In September, the FBI said that authorities
had identified the ISIS social media content producer/murderer known as “Jihadi John,” but declined to make that information public. On Thursday morning, however,
The Washington Post broke the news that, according to multiple sources, the man who has starred in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages is a London-raised, Kuwaiti-born computer nerd named Mohammed Emwazi:
The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.
But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize.
U.S. officials declined to comment for the WaPo report, but here’s an interesting coincidence…READ MORE
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Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
StoneyCurtisll February 26th, 2015 at 15:37
His parents must be proud of the child they raised…
A sycophantic killer..
StoneyCurtisll February 26th, 2015 at 15:40
Psycho Killer…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52jAYa4Pm8
jybarz February 26th, 2015 at 17:28
I hope and pray he gets caught soon and be shown no mercy as he has shown none!
Suzanne McFly February 26th, 2015 at 17:34
So this is the perfect time to stop funding DHS and lets give this Jihadi db the view of how twisted and effed up our “leaders” are that they can’t even compromise on a bill to protect ourselves. Pretty sure they are laughing at us.
Mike February 26th, 2015 at 18:29
Which playing card is he…?? I’ve got Baghdad Bob, Chemical Ali, and Acey Qusay, but I can’t find Jihadi Johnny anywhere.
lafrique February 26th, 2015 at 22:18
Great. How many more brown-skinned children are going to go up in flames while my tax dollars continue to support the drone terror war. Collateral damage never smelled so good, right Obama?
fancypants February 27th, 2015 at 01:33
From a computer science grad to ISIL moron
chalk up another college that has degrees you can wipe your but with
booker25 February 27th, 2015 at 07:21
Rip that mask off, show the world who the killer, a rich puke.
Snick1946 February 27th, 2015 at 10:47
Why on earth don’t they SHOW us what he looks like? Is there some reason? I have searched the net and every article shows him with the mask.
mea_mark February 27th, 2015 at 10:52
This should be an image of him.
http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/q/7/9/f/image.related.articleLeadwide.620×349.13q7g8.png/1424986221641.jpg
mea_mark February 27th, 2015 at 11:18
This should be an image of him
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bRBZT_DAAmI/hqdefault.jpg