[h=1]So, were these 'beautiful, kind-hearted young men' corrupted by MI5 as well? Hours after CAGE blame Jihadi John's beheadings on British Intelligence, ISIS murder 'spies' in Iraq[/h]
These despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq, apparently because they are spies.
The shocking pictures emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John, today unmasked as west London student Mohammed Emwazi, as 'beautiful' and a man who 'wouldn't hurt a fly'.
The scarcely believable comments about Emwazi were made by CAGE leader Asim Qureshi at a press conference in which he blamed MI5 for radicalising the University of Westminster graduate.
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The victims are blindfolded and lined up ready to be shot by Islamic State fighters in the horrific images
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The alleged spies, clearly terrified, are marched to their deaths under the murderous eyes of their killers
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The ISIS fighters hold aloft the handguns with which they have just shot and killed the four 'spies', whose bodies are slumped before them on the ground
In the guise of Jihadi John, Emwazi has apparently been responsible for the beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines and taxi driver Alan Henning, and American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter.
The gruesome murders were filmed, expertly edited and distributed in the name of Islamic State.
Jihadi John's trademark black hood can be seen covering the faces of the four executioners in the latest pictures, thought to have been taken in Salahuddin province in Iraq.
Each man was accused of being part of a spy ring and were executed under the crime of spying for the Baghdad government.
Clad in the familiar orange jumpsuits the victims, named as Sabi Khalif Mohammad al-Taghi, Mohammad Mahdi Salah al-Jamili, Abdullah Mahmoud Abdullah al-Khamili and Salwan Saidy Suleiman al-Jabouri, are pictured being marched into a clearing under the dark gaze of their killers.
Amid bright sunlight filtered through surrounding trees, they are photographed standing separately while their three alleged accomplices kneel with their heads down in the background.
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Suleiman al-Jabouri fixes the camera with a defiant gaze, moments before he is apparently shot and killed
A snapshot of the slick webpage on which the images were posted, including graphic black and white shots
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Sabi Khalif Mohammad al-Taghi appears more afraid as he is shown with his alleged accomplices behind
Some of their faces show defiance and others fear, before they are lined up on their knees with their black-clad killers standing behind.
In gut-wrenching images the four are then seen slumped on the ground, apparently having been shot in cold blood, as their ISIS murderers raise hand guns in the air.
Blood pools around the heads of the dead men, which are shown in close-up in images too horrific to reproduce.
Earlier today Qureshi was branded an ISIS sympathiser as he appeared to launch a defence of Emwazi and his barbaric crimes.
He described Emwazi as 'the most humble young person that I knew', adding: 'He was such a beautiful young man, really.
'It's hard to imagine the trajectory, but it is not a trajectory that's unfamiliar with us.
'When are we going to finally learn that when we treat people as if they're outsiders, they are going to feel like outsiders and they will look for belonging elsewhere.'
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About to meet his death, Mohammad Mahdi Salah al-Jamili is pictured handcuffed my the militants
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The four, including Abdullah Mahmoud Abdullah al-Khamili, were killed because they were allegedly spies
He also revealed that he'd been in regular contact with Emwazi before he left for Syria.
In the wake of Emwazi's unmasking as the world's most wanted man, CAGE yesterday released a statement entitled 'Jihadi John: 'Radicalised' By Britain'.
The release stated that Emwazi 'desperately wanted to use the system to change his situation, but the system ultimately rejected him,' a view later echoed on CAGE's press conference, which was broadcast live on both BBC and Sky News.
Qureshi then used the statement to criticise the British security services, arguing that counter-terror measures turned young Muslims into extremists.
Other videos have emerged of the London School of Economics graduate suggesting he is a jihadi apologist, including one at an anti-US rally in London at which he is filmed urging protesters to 'support the jihad of our brothers and sisters' in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Chechnya.
Qureshi can be seen speaking through a microphone at the the pan-Islamic Hizb ut-Tahrir movement rally.
CAGE leader Ashim Qureshi pictured at the press conference where he defended Mohammed Emwazi,
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Qureshi pictured at a London rally at the height of the Iraq war in 2006 calling for protesters to 'support the jihad of our brothers and sisters'
He says: 'When we see the example of our brothers and sisters fighting in Chechnya, Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, then we know where the example lies.
'When we see Hezbollah defeating the armies of Israel, we know where the solution is and where the victory lies.
'We know that it is incumbent upon all of us, to support the Jihad of our brothers and sisters in these countries when they are facing the oppression of the West.
'Allahu Akhbar! Allahu Akhbar! (God is great, God is great!)'
Qureshi stands alone on a stage in the 54 second clip, shot at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2006.
And in a second video, in which Qureshi is quizzed by Juliane Assange on his view of Sharia law, in particularl stoning, he said: 'I agree with Islamic concepts of how we practice our punishments.'
