Photos: British kid, Isa Dare known as 'Junior Jihadi' blows up three prisoners in new grisly video released by ISIS

British boy believed to be aged four and nicknamed 'Junior Jihadi' has been filmed blowing up three prisoners in the latest grisly execution video released by the Islamic States.

In exploitative footage that is shocking even by Isil’s standards, Isa Dare, whose mum, Grace Khadija Dare is a convert to Islam who has sworn allegiance to the jihadist group, is seen pressing a button on what appears to be a remote control device seconds before a car containing four alleged “spies” goes up in a ball of flames. 

Wearing a black Isil headband and military-style fatigues, the boy announced to the camera beforehand that “we are going to kill the kuffars (non-believers) over there”. He is then seen standing beside the car’s burnt-out remains, triumphantly punching the air and shouting: "Allahu akbar"

The men inside the car, wearing handcuffs and orange jumpsuits, confessed their crimes to the camera and appear resigned to their fates before the vehicle explodes.

In the latest video, believed to have been shot in Raqqa, Syria, he is accompanied by a masked man who issues a threat to David Cameron for arming groups in Syria who are fighting the jihadists.

"You will never fight us except behind fortified fortresses or behind walls,” says the man, speaking in an English accent. 

"So no David Cameron….you’ve only done two things. Firstly, when you sent your spies to Syria and when you authorised for your men, thousands of miles away, to push a button to kill our brothers who lived in the West. 

"So today, we’re going to kill your spies the same way they helped you kill our brothers.

"So prepare your army and gather your nations as we too are preparing our army"

News source: The Telegraph

Photo credit: Terror Monitor

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Female teenage suicide bomber gets cold feet, refuses to kill

Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by Boko Haram to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.
Her two companions, however, completed their grisly mission and walked into a crowd of hundreds at Dikwa refugee camp in northeast Nigeria and blew themselves up, killing 58 people.

Later found by local self-defense forces, the girl's tearful account is one of the first indications that at least some of the child bombers used by Boko Haram are aware that they are about to die and kill others.

"She said she was scared because she knew she would kill people, but she was also frightened of going against the instructions of the men who brought her to the camp," said Modu Awami, a self-defense fighter who helped question the girl".

Her story was corroborated when she led soldiers to the unexploded vest, Awami said Thursday by phone from the refugee camp, which holds 50,000 people who have fled Boko Haram's Islamic uprising.

The girl is in custody and has given officials information about other planned bombings that has helped them increase security at the camp, Satomi Ahmed, chairman of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, told reporters.
Awami said he had no information about how the girl came to be with Boko Haram. The extremists have kidnapped thousands of people and there are fears they may be turning their captives into weapons.

An army bomb disposal expert has told the AP that some suicide bombs are detonated remotely, so the carriers may not have control over when the bomb goes off.
Even two days later, it's difficult to say exactly how many people died at Dikwa because there were corpses and body parts everywhere, including in the cooking pots, Awami said.

"Women, children, men and aged persons all died," he said by telephone. "I cannot say the exact number as some cannot be counted because the bodies were all mangled."

Source: AP

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Londoner Alexanda Kotey unmasked as member of Jihadi John's ISIS execution cell

A 'nice, polite and well-spoken' Londoner has been unmasked as a member of the notorious ISIS execution cell once led by Jihadi John.
Alexanda Kotey is reportedly part of the murderous gang, dubbed the “Beatles” because of their UK accents and thought to be responsible for the beheadings of 27 hostages.

The 32-year-old grew up in Shepherd's Bush in west London, is half-Ghanaian, half-Greek Cypriot and an avid QPR fan.
Exposed by an ITV investigation, he was from a family of dress cutters and lived just under two miles from Mohammed Emwazi, the real name of the now dead Jihadi John.
It is not clear whether Kotey's nickname was 'George' or 'Ringo'. His whereabouts are currently unknown, according to the Washington Post.
Kotey reportedly attended London’s Al-Manaar mosque with Emwazi and a third Brit, Aine Davis.
Davis was exposed as being a member of ISIS, a close associate of Emwazi and a suspected member of the 'Beatles' gang last November.

