Tuesday, March 3, 2015

'JIHADI JOHN' ANTI-EXTREMISM TAPE EMERGES

A tape has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi - the Islamic State member who'd become known as Jihadi John - denying being an extremist.

It dates back to his deportation from Tanzania in 2009, when he was accused of trying to travel to Somalia for terrorism training.

In the tape, Mohammed Emwazi tells advocacy group CAGE of pressure from UK security service Mi5.

Emwazi has appeared in a series of Islamic State beheading videos and his identity was revealed last week.

In the tape he tells CAGE of trying to explain to Mi5 agents that he was anti-extremism.

IN: "He come...
OUT: ...on you."
DUR: 24 seconds