Iraq crisis: Cameron warns of possible IS threat to UK

[JDeuce]

'I GUESS I WISH I WASN'T AMERICAN': JAMES WRIGHT FOLEY'S FINAL WORDS


'I call on my friends family and loved ones to rise up against my real killers, the US government. For what will happen to me is only a result of their complacency and criminality.
'My message to my beloved parents: save me some dignity and don’t accept any (unclear, possibly says media) compensation for my death, from the same people who effectively hit the last nail in my coffin with a recent aerial campaign in Iraq.
'I call on my brother John, who is/was (this part is also unclear) member of the US Air Force, think about what you are doing, think about lives you destroy including those of your own family.
'I call on you John, think about who made the decision to bomb Iraq recently and kill those people, whoever they may have been.
'Think John, who did they really kill? Did they think about me, you our family when they made that decision?
'I died that day John, when your colleagues dropped that bomb on those people – they signed my death certificate.
'I wish I had more time, I wish I could have the hope of freedom and see my family once again, but that ship has sailed. I guess all in all, I wish I wasn’t American.'



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Obviously written for him by the same fucks who killed him to use as propaganda. Don't know why he would do so when he knows he's going to get killed anyway, but obviously none of us know how the hell we'd react in a situation like that.

If you're on the fence about watching the video, my advice is don't do it. I saw one of the beheading videos a long time ago and literally wasn't right for a few days. It gets burned into your head and the sickening feeling stays with you forever.

I am sick and fucking tired of playing around with these assholes. If the international community won't get off its ass, then the Americans will need to do the heavy lifting as usual. Full assault...men, women, children, dogs, cockroaches, plants...any living thing in the path of daisy cutters gets exterminated. You've got kids who are being born and raised to become militant soldiers of Islam anyway...sorry, but war is never pretty, and I'd take a giant dump on the international community if they don't like it. Hamas, ISIS, al qaeda...fucking sick of them all, and it's time to permanently remove the cancer from the Earth. If you dare to fuck with Americans anywhere or anytime, the repercussions need to be extreme enough for them to fear the fuck out of us. If they don't, we will kill them eventually anyway.

Welcome to the early stages of WWIII. We're well past the point of negotiation. If you're alive today, you're living through history.

 

[The Guesser]

Obviously written for him by the same fucks who killed him to use as propaganda. Don't know why he would do so when he knows he's going to get killed anyway, but obviously none of us know how the hell we'd react in a situation like that.

If you're on the fence about watching the video, my advice is don't do it. I saw one of the beheading videos a long time ago and literally wasn't right for a few days. It gets burned into your head and the sickening feeling stays with you forever.

I am sick and fucking tired of playing around with these assholes. If the international community won't get off its ass, then the Americans will need to do the heavy lifting as usual. Full assault...men, women, children, dogs, cockroaches, plants...any living thing in the path of daisy cutters gets exterminated. You've got kids who are being born and raised to become militant soldiers of Islam anyway...sorry, but war is never pretty, and I'd take a giant dump on the international community if they don't like it. Hamas, ISIS, al qaeda...fucking sick of them all, and it's time to permanently remove the cancer from the Earth. If you dare to fuck with Americans anywhere or anytime, the repercussions need to be extreme enough for them to fear the fuck out of us. If they don't, we will kill them eventually anyway.

Welcome to the early stages of WWIII. We're well past the point of negotiation. If you're alive today, you're living through history.

Check your PM's.

 

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[h=1]Revealed, James Foley was an ISIS 'whipping boy': Jihadists discovered pictures of his U.S. Air Force officer brother on his laptop and tortured him with mock executions and 'crucified him to a wall'[/h]

• Hostages held with Foley who have since been released said he was singled out for beatings because pictures of John Foley were found
• The Frenchmen said that he was also subject to mock executions including one where he was 'crucified against a wall'
• They added that their captivity was 'always rough and sometimes violent'
• The journalists - who described Foley as an 'extraordinary, solid guy' were freed in April and French PM has denied ransom was paid
• ISIS wanted $132m for the release of Foley - as Americans carry higher price
• Foley was forced to denounce his brother in horrific beheading video because of US airstrikes in Iraq
• He has another brother who is serving in the military and his mother said it was these two who inspired James to go to war zones to report

ames Foley was singled out for the harshest treatment by his ISIS captors after they found pictures of his brother who serves in the U.S. Air Force on his laptop computer, fellow prisoners said on Thursday.
He was regularly the victim of mock executions including once when he was 'crucified against a wall,' said French journalist Didier Francois.
Francois, 53, told Europe 1 Radio that the captors gave Foley rougher treatment from the rest of them because they discovered a picture of John Foley — the hostage's 35-year-old officer brother — on his computer.

