Officers made major breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadists and bring two of them to trial in the US. It included vital details from freed hostages that helped police trace the men marching with a group linked to the radical al-Muhajiroun group, as well as the use of voice recognition software. The group was nicknamed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, first appeared in a video released by Islamic State in 2014 showing a masked man with a British accent shooting a prisoner. Police were able to locate tapes of police interviews with Emwazi in 2012 when he was questioned about a series of bike thefts and compare it to his execution voice. A specialist forensic voice analyst concluded that there was a “very high probability” that the person in the video was Emwazi. Image: Mohammed Emwazi became known as Jihadi John How the officers built their case Officers then began narrowing down the pool of other possible members of the group, eventually leading them to identify Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both from west London. Commander Richard Smith, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command, said police had followed “a trail of very small crumbs” and building the case was “like putting very small pieces of a puzzle together”. One piece of information emerged from the hostages they spoke to, which was “quite unexpected” to the hostage, but turned out to be very important to the police. It was the recollection of a conversation where one of the kidnappers mentioned that he had been arrested at an English Defense League (EDL) march in London. Based on this chat extract, the research team was able to go back and trace a specific EDL march that took place in the capital on 11 September 2011. It was a counter-demonstration against a Muslim Against Crusades march to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which started at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. There were several flashpoints around central London and at around 6pm, police were called to the Tyburn pub in Marble Arch, where a stabbing had occurred and several men were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Records showed that two of those people were Kotey and Elsheikh. “Both men were eventually released without being charged with this offence, but the information was valuable in helping us establish that they were the men the hostages had described to us,” Commander Smith said. Read more: Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe in Sky News interview James Foley’s mother calls for ‘Beatles’ not to be sent to Guantánamo Murdered British aid worker’s brother tells IS killer ‘Beatle’: ‘In forgive” Image: El Shafee Elsheikh with Alexanda Kotey Images of weapons and decapitated heads The counter-terrorism command took the opportunity to examine data from the phones of Kotey and Elsheikh, which had been seized at the time of the arrest, and it showed various messages between them. They also found Elsheikh’s number saved on Emwazi’s phone, which he had downloaded when he was questioned about the bike thefts. Another crucial piece of evidence linking Elsheikh directly to terrorist activity in Syria came after officers reviewed new evidence in an unrelated case. In 2014, Elsheikh’s brother Khalid was arrested by Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-gang unit, and a pistol was found at his address. His mobile phone was seized and found to contain disturbing images which led them to contact the counter-terrorist command who carried out a more thorough investigation. Police discovered a series of Telegram messages between Elsheikh and his brother, indicating that Elsheikh was in Syria. One showed Elsheikh in combat gear and holding a firearm. Another showed a graphic image of decapitated heads, with comments from Elsheich. After Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria, officers reanalyzed the data using digital interrogation software, which had been improved in the intervening years, and further material was discovered. This included a voice message identified by someone believed to be Elsheikh, sent to his brother. Officers then located a tape of a police interview with Elsheikh from 2009, and voice experts were able to compare the two recordings and conclude that there was a “very high probability” that Elsheikh was the person on the voice memo. Image: Elsheikh on trial in the US on charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill journalists and workers Last year, British police received authorization from the attorney general for 139 charges against Kotey and Elsheikh, on charges including kidnapping and murder, but they were already in the US. The pair were stripped of their British citizenship after they were captured by the Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018 and sent to the US for prosecution. Elsheikh, 33, faces sentencing on Friday. Kotey, 38, was sentenced to life in prison in Virginia in April after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism. A man suspected of being the fourth member of the Beatles terror group has been charged with terrorism offenses after being deported to England by Turkish authorities last week. Aine Lesley Junior Davis, 38, also from west London, was arrested on August 10 after arriving at Luton Airport on a flight from Turkey.


