MUSLIM JIHAD TERRORIST "Briton" was 1 of 3 'Blasphemous Beatles' hostage- takers

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MUSLIM JIHAD TERRORIST "Briton" was 1 of 3 'Beatles' hostage- takers ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — It matters not whether El Shafee Elsheikh was the "Beatle" dubbed “George” or the "Beatle" nicknamed “Ringo,” prosecutors told a jury Wednesday. What matters is that he was one of three "British" men in the Islamic State group who orchestrated a hostage-taking scheme that left four Americans dead. “The "Beatles" were the lifeblood of the hostage conspiracy,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments at Elsheikh's terrorism trial in Alexandria. Elsheikh is charged with hostage-taking resulting in death and other crimes, in what prosecutors say was a conspiracy that resulted in the capture of roughly two dozen Westerners between 2012 and 2015. It was during that time period that the terrorist group controlled large swaths of Iraq and Syria and was at the height of its power. Four Americans — journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller — were among the hostages. Foley, Sotloff and Kassig were killed by decapitation; gruesome videos broadcast their executions to the world. Mueller was forced into slavery and raped repeatedly by the Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, before she was killed. Prosecutors say Elsheikh was one of three captors dubbed “the Beatles” by the hostages because of their distinct British accents. Islamophile Washington Post Calls Dead ISIS Leader ‘Austere Religious Scholar’ in Shocking Headline BARE NAKED ISLAM JIHAD WATCH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ISLAM INTERNATIONAL