Asked if he believes in the use of the death penalty, he added: 'From an Islamic perspective, yes. As long as all the due process elements are met.'
- Despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq
- They are apparently then shot in the back of the head for being spies
- Orange-clad men reportedly killed in cold blood in Salahuddin province
- Emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John
- ISIS figurehead was unmasked as west Londoner Mohammed Emwazi
These despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq, apparently because they are spies.
The shocking pictures emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John, today unmasked as west London student Mohammed Emwazi, as 'beautiful' and a man who 'wouldn't hurt a fly'.
The scarcely believable comments about Emwazi were made by CAGE leader Asim Qureshi at a press conference in which he blamed MI5 for radicalising the University of Westminster graduate.
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The victims are blindfolded and lined up ready to be shot by Islamic State fighters in the horrific images
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The alleged spies, clearly terrified, are marched to their deaths under the murderous eyes of their killers
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The ISIS fighters hold aloft the handguns with which they have just shot and killed the four 'spies', whose bodies are slumped before them on the ground
In the guise of Jihadi John, Emwazi has apparently been responsible for the beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines and taxi driver Alan Henning, and American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter.
The gruesome murders were filmed, expertly edited and distributed in the name of Islamic State.
Jihadi John's trademark black hood can be seen covering the faces of the four executioners in the latest pictures, thought to have been taken in Salahuddin province in Iraq.
Each man was accused of being part of a spy ring and were executed under the crime of spying for the Baghdad government.
Clad in the familiar orange jumpsuits the victims, named as Sabi Khalif Mohammad al-Taghi, Mohammad Mahdi Salah al-Jamili, Abdullah Mahmoud Abdullah al-Khamili and Salwan Saidy Suleiman al-Jabouri, are pictured being marched into a clearing under the dark gaze of their killers.
Amid bright sunlight filtered through surrounding trees, they are photographed standing separately while their three alleged accomplices kneel with their heads down in the background.
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Suleiman al-Jabouri fixes the camera with a defiant gaze, moments before he is apparently shot and killed
A snapshot of the slick webpage on which the images were posted, including graphic black and white shots
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Sabi Khalif Mohammad al-Taghi appears more afraid as he is shown with his alleged accomplices behind
Some of their faces show defiance and others fear, before they are lined up on their knees with their black-clad killers standing behind.
In gut-wrenching images the four are then seen slumped on the ground, apparently having been shot in cold blood, as their ISIS murderers raise hand guns in the air.
Blood pools around the heads of the dead men, which are shown in close-up in images too horrific to reproduce.
Earlier today Qureshi was branded an ISIS sympathiser as he appeared to launch a defence of Emwazi and his barbaric crimes.
He described Emwazi as 'the most humble young person that I knew', adding: 'He was such a beautiful young man, really.
'It's hard to imagine the trajectory, but it is not a trajectory that's unfamiliar with us.
'When are we going to finally learn that when we treat people as if they're outsiders, they are going to feel like outsiders and they will look for belonging elsewhere.'
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About to meet his death, Mohammad Mahdi Salah al-Jamili is pictured handcuffed my the militants
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The four, including Abdullah Mahmoud Abdullah al-Khamili, were killed because they were allegedly spies
He also revealed that he'd been in regular contact with Emwazi before he left for Syria.
In the wake of Emwazi's unmasking as the world's most wanted man, CAGE yesterday released a statement entitled 'Jihadi John: 'Radicalised' By Britain'.
The release stated that Emwazi 'desperately wanted to use the system to change his situation, but the system ultimately rejected him,' a view later echoed on CAGE's press conference, which was broadcast live on both BBC and Sky News.
Qureshi then used the statement to criticise the British security services, arguing that counter-terror measures turned young Muslims into extremists.
Other videos have emerged of the London School of Economics graduate suggesting he is a jihadi apologist, including one at an anti-US rally in London at which he is filmed urging protesters to 'support the jihad of our brothers and sisters' in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Chechnya.
Qureshi can be seen speaking through a microphone at the the pan-Islamic Hizb ut-Tahrir movement rally.
CAGE leader Ashim Qureshi pictured at the press conference where he defended Mohammed Emwazi,
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Qureshi pictured at a London rally at the height of the Iraq war in 2006 calling for protesters to 'support the jihad of our brothers and sisters'
He says: 'When we see the example of our brothers and sisters fighting in Chechnya, Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, then we know where the example lies.
'When we see Hezbollah defeating the armies of Israel, we know where the solution is and where the victory lies.
'We know that it is incumbent upon all of us, to support the Jihad of our brothers and sisters in these countries when they are facing the oppression of the West.
'Allahu Akhbar! Allahu Akhbar! (God is great, God is great!)'
Qureshi stands alone on a stage in the 54 second clip, shot at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2006.