title: “Revealed The Bread Trail That Identified The Beatles Of Is Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-22” author: “Georgia Williams”


Officers made major breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadists and bring two of them to trial in the US. It included vital details from freed hostages that helped police trace the men marching with a group linked to the radical al-Muhajiroun group, as well as the use of voice recognition software. The group was nicknamed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, first appeared in a video released by Islamic State in 2014 showing a masked man with a British accent shooting a prisoner. Police were able to locate tapes of police interviews with Emwazi in 2012 when he was questioned about a series of bike thefts and compare it to his execution voice. A specialist forensic voice analyst concluded that there was a “very high probability” that the person in the video was Emwazi. Image: Mohammed Emwazi became known as Jihadi John How the officers built their case Officers then began narrowing down the pool of other possible members of the group, eventually leading them to identify Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both from west London. Commander Richard Smith, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command, said police had followed “a trail of very small crumbs” and building the case was “like putting very small pieces of a puzzle together”. One piece of information emerged from the hostages they spoke to, which was “quite unexpected” to the hostage, but turned out to be very important to the police. It was the recollection of a conversation where one of the kidnappers mentioned that he had been arrested at an English Defense League (EDL) march in London. Based on this chat extract, the research team was able to go back and trace a specific EDL march that took place in the capital on 11 September 2011. It was a counter-demonstration against a Muslim Against Crusades march to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which started at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. There were several flashpoints around central London and at around 6pm, police were called to the Tyburn pub in Marble Arch, where a stabbing had occurred and several men were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Records showed that two of those people were Kotey and Elsheikh. “Both men were eventually released without being charged with this offence, but the information was valuable in helping us establish that they were the men the hostages had described to us,” Commander Smith said. Read more: Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe in Sky News interview James Foley’s mother calls for ‘Beatles’ not to be sent to Guantánamo Murdered British aid worker’s brother tells IS killer ‘Beatle’: ‘In forgive” Image: El Shafee Elsheikh with Alexanda Kotey Images of weapons and decapitated heads The counter-terrorism command took the opportunity to examine data from the phones of Kotey and Elsheikh, which had been seized at the time of the arrest, and it showed various messages between them. They also found Elsheikh’s number saved on Emwazi’s phone, which he had downloaded when he was questioned about the bike thefts. Another crucial piece of evidence linking Elsheikh directly to terrorist activity in Syria came after officers reviewed new evidence in an unrelated case. In 2014, Elsheikh’s brother Khalid was arrested by Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-gang unit, and a pistol was found at his address. His mobile phone was seized and found to contain disturbing images which led them to contact the counter-terrorist command who carried out a more thorough investigation. Police discovered a series of Telegram messages between Elsheikh and his brother, indicating that Elsheikh was in Syria. One showed Elsheikh in combat gear and holding a firearm. Another showed a graphic image of decapitated heads, with comments from Elsheich. After Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria, officers reanalyzed the data using digital interrogation software, which had been improved in the intervening years, and further material was discovered. This included a voice message identified by someone believed to be Elsheikh, sent to his brother. Officers then located a tape of a police interview with Elsheikh from 2009, and voice experts were able to compare the two recordings and conclude that there was a “very high probability” that Elsheikh was the person on the voice memo. Image: Elsheikh on trial in the US on charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill journalists and workers Last year, British police received authorization from the attorney general for 139 charges against Kotey and Elsheikh, on charges including kidnapping and murder, but they were already in the US. The pair were stripped of their British citizenship after they were captured by the Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018 and sent to the US for prosecution. Elsheikh, 33, faces sentencing on Friday. Kotey, 38, was sentenced to life in prison in Virginia in April after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism. A man suspected of being the fourth member of the Beatles terror group has been charged with terrorism offenses after being deported to England by Turkish authorities last week. Aine Lesley Junior Davis, 38, also from west London, was arrested on August 10 after arriving at Luton Airport on a flight from Turkey.


