British intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 have identified the man
suspected of the horrific beheading of American journalist James Foley,
according to UK media reports.The hooded man with an English accent is believed to be
23-year-old Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, known to fellow Islamic State
militants as Jihadi John.The former rapper left his family home in an affluent west London suburb last year to fight in the civil war in Syria.
In early August he tweeted a photo of himself wearing military camouflage and a black hood, while holding a severed head in his left hand.
British SAS forces are hunting Mr Foley's killers, using a range of high-tech equipment to track him down and potentially free other hostages.
The Mail on Sunday is reporting that a "significant force" of SAS personnel has been deployed to northern Iraq over the past two days, joining local units fighting IS. They have fanned out into four-man teams, accompanying Iraqi and Kurdish troops in an effort to find British jihadis.
The Sunday Times reports that Bary is the key focus of the man hunt. He is one of the British jihadists former hostages referred to as the Beatles because of their British accents. The two others were called "George" and "Ringo".
The two other Britons suspected of involvement in the crime are Aine Davis, a former drug dealer who converted to Islam, and Razul Islam, who is believed to have joined the terrorist group that murdered Mr Foley.
Bary is the son of an Egyptian-born militant who is awaiting trail on terrorism in Manhattan, due to his alleged involvement in the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Before leaving the family home to fight in Syria, Bary was an aspiring rapper known as L Jinny whose music was played on one of the UK's most popular radio stations, BBC Radio 1.
Recordings of his songs will prove vital to the investigating team, with experts using voice recognition technology to match his voice with that of the man who brutally decapitated Mr Foley.
Bary made a number of music videos for his songs, with titles such as Flying High, Dreamer and Overdose.
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A crowd of supporters cheered Perry on as he spoke outside the courthouse Tuesday. His mug shot is expected to be released later Tuesday evening.Perry maintains that the indictment is a political attack that infringes upon his right of free speech as both a governor and a private citizen."This indictment is nothing short of an attack on the constitutional powers of the office of governor," Perradded. "There are important fundamental issues at stake. And I will not allow this attack on our system of government to stand. I'm going to fight this injustice with every fiber of my being. And we will prevail. We'll prevail because we're standing for the rule of law," he said.
Perry's legal team includes a number of well-known attorneys, including Ben Ginsberg, who has long been a staple in Republican politics. He represented former President George W. Bush in the 2000 Supreme Court case that awarded him the presidency, served as counsel to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012, and acted as the co-chair of President Obama's election reform commission.
"This is an outlandish prosecution. It will never, ever ever stand," Ginsburg said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning.""It is unprecedented, it is outside the bounds. I think that's why you see so many people who are not Rick Perry supporters, who are Democrats, saying how wrong this indictment is."
Perry has indeed highlighted the fact that even David Axelrod, a former adviser to Mr. Obama, called the indictment "pretty sketchy" on Twitter. Republicans have been quick to defend him as well.
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In early August he tweeted a photo of himself wearing military camouflage and a black hood, while holding a severed head in his left hand.
British SAS forces are hunting Mr Foley's killers, using a range of high-tech equipment to track him down and potentially free other hostages.
The Mail on Sunday is reporting that a "significant force" of SAS personnel has been deployed to northern Iraq over the past two days, joining local units fighting IS. They have fanned out into four-man teams, accompanying Iraqi and Kurdish troops in an effort to find British jihadis.
The Sunday Times reports that Bary is the key focus of the man hunt. He is one of the British jihadists former hostages referred to as the Beatles because of their British accents. The two others were called "George" and "Ringo".
The two other Britons suspected of involvement in the crime are Aine Davis, a former drug dealer who converted to Islam, and Razul Islam, who is believed to have joined the terrorist group that murdered Mr Foley.
Bary is the son of an Egyptian-born militant who is awaiting trail on terrorism in Manhattan, due to his alleged involvement in the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Before leaving the family home to fight in Syria, Bary was an aspiring rapper known as L Jinny whose music was played on one of the UK's most popular radio stations, BBC Radio 1.
Recordings of his songs will prove vital to the investigating team, with experts using voice recognition technology to match his voice with that of the man who brutally decapitated Mr Foley.
Bary made a number of music videos for his songs, with titles such as Flying High, Dreamer and Overdose.
https://www.coursera.org/user/i/88c0e00e8e201a9e86e5313ba1ca160f
A crowd of supporters cheered Perry on as he spoke outside the courthouse Tuesday. His mug shot is expected to be released later Tuesday evening.Perry maintains that the indictment is a political attack that infringes upon his right of free speech as both a governor and a private citizen."This indictment is nothing short of an attack on the constitutional powers of the office of governor," Perradded. "There are important fundamental issues at stake. And I will not allow this attack on our system of government to stand. I'm going to fight this injustice with every fiber of my being. And we will prevail. We'll prevail because we're standing for the rule of law," he said.
Perry's legal team includes a number of well-known attorneys, including Ben Ginsberg, who has long been a staple in Republican politics. He represented former President George W. Bush in the 2000 Supreme Court case that awarded him the presidency, served as counsel to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012, and acted as the co-chair of President Obama's election reform commission.
"This is an outlandish prosecution. It will never, ever ever stand," Ginsburg said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning.""It is unprecedented, it is outside the bounds. I think that's why you see so many people who are not Rick Perry supporters, who are Democrats, saying how wrong this indictment is."
Perry has indeed highlighted the fact that even David Axelrod, a former adviser to Mr. Obama, called the indictment "pretty sketchy" on Twitter. Republicans have been quick to defend him as well.
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Mr. Perry has cast the investigation as a
partisan witch hunt, and many supporters applaud him for remaining
unapologetic in the face of the indictment, which stems from the
Republican governor's attempt to force the resignation of a Democratic
district attorney after she was convicted of drunken driving.
As
Mr. Perry lays the foundation for a possible second White House bid,
strategists in early primary election states such as Iowa and South
Carolina say the indictment would strengthen his standing among voters
there.
"Republicans in South Carolina
are going to eat up what Perry did," said Chad Connelly, that state's
former Republican Party chairman.
Mark
Lundberg, chairman of the Sioux County GOP in Iowa, said the indictment
appears to be "political gamesmanship," and potential Iowa caucus-goers
probably won't hold it against him.
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