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Torture: Fellow prisoners revealed how James endured worse treatment and was treated like a 'whipping boy' by his captors because of his US Airman officer brother John (we have protected his image as he is a serving member of the military)
Giving an insight into the physical and mental torture the hostages endured at the hands of the terrorists, Francois called Foley 'one of the pillars of the group,' who 'never cracked even under the most difficult conditions'.
'He was an extraordinary guy, an extremely nice companion in detention, very solid.'
Francois described the conditions in which all the hostages were held in Syria, as always ‘rough and sometimes violent.'
'Being an American he was probably more targeted by the kidnappers. Well, he would be beaten a bit more probably, he was some kind of scapegoat'

- Fellow captive Nicolas Henin


A second French hostage, Nicolas Henin, who spent seven months in captivity with Foley in Syria, including a week during which they were handcuffed together, said the American was always seen as 'some kind of scapegoat' by his captors.
'Being an American he was probably more targeted by the kidnappers. Well, he would be beaten a bit more probably, he was some kind of scapegoat,' Henin told the BBC.
'And the kidnappers knew that his brother was in the U.S. Air Force,' added Henin, who was released in April.
'He became the whipping-boy of the jailers but remained unperturbed'.
The hostages were led by Foley's British killer ‘John’ – ringleader of gang of British jihadis known as 'The Beatles', who guarded western hostages for ISIS. Francois, 53, said he has 'a rough idea' as to the identity of the left-handed killer.
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Wednesday that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into his death.

.Foley's brother was working at the Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a logistics officer during most of James's captivity. However, he was transferred to a post in Europe just three weeks before his brother's execution, the Air Force confirmed to MailOnline.A third brother, Mark, is also in the military, but it was the captors' knowledge of John that led to James Foley's tough treatment.


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[Dave007inVegas]

It's funny you say that. I always thought Vegas has to be near the top of the list of prime targets. It's the ultimate symbol of party, decadence, indulgence, etc. The anti-Islam.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they somehow attempt to simultaneously set off multiple bombs in one of the hotels or even repeat 9-11 by flying planes into more than one...with the goal of trying to collapse the entire place. Upon hearing the explosions, mass chaos would ensue. There would be a much higher casualty count than on 9-11. Would be a huge victory for them.

Call me a loon if you want but I can’t understand why the U.S. isn’t concerned about sleeper cells. There have to be 1000’s of terrorists living here in plain sight.

The news talks about jihadists with U.S. passports being able to return. That’s laughable when you consider the open border policy.

Mark my words, there will come a day when they get the “phone call” and a coordinated attacks occur across the country. How much damage will be done remains to be seen but we’re setting ourselves up for another 9/11 only this time it won’t be planes, it will be our neighbors.

 

[Acebb]

^ Right on cue

[h=1]Photo implies ISIS threat to Chicago[/h]
There is another chilling Chicago connection in the battle between the US. and extreme Islamic militants isil (ISIS).
First there’s the beheading of the journalist who was the Northwestern graduate.
Now WGN Investigates has found an online war of words and disturbing images that includes an implied threat to a Chicago landmark building.
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/21/photo-implies-isis-threat-to-chicago/

 

[mplastered]

^ Right on cue

Photo implies ISIS threat to Chicago


There is another chilling Chicago connection in the battle between the US. and extreme Islamic militants isil (ISIS).
First there’s the beheading of the journalist who was the Northwestern graduate.
Now WGN Investigates has found an online war of words and disturbing images that includes an implied threat to a Chicago landmark building.
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/21/photo-implies-isis-threat-to-chicago/

It will have to be a bomb because guns are outlawed in Chicago. I'm sure they know that though.

 

[Dr. Ettiv]

Cameron is the new leader of the free world.

How low have we dropped in the past 5 1/2 years.

This president is an absolute disgrace

 

[mplastered]

Cameron is the new leader of the free world.

How low have we dropped in the past 5 1/2 years.

This president is an absolute disgrace

Haaaaaa, the world has no leader.

