The FBI asks for the public’s help in identifying an English-speaking terrorist who appeared to help execute Syrian soldiers in an ISIS recruitment video released last month. (Did you ask CAIR?)
CNN In the 55-minute video titled “Flames of War,” the jihadist switches from classical Arabic to perfect English with a North American accent, and appears to orchestrate a mass execution of Syrian soldiers. The FBI reached out to the public on its website Tuesday, posting a portion of the video and asking whether anyone has information about the jihadist’s identity.
“We’re hoping that someone might recognize this individual and provide us with key pieces of information,” Michael Steinbach, assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, said Tuesday. U.S. intelligence officials have been trying to analyze the recruitment featuring the English-speaking jihadist. Officials see the killer’s appearance in the video as significant because he comes across, they say, as articulate and persuasive, a person of influence within the terror group.
In the video, there are a number of men digging a ditch behind him. The jihadist, whose face is covered except for his eyes, claims they are Syrian soldiers assigned to a 17th Division military base near the Syrian city of Raqqa, and who, after an ISIS attack, were “digging their own graves in the very place where they were stationed.” The video then shows the speaker and a group of militants executing the men, who fall into the ditch.
The man who led this atrocity on film could be an Arab who was educated in the West. Or he could be an American or Canadian. If so, CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank said, he would be the first North American jihadist to commit a war crime on camera.
On Sunday, FBI Director James Comey told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that his agency is tracking a dozen Americans that have joined terrorist groups inside Syria. (Only a dozen?)
CNN obtained tapes of American terrorists recruiting friends in the United States to join terror groups like ISIS. ISIS has successfully recruited large numbers of foreign fighters from across the globe, including from the United States and Western Europe. A CIA source told CNN last month that more than 15,000 foreign fighters, including 2,000 Westerners, had gone to the civil war in Syria. It was not immediately clear how many had joined ISIS and how many were with other groups opposed to the Syrian government.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact the FBI’s Toll Free Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), your local FBI office, or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Tips may also be sent to www.fbi.gov/ISILtips.
bluesea is such a twerp. there is no crime is paraphrasing a quote. besides the actual quote by Churchill would make either tiny print on a tee shirt or a dreess
Similar to the “British” Paki “Jihad i John” who posted the beheading videos. How do people not know who this person is surely by the voice? Although I’m sure both their family’s and friends know of their identity and condone and support them, surely neighbours,school teachers must recognize their voice? I would add work colleagues but we all know that these sand rats are shy of earning a daily wage!
I also agree with the comments about digging your own grave. Examples are numerous of their treatment of prisoners. What have you to lose by attacking one of those cowards? Your going to die regardless and see how good these Tough Guys are without their guns,
I have a question; Why does the FBI want the man’s name?Are they going top Syria or Iraq and arrest him for violence toward others of the world? I know they will say that he will come home and they will get him. Yeah right.
ICE, Canada won’t let him back into the country but the US will.
he probably already has. it’s easy to disguise a voice
I can’t believe that some photographer can’t uncover this guy…. all his profile is there…. just take his mask off…. wish I could do it…. or maybe I’ve seen to many movies….can’t believe they can’t erase that mask some how…. his profile is there… his obviously been to an English speaking country…. learned the language very well…. possible a white house plant to….LOL. oh me…
The man is clearly Arab. He’s got that unibrow thing going on.
The man digging his grave would be better to use the shovel to take the head off of the coward with his face covered. Die taking out the cowards with a shovel is a better way to go out.
If the muslim-in-chief had a son, he’d look like this terrorist
This may not the right place for this comment, but the Winston Churchill ‘rabies’ quote posted on the sidebar made my curious. I took a moment to read the speech from which the quote was taken. Churchill’s actual quote is a bit different, but I am surprised to discover our great great grandfathers had the same distain for Islam that we have today.
I’ve been looking for a weakness in Islam. Churchill hinted at Islam’s weakness in his speech given over 100 years ago.
“The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.” Sir Winston Churchill
As Churchill suggested, Islam imposes slavery on women. Free the slaves of Islam and Islam ceased to be a great power among men.
The only difference was he didn’t call it rabies but by its medical name.