title: “Revealed The Bread Trail That Identified The Beatles Of Is Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-28” author: “William Littlejohn”


Officers made major breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadists and bring two of them to trial in the US. It included vital details from freed hostages that helped police trace the men marching with a group linked to the radical al-Muhajiroun group, as well as the use of voice recognition software. The group was nicknamed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, first appeared in a video released by Islamic State in 2014 showing a masked man with a British accent shooting a prisoner. Police were able to locate tapes of police interviews with Emwazi in 2012 when he was questioned about a series of bike thefts and compare it to his execution voice. A specialist forensic voice analyst concluded that there was a “very high probability” that the person in the video was Emwazi. Image: Mohammed Emwazi became known as Jihadi John How the officers built their case Officers then began narrowing down the pool of other possible members of the group, eventually leading them to identify Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both from west London. Commander Richard Smith, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command, said police had followed “a trail of very small crumbs” and building the case was “like putting very small pieces of a puzzle together”. One piece of information emerged from the hostages they spoke to, which was “quite unexpected” to the hostage, but turned out to be very important to the police. It was the recollection of a conversation where one of the kidnappers mentioned that he had been arrested at an English Defense League (EDL) march in London. Based on this chat extract, the research team was able to go back and trace a specific EDL march that took place in the capital on 11 September 2011. It was a counter-demonstration against a Muslim Against Crusades march to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which started at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. There were several flashpoints around central London and at around 6pm, police were called to the Tyburn pub in Marble Arch, where a stabbing had occurred and several men were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Records showed that two of those people were Kotey and Elsheikh. “Both men were eventually released without being charged with this offence, but the information was valuable in helping us establish that they were the men the hostages had described to us,” Commander Smith said. Read more: Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe in Sky News interview James Foley’s mother calls for ‘Beatles’ not to be sent to Guantánamo Murdered British aid worker’s brother tells IS killer ‘Beatle’: ‘In forgive” Image: El Shafee Elsheikh with Alexanda Kotey Images of weapons and decapitated heads The counter-terrorism command took the opportunity to examine data from the phones of Kotey and Elsheikh, which had been seized at the time of the arrest, and it showed various messages between them. They also found Elsheikh’s number saved on Emwazi’s phone, which he had downloaded when he was questioned about the bike thefts. Another crucial piece of evidence linking Elsheikh directly to terrorist activity in Syria came after officers reviewed new evidence in an unrelated case. In 2014, Elsheikh’s brother Khalid was arrested by Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-gang unit, and a pistol was found at his address. His mobile phone was seized and found to contain disturbing images which led them to contact the counter-terrorist command who carried out a more thorough investigation. Police discovered a series of Telegram messages between Elsheikh and his brother, indicating that Elsheikh was in Syria. One showed Elsheikh in combat gear and holding a firearm. Another showed a graphic image of decapitated heads, with comments from Elsheich. After Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria, officers reanalyzed the data using digital interrogation software, which had been improved in the intervening years, and further material was discovered. This included a voice message identified by someone believed to be Elsheikh, sent to his brother. Officers then located a tape of a police interview with Elsheikh from 2009, and voice experts were able to compare the two recordings and conclude that there was a “very high probability” that Elsheikh was the person on the voice memo. Image: Elsheikh on trial in the US on charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill journalists and workers Last year, British police received authorization from the attorney general for 139 charges against Kotey and Elsheikh, on charges including kidnapping and murder, but they were already in the US. The pair were stripped of their British citizenship after they were captured by the Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018 and sent to the US for prosecution. Elsheikh, 33, faces sentencing on Friday. Kotey, 38, was sentenced to life in prison in Virginia in April after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism. A man suspected of being the fourth member of the Beatles terror group has been charged with terrorism offenses after being deported to England by Turkish authorities last week. Aine Lesley Junior Davis, 38, also from west London, was arrested on August 10 after arriving at Luton Airport on a flight from Turkey.


