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JIHADI JOHN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2015
For father of slain Yukawa, closure remains elusive after killing of 'Jihadi John'
The apparent death of the man known as "Jihadi John," the public face of the self-styled Islamic State, may represent a kind of karma but it doesn't bring closure for the father of one Japanese hostage beheaded nearly a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2015
U.K. intelligence asked Tanzania to stop 'Jihadi John' in 2009: police source
Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified as Islamic State killer "Jihadi John," was denied entry to Tanzania in 2009 at the request of British security services, a Tanzanian police source said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2015
'Jihadi John' part of network linked to failed London bombers: court papers
Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, identified as "Jihadi John," was a member of a network in contact with one of the men convicted of trying to bomb the British capital's underground railway in 2005, according to the government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2015
U.K. authorities linked 'Jihadi John' to militant killed by U.S. drone in Somalia
British authorities have linked Mohammed Emwazi, a Londoner identified by U.S. national security sources as "Jihadi John," the knife-wielding militant who appeared in videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, to another British militant killed in Somalia in a U.S. drone attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2015
'Jihadi John' of Islamic State execution videos named as Mohammed Emwazi
The "Jihadi John" killer who has featured in several Islamic State beheading videos is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a middle class family who grew up in London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming, the Washington Post newspaper said.In videos released by Islamic State (IS),...

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