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Syrian anti-ISIS Journalist and documentary film maker assasinated in Turkey

A prominent Syrian journalist and documentary film maker known for his anti-Daesh/ISIS films has been assassinated in Turkey's Southern Anatolia region.

(Daesh is a terrorist group affiliated to the Islamic State.) Naji al-Jarf, editor-in-chief of the Hentah monthly, was shot in the head with a silenced handgun by unknown assailants near the Syrian border in the Turkish town of Gaziantep on Sunday, December 27 and died after being transferred to hospital. Esin E., a friend disclosed on twitter that  al-Jarf was granted asylum in France and was move there with his family today, Monday, December 29. "Naji Jerf was killed today in Gaziantep. He and his family had been granted asylum in France,&were to leave tomorrow. We 're all in shock." he tweeted. As an investigation was being carried out into the incident, a Daesh supporter reportedly attributed the killing to the terrorist group on social media.

According to New York-based NGO Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Jerf had recently directed and produced a film documenting the killing of Syrian

activists by Daesh terrorists during their occupation of the Syrian city of Aleppo in 2013 and 2014. "We call on Turkish authorities to bring the killers of Naji Jerf to justice swiftly and transparently, and to step up measures to protect all Syrian journalists on

Turkish soil," said the nonprofit’s regional coordinator. The 38-year-old father of two, was from the western Syrian city of al-Salamiyah.

Daesh has seized parts of Iraq and Syria, where it carries out the bulk of its activities. It has been engaged in bloody acts of terrorism against people of all

communities in the areas under its control.

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Wanted terror suspect Malik Yassin sneaks into Kenya, Police issues alert for his arrest

Kenyan security agencies are seeking assistance and cooperation in the hunt for Malik Yassin, an Al-Shabaab foreign fighter of British origin who is suspected to have sneaked into the country. Source: Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Kenya

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Two Iranians planning to launch terror attack on Nairobi arrested by Kenya security agencies

Kenyan Police have arrested two men on suspicion of terror and espionage on behalf of the Iranian State Intelligence. The men, Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and Mojtaba Ghanbarian aka "Parsa" targeted key spots in Kenya, including hotels frequently used by Western tourists, businessmen and diplomats. Louw, a senior figure in Nairobi Shiite Community was arrested on October 29 after a long intensive police investigation. He admitted recruiting young Kenyans to spy and mount terror attacks in Nairobi. Louw was working on behalf of the Qods Force, the clandestine overseas military wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which carries out the terror activities worldwide.One of Louw's recruit was 25 year old Yassin Juma, a student from Nairobi Sadiq Louw further disclosed to the investigators that he arranged for Juma to travel to Iran and introduced him to the Qods Force contact, nicknamed “Parsa”.

“Parsa” subsequently gave Juma a set of tasks and Western targets for future terror attacks in Nairobi.  Juma was subsequently arrested by the

police on the 19th of November, upon his return to Nairobi after having undertaken some military training in Iraq. Louw also admitted that he was approached by Iranian government officials in 2012 to serve the country’s military intelligence organization. He was tasked then to identify suitable Kenyan students aged 20-30 who would become spies and carry out attacks on Western interests in Kenya. According to Citizen Digital, Louw has recruited a pool of local young Muslim men to serve as secret operatives for Qods Force in the past one year. Louw’s recruits were enticed with the promise of receiving “a scholarship for Islamic Studies ” and military training in Iran. When Juma travelled to Iran in April, he used the guise of going for Islamic training on scholarship hence did not raise any suspicion from the immigration. An extensive investigation by the Kenyan Security Services, which included reaching out to other services in Africa, has enabled investigations to determine that “Parsa” has visited several countries in the continent in the past and that his real name is Mojtaba Ghanbarian. Ghanbarian and Juma met in Karbala, Iraq in October, 2015 during which Juma was introduced to a special training. This training session was scheduled when the two first met in Iran in April.