title: “Revealed The Bread Trail That Identified The Beatles Of Is Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-24” author: “Debra Vasquez”


Officers made major breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadists and bring two of them to trial in the US. It included vital details from freed hostages that helped police trace the men marching with a group linked to the radical al-Muhajiroun group, as well as the use of voice recognition software. The group was nicknamed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, first appeared in a video released by Islamic State in 2014 showing a masked man with a British accent shooting a prisoner. Police were able to locate tapes of police interviews with Emwazi in 2012 when he was questioned about a series of bike thefts and compare it to his execution voice. A specialist forensic voice analyst concluded that there was a “very high probability” that the person in the video was Emwazi. Image: Mohammed Emwazi became known as Jihadi John How the officers built their case Officers then began narrowing down the pool of other possible members of the group, eventually leading them to identify Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both from west London. Commander Richard Smith, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command, said police had followed “a trail of very small crumbs” and building the case was “like putting very small pieces of a puzzle together”. One piece of information emerged from the hostages they spoke to, which was “quite unexpected” to the hostage, but turned out to be very important to the police. It was the recollection of a conversation where one of the kidnappers mentioned that he had been arrested at an English Defense League (EDL) march in London. Based on this chat extract, the research team was able to go back and trace a specific EDL march that took place in the capital on 11 September 2011. It was a counter-demonstration against a Muslim Against Crusades march to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which started at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. There were several flashpoints around central London and at around 6pm, police were called to the Tyburn pub in Marble Arch, where a stabbing had occurred and several men were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Records showed that two of those people were Kotey and Elsheikh. “Both men were eventually released without being charged with this offence, but the information was valuable in helping us establish that they were the men the hostages had described to us,” Commander Smith said. Read more: Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe in Sky News interview James Foley’s mother calls for ‘Beatles’ not to be sent to Guantánamo Murdered British aid worker’s brother tells IS killer ‘Beatle’: ‘In forgive” Image: El Shafee Elsheikh with Alexanda Kotey Images of weapons and decapitated heads The counter-terrorism command took the opportunity to examine data from the phones of Kotey and Elsheikh, which had been seized at the time of the arrest, and it showed various messages between them. They also found Elsheikh’s number saved on Emwazi’s phone, which he had downloaded when he was questioned about the bike thefts. Another crucial piece of evidence linking Elsheikh directly to terrorist activity in Syria came after officers reviewed new evidence in an unrelated case. In 2014, Elsheikh’s brother Khalid was arrested by Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-gang unit, and a pistol was found at his address. His mobile phone was seized and found to contain disturbing images which led them to contact the counter-terrorist command who carried out a more thorough investigation. Police discovered a series of Telegram messages between Elsheikh and his brother, indicating that Elsheikh was in Syria. One showed Elsheikh in combat gear and holding a firearm. Another showed a graphic image of decapitated heads, with comments from Elsheich. After Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria, officers reanalyzed the data using digital interrogation software, which had been improved in the intervening years, and further material was discovered. This included a voice message identified by someone believed to be Elsheikh, sent to his brother. Officers then located a tape of a police interview with Elsheikh from 2009, and voice experts were able to compare the two recordings and conclude that there was a “very high probability” that Elsheikh was the person on the voice memo. Image: Elsheikh on trial in the US on charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill journalists and workers Last year, British police received authorization from the attorney general for 139 charges against Kotey and Elsheikh, on charges including kidnapping and murder, but they were already in the US. The pair were stripped of their British citizenship after they were captured by the Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018 and sent to the US for prosecution. Elsheikh, 33, faces sentencing on Friday. Kotey, 38, was sentenced to life in prison in Virginia in April after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism. A man suspected of being the fourth member of the Beatles terror group has been charged with terrorism offenses after being deported to England by Turkish authorities last week. Aine Lesley Junior Davis, 38, also from west London, was arrested on August 10 after arriving at Luton Airport on a flight from Turkey.