You have put together an informative and useful news website. I hope you are amenable to suggestions.
You may want to consider removing the quotes. You rephrased Churchill rather than quoted him. Churchill’s actual quote is: “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.”
Obviously, that’s a bit of a mouthful so I see why you needed to rephrase Churchill’s statement. However, I would hate that CAIR or any other group tarnish your website for something as simple as quotation misusage.
The way I have it posted is the way it is quoted today. And thanks but no thanks on the editorial advice.
Quoted by whom? Certainly not by Churchill. We should not distort the voices of the past to fit our own personal agendas.
I did not offer editorial advice. I pointed out an error on your website. If you are unwilling to correct that error, then trust come into sharp focus. Do you wish to be a trusted source of information? There are not many people like you, even on the internet. I hope you rethink your decision.
I noticed you silence the voices of some commenters in a rather public way. By speaking out, I put my own voice at risk of being silenced. I accept that risk as there are things which fall in the category of right and wrong. Attributed a misquote to man whose leadership literarily changed the world so you can publish a viewpoint without fear of retribution is not right. I hope you do the right thing.
bluesea, get a life.
A adolescent retort, indeed, but you did not silence me. Incremental progress is progress. This exchange will long be buried in the heap shocking Islamic news to come. Wishing you the best, young lady.
https://archive.org/details/FlamesOfWarYouTube
That’s him? What a Satanic religion islam is.
Bluesea doesn’t get it. Another “scholar!” How about my interpretation on Winston Churchill.: islam is an evil, corrupt sadistic piece of dogshit that kills all civilized animals on earth. Destroy it before it destroys you!
Bluesea..u are a jackass (mule, donkey or plain old ass!)
I don’t know what the deal is with identifying who it is. Just bomb the entire area and again and again and again, eventually he’ll be dead in there somewhere.
jit
This is exactly what the West has to overcome in its attitude toward war. Particularly toward mohommedism. They must be eradicated throughout the world. And will be.
Looks like he might have shaved part of his eyebrows. Only interesting facial feature is the space between lower lip and bottom chin where it is longer than most people.
I’m certain a mosque somewhere will recognize him. Regardless, he should stay there. It won’t change a thing if he’s identified. The mosque and family will only say they don’t know what happened to him, he was such a good guy.
This heartless killer should NEVER be allowed to return to the Christendom. He belongs to the bleeding jungle of Islam.
Hope we have the courage today, as we did back then.
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Tough guy in a mask and with a gun? Take the mask off and the gun away and what do you have? A scrawny coward! Thug mentality is oh so intelligent. I can almost make out the entire visage of potbelly’s face… There must be some facial recognition software or sketch artist that can draw up a very close image / approximation of what this d*(k looks like.. taking into consideration the pressure of his “wuss-mask” on his facial structure.
He looks like (but is not) my daughters ex-boyfriend who is a Mexican…That’s another reason why our southern borders need to be sealed.
what thehell is so hard its oboma
The way he pronounces ‘out ‘ seems Canadian rather than American to me.
The Canadians pronunciation of “out” ( “oot”) and “about” ( “aboot” ) is distinctive.
Never heard any Canadian say oot or aboot, just Americans mocking us. I heard a hint of Native accent in his voice. Difficult to tell.
I’m Canadian and I have to agree… I would say Alberta or Ontario, as the “out” is not as pronounced as some other regions, but I did notice that as well. Not surprising at all, the doors have been wide open here for years.
The more Islam succeeds, the more it will fail. The only thing Islam’s soldiers have have going for them is that most of their targets have yet to agree Islam is their enemy, has yet to agree they are Islam’s targets and mobilize against it. Islam has no other advantage. Thus, the more “unbelievers” they kill, the more resistance they will encounter from peoples who have the means to utterly destroy Islam. These Muslim soldiers are swatting at a hornets nest. Let them continue down the road they are traveling until no one can deny Islam is the enemy of civilization. This is a good thing.
Keith :: I think you are right. I hope you are right. We should all pray you are right. Hoping the destroyers have the cojones!
Mr. Obama must enjoy see his soldiers killing Kuffars!!!