 

[superbeets]

[h=1]he rapper, the hacker and the terror travel guide writer. Is one of these British extremists Jihadi John? Three potential Islamic State 'Beatles' emerge as MI5 'zeroes in' on murderer who beheaded U.S. journalist James Foley[/h]

• Intelligence agencies hunting for identity of jihadist who murdered reporter
• Reports have suggested Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, a 23-year-old from London
• Abu Hussain al-Britani, 20, and Abu Abdullah al-Britani, also potential match
• Young men have posed with heads and 'launched cyber attacks on West'
• Security sources say they are 'zeroing in' on suspected matched
• Police are preparing to raid several British homes to help establish identity
  
• Man in video known as 'John', reportedly in British group called 'the Beatles'
• Theresa May poised to bring in new laws to tackle British extremists

Three British men waging jihad in the Middle East alongside the Islamic State (IS) have emerged as potential identities for the masked extremist who killed James Foley in a brutal propaganda video.
The men, all in their early twenties, are thought to be in the IS capital of Raqqa, Syria. They enter the frame as security sources say MI5 are getting closer to discovering who the executioner, known only as 'John', could be.
The fighter, who spoke with a British accent, butchered Mr Foley, an American journalist, in front of cameras, claiming it was retaliation for U.S. air strikes on the Islamic State (formerly ISIS).

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In the frame: It has been suggested that Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, a rapper from West London, could be the man who killed journalist James Foley in a brutal propaganda video

Potential match: Bary, 23, left holding a severed head, is reportedly in Syria alongside Abu Abdullah al-Britani, right, a Briton in his early 20s from Portsmouth, either could be 'John', the jihadist who butchered John Foley

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Search: UK and U.S. intelligence services are working to identify 'John' (right), who appeared in a gruesome video in which he kills American journalist James Foley (left)

A French prisoner who was held captive by 'John' says he was part of a group of British jihadists who call themselves 'The Beatles'.
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, a former rapper from London, Abu Hussain Al-Britani, 20, a computer hacker from Birmingham, and Abu Abdullah al-Britani, in his 20s, from Portsmouth, have been mooted as identities for 'John'.
According to reports in The Sun newspaper, some of the men have similar voices, and even use similar language, to that used in the video.

 

[superbeets]

Security forces have revealed that the information contained in the horrific footage has allowed them to 'zero in' on the wanted man.
Meanwhile, police are preparing to raid the homes of several Britons in order to help establish his identity. Their drive to find 'John' comes as the Home Secretary announced that she was poised to bring in new laws to tackle British extremists.
Bary, one of the British jihadists, has posted sickening images online of himself posing with the severed heard of a Syria soldier, accompanied by a joke.

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Intelligence: Voice recognition software is reportedly among the tools analysts at MI5 are using to 'zero in' on the identity of the murderer

The former musician, whose music was played on Radio 1, left a £1million home in Maida Vale, west London, saying he was 'leaving everything for the sake of Allah'. He later boasted online about the battles he had fought.
An expert told the Sun that Bary's voice and speech patterns sounded 'the same' as those of the man speaking in the horrific video of Mr Foley's death.
According to the Sun, Bary is believed to be the ringleader of the trio. It reports that his two associates call themselves 'lions'.

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Cyber skills: Abu Hussain al-Britani, 20, whose real name is Junaid Hussain, was jailed for stealing personal information from Tony Blair. He left Birmingham for Syria and is reportedly launching cyber attacks on the West

 

[superbeets]

Abu Hussain al-Britani, who lived in Birmingham, was jailed in 2012 for stealing personal information from former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The jihadist, real name Junaid Hussian, later left for Syria, where it has been reported that he is helping mastermind jihadist cyber attacks on British banks and celebrities to further swell the IS war coffers.

Meanwhile, Abu Abdullah Al-Britani, who often uses Twitter to post pro-IS propaganda online, is believed to be behind social media accounts attempting to recruit teenagers to join fighting in the Middle East.
[h=3]THE RAPPER[/h]Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, is a former musician whose music has been played on BBC Radio 1.
He lived with his mother Ragaa for more than a decade in a home in Maida Vale, West London, owned by Westminster Council that is worth £1million.

He left in 2013 to fight in Syria, saying that he was 'leaving everything for the sake of Allah'.

He later boasted online about the battles he had fought.

Friends said Bary – an aspiring rapper on the 'grime' music scene – grew increasingly radical and violent after mixing with thugs linked to hate preacher Anjem Choudary.

He is one of six children of Adel Abdul Bary, who was extradited from Britain to the US in 2011 after an eight-year legal battle that made him a cause celebre of the Left as lawyers took his publicly funded case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Investigators believe Bary Snr was one of Bin Laden's closest lieutenants in the infancy of Al Qaeda and ran a London cell of the terror network.

Bary Jr is believed to be the ringleader of the three extremists, according to the Sun.