title: “Revealed The Bread Trail That Identified The Beatles Of Is Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Tena Mccoy”


Officers made major breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadists and bring two of them to trial in the US. It included vital details from freed hostages that helped police trace the men marching with a group linked to the radical al-Muhajiroun group, as well as the use of voice recognition software. The group was nicknamed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, first appeared in a video released by Islamic State in 2014 showing a masked man with a British accent shooting a prisoner. Police were able to locate tapes of police interviews with Emwazi in 2012 when he was questioned about a series of bike thefts and compare it to his execution voice. A specialist forensic voice analyst concluded that there was a “very high probability” that the person in the video was Emwazi. Image: Mohammed Emwazi became known as Jihadi John How the officers built their case Officers then began narrowing down the pool of other possible members of the group, eventually leading them to identify Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both from west London. Commander Richard Smith, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command, said police had followed “a trail of very small crumbs” and building the case was “like putting very small pieces of a puzzle together”. One piece of information emerged from the hostages they spoke to, which was “quite unexpected” to the hostage, but turned out to be very important to the police. It was the recollection of a conversation where one of the kidnappers mentioned that he had been arrested at an English Defense League (EDL) march in London. Based on this chat extract, the research team was able to go back and trace a specific EDL march that took place in the capital on 11 September 2011. It was a counter-demonstration against a Muslim Against Crusades march to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, which started at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. There were several flashpoints around central London and at around 6pm, police were called to the Tyburn pub in Marble Arch, where a stabbing had occurred and several men were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Records showed that two of those people were Kotey and Elsheikh. “Both men were eventually released without being charged with this offence, but the information was valuable in helping us establish that they were the men the hostages had described to us,” Commander Smith said. Read more: Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe in Sky News interview James Foley’s mother calls for ‘Beatles’ not to be sent to Guantánamo Murdered British aid worker’s brother tells IS killer ‘Beatle’: ‘In forgive” Image: El Shafee Elsheikh with Alexanda Kotey Images of weapons and decapitated heads The counter-terrorism command took the opportunity to examine data from the phones of Kotey and Elsheikh, which had been seized at the time of the arrest, and it showed various messages between them. They also found Elsheikh’s number saved on Emwazi’s phone, which he had downloaded when he was questioned about the bike thefts. Another crucial piece of evidence linking Elsheikh directly to terrorist activity in Syria came after officers reviewed new evidence in an unrelated case. In 2014, Elsheikh’s brother Khalid was arrested by Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-gang unit, and a pistol was found at his address. His mobile phone was seized and found to contain disturbing images which led them to contact the counter-terrorist command who carried out a more thorough investigation. Police discovered a series of Telegram messages between Elsheikh and his brother, indicating that Elsheikh was in Syria. One showed Elsheikh in combat gear and holding a firearm. Another showed a graphic image of decapitated heads, with comments from Elsheich. After Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria, officers reanalyzed the data using digital interrogation software, which had been improved in the intervening years, and further material was discovered. This included a voice message identified by someone believed to be Elsheikh, sent to his brother. Officers then located a tape of a police interview with Elsheikh from 2009, and voice experts were able to compare the two recordings and conclude that there was a “very high probability” that Elsheikh was the person on the voice memo. Image: Elsheikh on trial in the US on charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to kill journalists and workers Last year, British police received authorization from the attorney general for 139 charges against Kotey and Elsheikh, on charges including kidnapping and murder, but they were already in the US. The pair were stripped of their British citizenship after they were captured by the Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018 and sent to the US for prosecution. Elsheikh, 33, faces sentencing on Friday. Kotey, 38, was sentenced to life in prison in Virginia in April after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism. A man suspected of being the fourth member of the Beatles terror group has been charged with terrorism offenses after being deported to England by Turkish authorities last week. Aine Lesley Junior Davis, 38, also from west London, was arrested on August 10 after arriving at Luton Airport on a flight from Turkey.