And in a second video, in which Qureshi is quizzed by Juliane Assange on his view of Sharia law, in particularl stoning, he said: 'I agree with Islamic concepts of how we practice our punishments.'
Asked if he believes in the use of the death penalty, he added: 'From an Islamic perspective, yes. As long as all the due process elements are met.'
Actually the truth is that I pointed out that Dave wasn't recanting the post, because you were such a flaming prick about it, and Dave agreed that that was the reason. Funny how you never bring that up with your slander and fake-drama. But that is to be expected from the biggest fucking slime
ball in here.
[h=1]'Indescribably awful' child sexual abuse in Oxfordshire revealed as report finds as many as 373 girl may have suffered at the hands of vile sex predators[/h]
Police and social services face 'brutal' criticism today in a damning report detailing how more than 300 young people in Oxfordshire were groomed, raped and sometimes forced into 'sex slavery'.
A serious case review published this morning revealed how children as young as 11 were habitually abused by paedophile gangs over a 15 year period as the authorities failed to protect them.
One gang of Asian men was responsible for abusing and enslaving 50 girls, mainly from Oxford, but the men were also able to sexually torture girls for eight years after a series of missed opportunities to stop them.
- Oxfordshire safeguarding children's board released report this morning
- It is said to be 'brutal' in its criticism of police and social services
- 300 young people, mainly girls, were abused between 1999 and 2014
- Victims, mainly from care system, were groomed, abused and trafficked
- Police and social workers said some lied or brought abuse on themselves
- One Asian gang was able to abuse 50 girls over eight years in Oxford
Police and social services face 'brutal' criticism today in a damning report detailing how more than 300 young people in Oxfordshire were groomed, raped and sometimes forced into 'sex slavery'.
A serious case review published this morning revealed how children as young as 11 were habitually abused by paedophile gangs over a 15 year period as the authorities failed to protect them.
One gang of Asian men was responsible for abusing and enslaving 50 girls, mainly from Oxford, but the men were also able to sexually torture girls for eight years after a series of missed opportunities to stop them.
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Abuse: More than 300 young people, mainly from Oxford, pictured, were groomed, raped and sometimes forced into 'sex slavery' by gangs over the last 15 years, a damning report will reveal today
The victims, who were mainly girls under the age of 16 in the care system, were targeted by men from mainly Asian gangs who raped, tortured and trafficked them for sex between 1999 and 2014.
Victims were groomed using drugs, alcohol and gifts before they were physically assaulted, forced into prostitution, raped and drugged, the report said.
Their abusers kept them 'hooked in' by making the girls dependent on alcohol and drugs, which they then 'paid for' with sex.
However, investigations of the response of organisations including Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Police found that victims' accounts were not believed or they were seen as exaggerated
Scores of professionals across a string of organisations or departments 'took a long time to recognise child sexual exploitation (CSE), used language that appeared at least in part to blame victims and see them as adults, and had a view that little could be done in the face of 'no co-operation',' the report said.
Alan Bedford, the author of the independent review, wrote: 'What happened to the child victims of the sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire was indescribably awful.
'The child victims and their families feel very let down. Their accounts of how they perceived professional work are disturbing and chastening.'
One gang of Asian men was responsible for abusing and enslaving 50 of the girls, mainly from Oxford, but the men were also able to sexually torture girls for eight years after a series of missed opportunities to stop them.
Some were abused for up to eight years despite asking for help from the authorities, who instead refused to believe them or blamed them.
Their abusers fed them drink and drugs before taking them to graveyards, a B&B and flats rented just for the rape and torture of children.
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Jailed: Brothers Akhtar Dogar (left) and Anjum Dogar (right) were each given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years at the Old Bailey in 2013 for their role in the Oxford abuse
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Abusers: Mohammed Karrar (left), 38, was given life with a minimum of 20 years for the 'dreadful offences' he committed against the girls. His brother Bassam Karrar (right), 34, was also handed a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years
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Attackers: Kamar Jamil (left), 27, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years while Assad Hussain (right) , 32, was sentenced to seven years in prison
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Paedophile: Zeeshan Ahmed, 28, was jailed for seven years for two counts of sexual activity with a child
One 12-year-old girl was taken to a Reading house for a backstreet abortion during a six-year period where she was passed between groups of men who raped her in what she called 'torture sex'.
The plight of the victims was laid bare in 2013 when seven members of a sadistic gang were jailed for a total of 95 years for their 'depraved' and 'evil' abuse of vulnerable girls.
Five gang members were given life sentences and two others were jailed for seven years for 'crimes of the utmost gravity'.
The paedophile network groomed more than 50 vulnerable girls in Oxford between 2004 and 2012 with gifts, alcohol and drugs before subjecting them to extreme physical and sexual violence.
They used knives, meat cleavers and baseball bats to inflict severe pain on the girls for their twisted pleasure.