In June, MailOnline revealed an account on the ask.fm social media site, believed to be operated by al-Britani, which gave self-identified youths advice on how to travel to Syria and Iraq and perks of the job from working with IS.
It comes as British intelligence operatives continue to use advanced recognition software to match known suspects to 'John's' voice.
Security sources revealed to The Times that, thanks to information posted online, MI5 is now 'zeroing in' on the wanted man.
It was also revealed that police are preparing to raid the homes of several Britons to help to establish the identity of the jihadist. Meanwhile, a small group of officers from the FBI is understood to be arriving to help British forces with their investigation.
Strict security protocols have also reportedly been put in place to stop classified information leaking to the wanted jihadists or their associates.
In an interview yesterday, Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said: 'Our intelligence agencies and police are studying the material that we have received.
'You wouldn't expect me to give a running commentary on that process, but we are devoting significant amounts of resource to identifying the individual.'

He also ruled out an alliance with the Assad regime in Syria to combat the Islamic State (formerly Isis), saying that 'my enemy's enemy is not my friend'.
His statement comes as the Home Secretary announced that she was poised to bring in new laws to tackle British extremists.

Theresa May said Britain must introduce all the legal powers necessary to win the struggle against terror that is feared to last for decades.

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Family home: Bary - an aspiring rapper - lived with his mother Ragaa for more than a decade in this £1million home in Maida Vale, West London, owned by Westminster Council

 

[superbeets]

[h=3]THE HACKER[/h]Abu Hussain al-Britani, who lived in Birmingham, was jailed in 2012 for stealing personal information from former Prime Minister Tony Blair. He fled to Syria last year while on police bail.

It has been reported that the jihadist, whose real name Junaid Hussian, is helping mastermind cyber attacks on British banks and celebrities to further swell IS war coffers.

Hussain has not directly mentioned hacking in his stream of Islamist posts on Twitter, but a fellow fighter boasted of being bought pizza using celebrity's credit card details acquired by a jihadist hacker.

He has posted photos online of him posing with a rifle in his hands.


[h=3]THE TRAVEL GUIDE WRITER[/h]Abu Abdullah Al-Britani, who often uses Twitter to post pro-IS propaganda, is believed to be behind social media accounts attempting to recruit teenagers.

MailOnline revealed an account on the ask.fm social media site, believed to be operated by al-Britani, which gave self-identified youths advice on how to travel to Syria and Iraq and perks of the job from working with IS.

Another message describes the 'welcome pack' new ISIS recruits receive when they complete theIr induction process.

He is believed to be one of a group of men from Portsmouth who flew from London Gatwick to the tourist town of Antalya in Turkey, before crossing the border into Syria to join ISIS.




Banning orders for extremist groups will be looked at again alongside powers to stop radical preachers. Mrs May also underlined changes to the law that mean naturalised Britons who are fighting overseas can be stripped of their citizenship and excluded.
Yesterday it emerged that the group holding Mr Foley has demanded the release of al-Qaeda scientist Aafia Siddiqui.

The Pakistani mother-of-three, 42, is serving 86 years in a Texas jail for plotting to spread Ebola and make a dirty bomb.

 

[superbeets]

It came as Mr Foley's brother Michael urged officials to reconsider their policy of not negotiating in order to save another US journalist, Steven Sotloff.

He said: 'I hope that Jim's death pushes us to take another look at our approach.'
General Martin Dempsey, Chariman of President Obama's Joint Chiefs of Staff, yesterday warned that IS had an 'apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision' and could only be defeated by a coalition of partners.

 

[superbeets]

SAS in high-tech hunt for Jihadi John: 'Significant force' of elite UK troops on the ground as MI5 identify James Foley's sickening killer

• The SAS and Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been deployed to Iraq
• The elite soldiers have been tasked to hunt down Isis terrorist 'Jihad John'
• A range of high-tech surveillance tools are being used to narrow the search

British Special Forces hunting the killer of James Foley are using an array of sophisticated equipment to track him down – and possibly free other hostages being held.
The Mail on Sunday has been given a detailed account of how elite troops from the SAS and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) are conducting high-tech operations inside Syria and Iraq, which could lead to the capture of the extremists within days.
It emerged as reports suggested that British intelligence services had identified the true identity of the terrorist who beheaded Mr Foley – as seen in a video which shocked the world - known as 'Jihadi John'.

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The SAS team tasked with hunting down the ISIS terrorists will use hand-launched surveillance drones

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Elite force: The SAS are experts in desert warfare having conducted operations in the Middle East for decades. Pictured are a heavily armed British Special Forces patrol in Afghanistan in 2001

The Mail on Sunday has been told that in the past 48 hours a ‘significant force’ of SAS soldiers and signallers have deployed to northern Iraq, joining Iraqi and Kurdish units fighting IS.
They have separated into four-man teams and are accompanying local troops in an attempt to capture British jihadis, identify them and establish links to Jihadi John.
A key suspect is 23-year-old Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who until a year ago lived with his family in their £1m home in the affluent London area of Maida Vale, but recently appeared on social media grasping a severed head, an anonymous government source told The Sunday Times.
Once a British jihadi is in custody, samples will be taken of the suspect’s blood and DNA – vital in the case of UK extremists because the information can be matched to medical records. For identification purposes, a photograph is also taken of the iris – the visible coloured ring around the pupil – which is unique.