This was also a good time for Ghanbarian to pay

Juma thousands of dollars to fund his and Abubakar Sadiq Louw’s terror activity in Kenya. While in Iraq, “Parsa” introduced Juma to Iranian

experts who trained him on tactical fieldwork, methods for withstanding interrogation and how to disguise his true identity. In Karbala, Juma met with an Iranian espionage expert nick-named “the Professor “. The Iranian professor taught Juma techniques of how to move from place to place while avoiding detection or being followed by security agencies. To assess Juma abilities in what he had been introduced to, he was subjected to a practical in which he was sent on an exercise that was used as a dry run for his real mission back home in Kenya. The task was to gather discretely information on a hotel in Karbala, a simulation of the actual mission that was given to him later on by the Qods contact “Parsa” to gather operational intelligence on prominent hotels in Nairobi. The extent of the training Juma received in Iran and Iraq is not yet known, but it is assessed that he was due to go for

further training, such as handling explosive materials and electronic components, using encrypted communications and more.

Juma has admitted that “Parsa” had arranged to meet him in Tanzania in the Spring, for further instructions and training. “Parsa” had also told Juma that in the future he would have to

recommend other locals suitable for recruitment as terror operatives. Louw, who recruited Juma, has all this time maintained close relationship and communication with “Parsa” via coded email messages. Louw has used this method to inform “Parsa” about his recruits and other Iranian interests. Louw visited Iran for the first time in the early 1980s shortly after the Iranian revolution.

Over the past few years, he was summoned to Iran

several times, with his flights and accommodation

sponsored by the Iranian government. It was during these visits that Louw met with his Qods Force contact “Parsa”. He has also disclosed that other operatives flew with him for meetings in Iran. Counter-terror police are currently searching for these individuals and all other Kenyans Louw recruited, including students form Rasoul El-Akram School in Barsol. Some of these students visited Iran for Islamic studies with Louw’s assistance.

Louw’s and Juma’s arrest came after months of secret intensive work by Kenyan Police, in

cooperation with the other law enforcement agencies in Africa. The Iranian Qods Force has been trying to operate in Kenya for years to recruit young Muslims and train them to smuggle explosives in the country. However they are encountering rigorous efforts by Kenya Police and

law enforcement agencies to foil terror activity in the country. The police are working closely with the local Shiite Muslim community to determinethreats and locate anyone who may be working for the Iranian government against Kenyan interests. These people are being monitored and will be

dealt with at the discretion of the police and in

accordance with the law. Sources: Kenya Ministry of Interior and

Coordination of National Government

             :Citizen Digital

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Sister of one of the Paris terrorists posts tribute to her brother on Instagram. "I miss everything about you" she writes

Sami Amimour, one of the terrorists who burst into Bataclan music concert in Paris and massacred 89 people, got a 'loving' tribute from his sister. It is not clear when the post which was first uncovered by ITV News, was made but 2 pictures, thought to be the brother and sister as youngsters, accompanying the post, reads: "Each blessed day, I miss everything about you"

     "I didn't want to admit it to myself but I resemble you more and more - be it your smile, your laugh, your look, your mannerisms, your way of hiding what you are feeling or even more your generosity. Today is a special day because it's the first day of the rest of your life. "I love you and I will love you forever my brother, my twin, my blood, my life. I love you my Samy."

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Photos: Body of Syrian child washes up on Turkey shore

A body of an identified Syrian child washed up on a shore in Turkey. Sad! Another photo after the cut

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Turkey shoots down Russian warplane on Syrian border

Turkey has shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border, a senior Turkish official has said. According to Al Jazeerah, the plane was shut down on Syrian territory in Latakia's Yamadi village.

The plane was downed by the Turkish military according to the rules of engagement because it violated Turkish airspace, the Turkish official said.

