Franch Citizen Join ISIS and Killed American
LONDON — A Briton and a Frenchman were tentatively identified on Monday among a group of executioners seen in video clips released a day earlier by the Islamic State militant group that announced the beheading of an American aid worker.The identifications were made by a British father whose son had traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State, and by senior French officials who saw in the video footage a French citizen they had been monitoring for years.
Their assertions seemed likely to deepen apprehension about the role of foreign-born jihadists in the conflict and the possible hazards of their return to native lands.
Thousands of young European Muslims have been reported as traveling to join the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in its campaign to revive a caliphate in areas under its control. The battle sharpened significantly in June when the Islamists flooded from Syria into Iraq.
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