{"id":1438363,"date":"2022-04-14T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438363"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:45:02","slug":"breaking-isis-beatle-found-guilty-on-all-accounts-took-part-in-murders-of-beheaded-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-isis-beatle-found-guilty-on-all-accounts-took-part-in-murders-of-beheaded-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: ISIS \u2018Beatle\u2019 Found Guilty On All Accounts, Took Part In Murders of Beheaded Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-isis-beatle-found-guilty-on-all-accounts-took-part-in-murders-of-beheaded-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/ISIS.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of being one of the infamous ISIS \u201cBeatles,\u201d was found guilty for his role in the murder of four American hostages, three people from Great Britain and two Japanese citizens. The jury took less than five hours to reach a verdict after the two-week trial.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of the victims, including Kayla Mueller\u2019s parents, Peter Kassig\u2019s family, and the daughter of British aid worker David Haines, wept as the verdict was read. Elsheikh will be sentenced on April 29.<\/p>\n<p>First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Raj Parekh pointed out that Elsheikh had given media interviews in 2019 in which he revealed \u201cgranular detail\u201d about the fate of the hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Elsheikh, a former British national, is accused of being a member of an ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell group called the \u201cBeatles\u201d because of their British accents. \u201cThe \u2018Beatles\u2019 allegedly tortured and killed their victims, including by beheading, and IS released videos of the murders for propaganda purposes,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20220330-islamic-state-beatle-accused-of-torturing-killing-journalists-goes-on-trial-in-us\">France 24<\/a>\u00a0noted, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Elsheikh and another former British national, Alexanda Amon Kotey, were captured in January 2018 by Kurdish forces in Syria\u00a0while attempting to flee to Turkey.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They were turned over to US\u00a0forces in Iraq and flown to Virginia in October 2020 to face charges of hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens and supporting a foreign terrorist organization.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In court, Parekh concluded, \u201cThey were humanitarians and journalists who came to promote peace and enlightenment in a war-torn country and to alleviate suffering among those most in need. \u2026 The defendant responded with systematic, premeditated and relentless abuse and torture.\u00a0\u2026 His crimes left a legacy of brutal killings and shattered families, and we respectfully request you return a verdict of guilty for each and every count,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10719683\/ISIS-Beatle-El-Shafee-Elsheikh-GUILTY-kidnapping-murdering-Western-hostages.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to a French journalist captured and held hostage by ISIS in 2013, his captors taunted their hostages by forcing them to sing a parody of the Eagles song \u201cHotel California\u201d that they called \u201cHotel Osama,\u201d with lyrics that said if they tried to escape, \u201cIf you try, you\u2019ll die Mr Bigley style,\u201d referencing Kenneth Bigley, beheaded in 2004 by Jordanian Abu Musab Zarqawi, head of the al-Qaeda terror network in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the trial of Elsheikh, accused of the murders of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, French journalist Nicolas Henin said, \u201cIt was terrifying for us, a joke for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said of British aid worker David Haines, who was beheaded in early September 2014 by ISIS, and Italian relief worker Federico Motka. who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-60881825\">testified at the trial<\/a>\u00a0that during his 14 months as a hostage he was repeatedly beaten and held in isolation in \u201cthe box,\u201d \u201cThey were terrified. Shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Michael Foley, the brother of murdered journalist James Foley \u2014 who was beheaded by Islamic State executioner \u201cJihadi John,\u201d one of the four \u201cBeatles,\u201d in 2014 \u2014 told the court at Elsheikh\u2019s trial that he had watched the footage of his brother\u2019s beheading \u201cmultiple times,\u201d according to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/04\/isis-didnt-negotiate-for-james-foley-before-beheading-family\/\">The New York Post<\/a>.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>Michael Foley told the court that the image \u201cis burned into my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September 2014 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-28871702\">BBC<\/a>\u00a0reported, \u201cIn a video published on 2 September, which has been confirmed as authentic by the US authorities, Mr. Sotloff was shown dressed in an orange smock, his hands tied behind his back, kneeling in front of a masked figure holding a knife. He was then beheaded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMueller was reportedly handed over to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who allegedly raped her repeatedly before killing her,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10697523\/ISIS-trial-hears-hostages-forced-sing-Hotel-Osama.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0noted.<\/p>\n<p>James Foley\u2019s mother Diane\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/brother-of-isis-victim-says-he-watched-beheading-video-multiple-times-2863952\">told the court<\/a>\u00a0she hoped at first that reports her son had been executed were \u201csome cruel joke,\u201d adding, \u201cI didn\u2019t want to believe it. It just seemed too horrific.\u201d She said of Elsheikh, \u201cThis has been a long time coming. \u2026 Accountability is essential if we\u2019re ever going to stop hostage-taking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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