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American in Paris survived Bataclan and 9/11 Attacks

An American in Paris survived the recent attack on the Bataclan by playing dead. What’s even more extraordinary is that he also survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center back in 2001.
The Telegraph reports that 36-year-old Matthew (whose last name has not been disclosed) was shot in the leg by one of the three attackers who opened fire and took hostages at the Paris venue. His wife had planned to accompany him to the sold-out Eagles of Death Metal concert that night, but stayed home with their two children after their attempts to find a babysitter failed.
Recognizing the sound of gunshots, “perhaps it’s my American culture,” he told the paper, Matthew bolted for the exit. He went down after a bullet hit his leg, and said he played dead in order to survive.
Each time the attackers paused to reload their guns, Matthew crawled forward “centimeter by centimeter.” Eventually, he saw the ledge of the exit, where he “was able to grip it with one finger, then the other.”

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ISIS now targeting children? Iraqi security forces discover 18 children's dolls filled with explosives

A plan to target children from Shia community was thankfully foiled by Iraqi security forces as 18 booby-trapped dolls which were part of an ISIS bomb plot against Shia pilgrims were reportedly seized. Security forces discovered the booby-trapped bombs in al-Husseiniya-a predomnantly Shiite suburb in northeastern Baghdad.

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ISIS threatens to attack New York City in new video showing suicide bombers walking into Times Square

 

ISIS has threatened to bomb New York City in a newly released video, just days after vowing to attack Washington, D.C. The video clip features shots of yellow taxis and crowds in Times Square and Herald Square in Manhattan, with vibrant French music playing in the background - a nod to the Paris terror attacks on Friday.

It then cuts to a man wrapping a bomb around his waist before walking into the crowds and pulling the trigger.

New York police have issued a statement to say they are aware of the footage.They added that there is no direct threat to the city but insist there is a 'heightened state of vigilance'.

'In addition, we are continuing to deploy additional Critical Response Command (CRC) teams throughout the City, out of an abundance of caution,' Stephen Davis, a Deputy NYPD Commissioner, said in a statement on Wednesday.

He added: 'While some of the video footage is not new, the video reaffirms the message that New York City remains a top terrorist target.'

The video, which runs for nearly six minutes, includes a scene that appears to show a suicide bomber making preparations and zipping up a leather jacket.

The clip shows a brief glimpse of Times Square and then of a suicide bomber holding what appears to be a trigger, it said

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Alleged missing 105 Nigerian soldiers: Army releases statement

The Nigerian Army has released a statement explaining what transpired in Gudumbali, Borno state on Wednesday November 18th where 105 soldiers were said to have gone missing after a gun battle with Boko haram members. The statement which is signed by Tukur Ismail Gusau, the Media Coordinator Operation Lafiya Dole, states that the claim is far from true. The statement after the cut...

The attention of the Theatre Command Headquarters Maiduguri has been drawn to various releases on social media on the operation at Gudumbali , northern Borno State. Most of the publications are not only fictions but imagination of the writers that have no iota of knowledge on military operation. Unfortunately, this is coming at a time when the military has created several avenues for them to get first hand information on our activities. In the quest to be on the same footing with each Nigerian, Media centre was established in the North East. Additional to this is the open door policy of the leadership style of our chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai where he carries throughout his operational engagements media personalities. For the records Gulumba was captured by own troops on 10 November 2015 and our troops deployed to secure and weed off Boko Haram terrorists. The location was attacked yesterday morning which resulted in fiarce battle till afternoon. Troops went for pursuit after which they mop and reorganise. The unit suffered some injuries and casualties and equally killed several insurgents. The Nigerian Army has nothing to hide but we call all patriots to support these troops that are courageously fighting for peace and security of our nation. The Theatre Command wishes to state that the story is far from the truth and misrepresentation of facts. In fact, it smacks of the imagination of those symphatetic to Boko Haram terrorists. The Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE has addressed the issue and gave journalists the opportunity to ask questions and clarify doubts about the Gudumbali incidence and yet, the medium is yet to reflect the true situation. It should be stated here that, although the unit suffered some casualties, what the medium was reporting was grossly exaggrated for reasons best known to them. The number of casualty and equipment lost as being circulated is not correct, the situation was unnecesserily blowned beyond proportion to give terrorists the type of propaganda they desired.The affected personnel sustained only minor injuries, not gun shot wounds. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public. Thanks for your continous support.