One SAS source said: ‘It is possible to identify British jihadis on the battlefield by intercepting their radio messages. When they’re captured by the Iraqis or Kurds we’ll take a close interest in their questioning.
‘Gathering information such as their blood group and DNA, as well as voice recordings in either Arabic or English, will help us zero in on Jihadi John because it can be compared with existing data.’

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Public Enemy Number 1: The SAS have been ordered to find out the British born terrorist 'Jihad John'

From the battleground this information is sent via a portable satellite manned by a soldier from 264 (SAS) Signal Squadron, who beams it to a spy plane, such as the ‘Rivet Joint’ aircraft, circling overhead.
Inside Rivet Joint, a 17-man team processes the information and sends it back to GCHQ, the Government’s secret communications headquarters at Cheltenham. Here it is analysed and matched against records of British jihadis believed to be fighting in Syria and Iraq, before ‘feedback information’ is sent to SAS teams.
GCHQ’s library is believed to include recordings of thousands of voices taken from phone and radio intercepts. Meanwhile, on the Turkish-Syrian border, SRR soldiers fly drones into IS strongholds and give live details of their movements.
Such a detailed study of their bases is intended to prevent a repeat of the US Special Forces mission last month which failed to find any hostages. American Delta Force troops raided an IS base at Uqayrishah in northern Syria, but were forced to retreat after a gun battle with terrorists.
The SRR’s drones can fly for up to 24 hours, climbing to an altitude of more than 18,000ft. From here they are able to survey hundreds of miles of territory occupied by IS fighters, including the city of Raqqa, where it is believed several Western hostages have been held.
Intelligence gathered will be used in the planning stages ahead of any incursion by SRR troops into Syria.
A source added: ‘The SRR is using strategic drones, which provide an overview of the ground, and tactical drones which can look over the walls of buildings and provide sharp pictures of suspects’ faces.
‘The ground inside Syria and Iraq is well known to British Special Forces after the previous Gulf wars. In 2008, the SAS destroyed the Al Qaeda-Iraq leadership and we’re confident we can do the same to IS.’
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: ‘We do not comment on Special Forces operations.’

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The SAS are using a range of high tech surveillance techniques on the hunt for 'Jihad John' and his friends

 

[superbeets]

US 'set to launch air strikes' on senior Isis terror chiefs in Syria

White House will 'take action' against threats as Turkey comes under pressure to halt flow of jihadists across its border

Turkey is under mounting pressure to stem the flow of jihadists across its border into Syria.

The United States was said to be considering air strikes aimed at eliminating individual leaders of Islamic State as Turkey came under mounting pressure to stem the flow of jihadists across its border intoSyria.
As Washington on Saturday debated extending air strikes into Syria, senior British politicians urged Ankara to act to block recruits from the UK and other countries from entering Syria via Turkey, en route to joining Islamic State (formerly Isis). This weekend large numbers of Isis jihadists were trying to secure greater control of the border area, pushing northwards in armoured trucks looted from abandoned Iraqi military bases.
Isis wants to establish dominance in the area to make it easier for potential recruits to gain safe passage and to allow the movement of vital supplies, including weapons and oil. The route has been used by most of the foreign fighters who have joined the cause, and is believed to have been taken by several hundred of those who have joined Isis from the UK.
US officials said that there was now a "new context" for confronting Isis – and cutting off its supply routes – following the beheading of US journalist James Foley. In a sign that Washington may widen the field of its air strikes, the White House said it was ready to "take action" against any threat to America in Iraq or Syria. US military officials confirmed on Saturday night it had carried out an air strike against Isis near the Mosul Dam to support Iraqi and Kurdish operations.
Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said before the strike: "If we see plotting against Americans, if we see a threat to the US emanating from anywhere, we stand ready to take action against that threat. We have made it very clear time and again that if you come after Americans, we're going to come after you, wherever you are – and that's what's going to guide our planning in the days to come."
According to US military officials cited in the Wall Street Journal, the time needed to mount strikes at high-value targets, such as individual leaders, could be an hour, or "as much as a week". The official added: "If it's based on training camps, we could do that pretty soon." Similar briefings cited by the New York Times suggested officials were discussing the possibility of mounting unmanned drone strikes on Isis leaders, as has happened in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.