But a catalogue of opportunities to stop the abuse was missed as early as May 2005.
On numerous occasions girls told police officers, social workers and care staff in children's homes how they were raped or seriously sexually abused – but no charges were brought against the gang.
Three of the girls who gave evidence at the trial were reported missing from residential care on 254 occasions.
And the judge in the case, Judge Peter Rook, said 'police and social services missed tell-tale signs' about the abuse that was taking place.
One social worker had earlier told the trial that 'nine out of ten' people who were meant to be caring for the girls 'knew what was going on'.
Life sentences were handed to Akhtar Dogar, 32, and his brother Anjum, 31, who were both jailed for a minimum of 17 years, Mohammed Karrar, 38, who will serve a minimum of 20 years, his brother Bassam, 33, jailed for a minimum of 15 years and Kamar Jamil, 27, jailed for a minimum of 12 years. Assad Hussain, 32, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, were jailed for seven years.
The report said: 'The association, not of all CSE but group-based CSE, with mainly Pakistan heritage is undeniable, and prevention will need both national understanding, communication and debate, and also work with faith groups at a local level.'
However, the report said that there was 'no evidence ... of any agency not acting when they should have done because of racial sensitivities'.
The latest serious case review came weeks after the true scale of abuse in Rotherham was revealed, where at least 1,400 girls fell into the clutches of paedophiles, mainly from Pakistani backgrounds.
Whistleblowers who tried to raise concerns lost their jobs, and police officers often did not seem to believe the girls, their families or those who reported problems, and did not treat them as victims.
One former police officer said: 'They were running scared of the race issue… there is no doubt that in Rotherham, this has been a problem with Pakistani men for years and years. People were scared of being called racist.'
Similar paedophile rings were uncovered in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and Derby.
Yesterday ten men were charged as part of an investigation into child grooming and sexual exploitation in Rochdale.
The men, nine of whom are Asian, are accused of a catalogue of serious sex offences against seven victims, aged as young as 13 at the time of the alleged offences, between 2005 and 2013.
They were held after police launched Operation Doublet into the child sexual exploitation of teenage girls by older men in Rochdale.
The plight of the victims was laid bare in 2013 when seven members of a sadistic gang were jailed for a total of 95 years for their 'depraved' and 'evil' abuse of vulnerable girls.
Five gang members were given life sentences and two others were jailed for seven years for 'crimes of the utmost gravity'.
The paedophile network groomed more than 50 vulnerable girls in Oxford between 2004 and 2012 with gifts, alcohol and drugs before subjecting them to extreme physical and sexual violence.
They used knives, meat cleavers and baseball bats to inflict severe pain on the girls for their twisted pleasure.
But a catalogue of opportunities to stop the abuse was missed as early as May 2005.
On numerous occasions girls told police officers, social workers and care staff in children's homes how they were raped or seriously sexually abused – but no charges were brought against the gang.
Three of the girls who gave evidence at the trial were reported missing from residential care on 254 occasions.
And the judge in the case, Judge Peter Rook, said 'police and social services missed tell-tale signs' about the abuse that was taking place.
One social worker had earlier told the trial that 'nine out of ten' people who were meant to be caring for the girls 'knew what was going on'.
Life sentences were handed to Akhtar Dogar, 32, and his brother Anjum, 31, who were both jailed for a minimum of 17 years, Mohammed Karrar, 38, who will serve a minimum of 20 years, his brother Bassam, 33, jailed for a minimum of 15 years and Kamar Jamil, 27, jailed for a minimum of 12 years. Assad Hussain, 32, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, were jailed for seven years.
The report said: 'The association, not of all CSE but group-based CSE, with mainly Pakistan heritage is undeniable, and prevention will need both national understanding, communication and debate, and also work with faith groups at a local level.'
However, the report said that there was 'no evidence ... of any agency not acting when they should have done because of racial sensitivities'.
The latest serious case review came weeks after the true scale of abuse in Rotherham was revealed, where at least 1,400 girls fell into the clutches of paedophiles, mainly from Pakistani backgrounds.
Whistleblowers who tried to raise concerns lost their jobs, and police officers often did not seem to believe the girls, their families or those who reported problems, and did not treat them as victims.
One former police officer said: 'They were running scared of the race issue… there is no doubt that in Rotherham, this has been a problem with Pakistani men for years and years. People were scared of being called racist.'
Similar paedophile rings were uncovered in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and Derby.
Yesterday ten men were charged as part of an investigation into child grooming and sexual exploitation in Rochdale.
The men, nine of whom are Asian, are accused of a catalogue of serious sex offences against seven victims, aged as young as 13 at the time of the alleged offences, between 2005 and 2013.
They were held after police launched Operation Doublet into the child sexual exploitation of teenage girls by older men in Rochdale.