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We wish he had burnt to death, say family of bomb ringleader

The family of Paris terror mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud declared yesterday he should have been ‘burnt to death’.

In the Moroccan hamlet where his father Omar was born, they have only just heard of the massacre he organised, leaving 129 dead.

But their verdict was immediate:

Abaaoud had no rightful place on this earth. ‘We rejoice the news he is dead. He deserved it,’ said Sayeed Abaaoud, a cousin of the killer and a village elder and patriarch of the clan.

‘I say he should have been burnt to death, because what he did was not allowed under Islam or any law.’

A police source said Moroccanintelligence had tipped off the French government about Abaaoud. He was killed alongside Hasna Ait Boulahcen, his 26-year-old cousin, who blew herself up.

 

He had been thought to have planned the massacre from Syria until intelligence placed him in Paris for Friday’s attacks.

Father-of-eight Sayeed, 65, said: ‘It is terrible, just terrible. I know it happened a week ago, but we only just heard about what Abdelhamid did, on Moroccan radio. We don’t have TV.

Sayeed said: ‘We feel very upset by the whole thing. Real Muslims do not do what Abdelhamid did. A good Muslim doesn’t steal or hurt people, so he is not a Muslim.’

The Islamic State killer’s death at the hands of French anti-terrorist police was confirmed yesterday.

The 27-year-old was shot in the head by a sniper then hit by grenades during the raid in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday. He had to be identified by his saliva.

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Paris female suicide bomber photos

Hasna Ait Boulahcen's brother says she had no interest in religion and never read the Koran, her friends describe her as carefree and party loving. Her brother says she had a troubled childhood and grew up in foster homes, the mastermind of the terror operation, Abdelhamid Abaaoud was her cousin. French police say they saw her head and part of her spine fly through a window when she blew herself up. More after the cut...
 

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Facebook activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria - Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg

Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg took to his Facebook wall to announce that they have activated the safety check on their site following the bomb blast in Yola, Adamawa state yesterday.

Facebook came under fire for a perceived Western bias when it activated Safety Check after the Paris attacks, with critics noting that terrorist attacks in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia hadn't previously warranted its deployment. The safety check enables Facebook users announce that they are still alive after a mishap in any troubled zone.What he wrote after the cut...

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Photos: Troops destroy Boko haram rocket factory in Borno

Press statement from the Nigerian Army...

The troops of 111 Special Forces Battalion, 7 Division Garrison Nigerian Army, during a special raid operation carried out on Tuesday at Delwa general area, discovered and knocked out Boko Haram terrorists' rocket factory at Jamrari, Borno State. This unprecedented development has put paid to the much touted ability of the terrorists to fabricate rockets and their launchers using rudimentary materials.

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ISIS executes Chinese & Norwegian hostages, shares pic of bomb used to blow up Russian plane

The barbaric group has executed two hostages, one from Norway and the other, a Chinese. The claim was made in the group's propaganda magazine today November 18 but did not give any details about how, when or where they were executed. In September, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said a Norwegian man was kidnapped in Syria since January.

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Senegal to ban the full-face veil amidst growing terror threat

Following the arrest of four imams accused of having ties to Boko Haram terrorist group, Senegal plans to ban women from wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public in an attempt to curb terrorism.

The move announced on Tuesday, November 17, by Interior Minister Abdoulaye Daouda, prohibits women from wearing burqas where only their eyes can be seen. Daouda says the law is not anti-Islamic as Senegal is a Muslim majority nation instead he says it's a question of national security.

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Honduras detains five Syrians headed to U.S. with stolen Greek passports

Honduran authorities have detained five Syrian nationals who were trying to reach the United States using stolen Greek passports, but there are no signs of any links to last week's attacks in Paris, police said.

The Syrian men were held late on Tuesday in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, on arrival from Costa Rica, and had been planning to head to the border with neighboring Guatemala. The passports had been doctored to replace the photographs with those of the Syrians, police said.

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