, should be crucified!
fucking retarded bullshit...
That’ll be the British government, they won’t pass people over for execution, be the only way they’ll let you extradite them,
 

Harv3y

Lurker
Execute them, but none of this humane shit, give the rat bastards a taste of their own medicine. Get a rusty knife right in about their throat and make the jihadi scum suffer as much as possible
 

mrln

silent ghost
That’ll be the British government, they won’t pass people over for execution, be the only way they’ll let you extradite them,
and people believe the united states and britain are two separate countries. only by water...
same shitty system. ok maybe a few things arent the same. but basically the same shit.
 

Vwj

NewbieX
He looks like a proper, daft cunt. Maybe he should go bye-bye too.
This is the guy that fought for Brexit from the 70’s and then became leader of the opposition and then changed his mind saying he would go to Europe for a deal then come back and we could have a second referendum for stay in Europe with his deal or stay in Europe, he also said he watched the queens speech on Xmas morning, he also invited 2 IRA members into parliament just after the Brighton bomb, he was also at the courts supporting the Brighton bomb suspect, he also went to IRA rallies, then tried to say he never supported the IRA, he wanted British troops charged for war crimes that were in Ireland, he was always interfering with Ireland when we were trying to get a peace deal (a back bencher from the opposite party, what fucking say has he got?), then claims it was him that brokered peace in NI, he went to meet hezbolla and hamas and hates Israel, and one of the worst crimes in history he fucked Diane Abbott back in the 70’s then tried to brag about it to his mates by saying he forgot some leaflets back at his flat where Abbott was still asleep in his bed, and at the Brexit election, (general but most of the policies were about Brexit coz the fucking left had tried to stop it at every single opportunity l) his main policy was free WiFi 🤷‍♂️
 

Vwj

NewbieX
and people believe the united states and britain are two separate countries. only by water...
same shitty system. ok maybe a few things arent the same. but basically the same shit.
Europe believes we are, and that America won’t give us a trade deal, that was part of one of the deals in Europe that we can’t trade with the USA, also the left believe that Donald trump wants the nhs for a trade deal, and the right will sell it off to him, which is strange because the left started selling it off years ago
 

H82Go8675309

𝐉𝐫
Should've taken them straight to Gitmo. I cannot believe they won't be seeking & receiving the death penalty.
Death however, might be the more kinder/gentler way.
So sad for their victim's families.
It's an election year.
Now, we have here, high value assets, those extremists might try to re-acquire?
Who approved this shite?!?! F.F.S.
Daddy'd roll over in his grave if I hadn't have cremated him! 🤦‍♀️
 

Ewww777

Fresh Meat
Jesus who had the time to read all that? By the you read all that you could have watched a good 7-8 beheading videos.
 

whiteboyopie

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DOJ charges British IS members in deaths of Western hostages


WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against four Americans and others captured and held hostage in Syria, the Justice Department said.
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men who were called “the Beatles” by the hostages because of the captors' British accents. The two men were expected to make their first appearance Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where a federal grand jury issued an eight-count indictment that accuses them of being “leading participants in a brutal hostage-taking scheme” that resulted in the deaths of Western hostages, including American journalist James Foley.
The charges are a milestone in a yearslong effort by U.S. authorities to bring to justice members of the group known for beheadings and barbaric treatment of aid workers, journalists and other hostages in Syria. Startling for their unflinching depictions of cruelty and violence, recordings of the murders were released online in the form of propaganda for a group that at its peak controlled vast swaths of Syria and Iraq.
The case underscores the Justice Department's commitment to prosecuting in American civilian court militants captured overseas, said Assistant Attorney General John Demers, who vowed that other extremists “will be pursued to the ends of the earth.” The defendants' arrival in the U.S. sets the stage for arguably the most sensational terrorism trial since the 2014 criminal case against the suspected ringleader of a deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
“If you have American blood in your veins or American blood on your hands, you will face American justice,” said Demers, the department's top national security official.
The men are charged in connection with the deaths of four American hostages — Foley, journalist Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller — as well as British and Japanese nationals who were also held captive.
The pair face charges of hostage-taking resulting in death and other terrorism-related counts. Because of a recent concession by the Justice Department, prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty.
The indictment describes Kotey and Elsheikh, both of whom prosecutors say radicalized in London and left for Syria in 2012, as “leading participants in a brutal hostage-taking scheme" that targeted American and European citizens and that involved murders, mock executions, shocks with electric tasers, physical restraints and other brutal acts.
Prosecutors say the men worked closely with a chief spokesman for IS who reported to the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a U.S. military operation last year. They were joined in the “Beatles” by Mohamed Emwazi, who was killed in a 2015 drone strike and was also known as “Jihadi John” after appearing and speaking in the videos of multiple executions, including Foley’s. A fourth member, Aine Lesley Davis, is serving a prison sentence in Turkey.
The indictment accuses Kotey and Elsheikh of participating in Foley's 2012 kidnapping and of supervising detention facilities for hostages, “in addition to engaging in a long pattern of physical and psychological violence.”
It also alleges that they coordinated ransom negotiations over email with hostage families. In interviews while in detention, the two men admitted they helped collect email addresses from Mueller that could be used to send out ransom demands. Mueller was killed in 2015 after 18 months in IS captivity. The indictment says Mueller's family received an email demanding a cash payment of 5 million euros for Mueller's release.
In July 2014, according to the indictment, Elsheikh described to a family member his participation in an IS attack on the Syrian Army. He sent the family member photos of decapitated heads and said in a voice message, “There’s many heads, this is just a couple that I took a photo of.”
The indictment describes the execution of a Syrian prisoner in 2014 that the two forced their Western hostages to watch. Kotey instructed the hostages to kneel while watching the execution and holding signs pleading for their release. Emwazi shot the prisoner in the back of the head while Elsheikh videotaped the execution. Elsheikh told one of the hostages, “you’re next,” prosecutors say.
The 24-page indictment accuses Kotey and Elsheikh of conspiring to murder the hostages and of helping cause their deaths by detaining them. It does not spell out any specific roles for them in the executions. But G. Zachary Terwilliger, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office will prosecute the case, said under U.S. law Elsheikh and Kotey can “be held liable for the foreseeable acts of their co-conspirators.”
Relatives of the four slain Americans praised the Justice Department for transferring the men to the U.S. for trial, calling it "the first step in the pursuit of justice for the alleged horrific human rights crimes against these four young Americans.”
“We are hopeful that the U.S. government will finally be able to send the important message that if you harm Americans, you will never escape justice. And when you are caught, you will face the full power of American law,” their statement said.
Elsheikh and Kotey have been held since October 2019 in American military custody after being captured in Syria one year earlier by the U.S.-based Syrian Democratic Forces while trying to escape Syria for Turkey. The Justice Department has long wanted to put them on trial, but those efforts were complicated by wrangling over whether Britain, which does not have the death penalty, would share evidence that could be used in a death penalty prosecution.
Attorney General William Barr broke the diplomatic standoff this year when he promised the men would not face the death penalty. That prompted British authorities to share evidence that U.S. prosecutors deemed crucial for obtaining convictions.
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whiteboyopie

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DOJ charges British IS members in deaths of Western hostages


WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against four Americans and others captured and held hostage in Syria, the Justice Department said.
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men who were called “the Beatles” by the hostages because of the captors' British accents. The two men were expected to make their first appearance Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where a federal grand jury issued an eight-count indictment that accuses them of being “leading participants in a brutal hostage-taking scheme” that resulted in the deaths of Western hostages, including American journalist James Foley.
The charges are a milestone in a yearslong effort by U.S. authorities to bring to justice members of the group known for beheadings and barbaric treatment of aid workers, journalists and other hostages in Syria. Startling for their unflinching depictions of cruelty and violence, recordings of the murders were released online in the form of propaganda for a group that at its peak controlled vast swaths of Syria and Iraq.
The case underscores the Justice Department's commitment to prosecuting in American civilian court militants captured overseas, said Assistant Attorney General John Demers, who vowed that other extremists “will be pursued to the ends of the earth.” The defendants' arrival in the U.S. sets the stage for arguably the most sensational terrorism trial since the 2014 criminal case against the suspected ringleader of a deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
“If you have American blood in your veins or American blood on your hands, you will face American justice,” said Demers, the department's top national security official.
The men are charged in connection with the deaths of four American hostages — Foley, journalist Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller — as well as British and Japanese nationals who were also held captive.
The pair face charges of hostage-taking resulting in death and other terrorism-related counts. Because of a recent concession by the Justice Department, prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty.
The indictment describes Kotey and Elsheikh, both of whom prosecutors say radicalized in London and left for Syria in 2012, as “leading participants in a brutal hostage-taking scheme" that targeted American and European citizens and that involved murders, mock executions, shocks with electric tasers, physical restraints and other brutal acts.
Prosecutors say the men worked closely with a chief spokesman for IS who reported to the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a U.S. military operation last year. They were joined in the “Beatles” by Mohamed Emwazi, who was killed in a 2015 drone strike and was also known as “Jihadi John” after appearing and speaking in the videos of multiple executions, including Foley’s. A fourth member, Aine Lesley Davis, is serving a prison sentence in Turkey.
The indictment accuses Kotey and Elsheikh of participating in Foley's 2012 kidnapping and of supervising detention facilities for hostages, “in addition to engaging in a long pattern of physical and psychological violence.”
It also alleges that they coordinated ransom negotiations over email with hostage families. In interviews while in detention, the two men admitted they helped collect email addresses from Mueller that could be used to send out ransom demands. Mueller was killed in 2015 after 18 months in IS captivity. The indictment says Mueller's family received an email demanding a cash payment of 5 million euros for Mueller's release.
In July 2014, according to the indictment, Elsheikh described to a family member his participation in an IS attack on the Syrian Army. He sent the family member photos of decapitated heads and said in a voice message, “There’s many heads, this is just a couple that I took a photo of.”
The indictment describes the execution of a Syrian prisoner in 2014 that the two forced their Western hostages to watch. Kotey instructed the hostages to kneel while watching the execution and holding signs pleading for their release. Emwazi shot the prisoner in the back of the head while Elsheikh videotaped the execution. Elsheikh told one of the hostages, “you’re next,” prosecutors say.
The 24-page indictment accuses Kotey and Elsheikh of conspiring to murder the hostages and of helping cause their deaths by detaining them. It does not spell out any specific roles for them in the executions. But G. Zachary Terwilliger, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office will prosecute the case, said under U.S. law Elsheikh and Kotey can “be held liable for the foreseeable acts of their co-conspirators.”
Relatives of the four slain Americans praised the Justice Department for transferring the men to the U.S. for trial, calling it "the first step in the pursuit of justice for the alleged horrific human rights crimes against these four young Americans.”
“We are hopeful that the U.S. government will finally be able to send the important message that if you harm Americans, you will never escape justice. And when you are caught, you will face the full power of American law,” their statement said.
Elsheikh and Kotey have been held since October 2019 in American military custody after being captured in Syria one year earlier by the U.S.-based Syrian Democratic Forces while trying to escape Syria for Turkey. The Justice Department has long wanted to put them on trial, but those efforts were complicated by wrangling over whether Britain, which does not have the death penalty, would share evidence that could be used in a death penalty prosecution.
Attorney General William Barr broke the diplomatic standoff this year when he promised the men would not face the death penalty. That prompted British authorities to share evidence that U.S. prosecutors deemed crucial for obtaining convictions.
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The U.S., illegally & immorally raids numerous Middle East nations , pillages their oil, bombs there cities into crumbs, murders there people, then charges those who fought back with crimes.
Gotta love American arrogance.
 
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