James Foley beheading suspect probably British, David Cameron says

[theHandpuppet]

BBC News
20 August 2014
James Foley beheading suspect probably British, David Cameron says

David Cameron has said it looks "increasingly likely" a man thought to have been involved in a US journalist's beheading is British, as UK police try to confirm the militant's identity...

...Mr Cameron, who returned from holiday to chair emergency meetings with Home and Foreign Office officials, said the killer had not yet been identified but said it was "deeply shocking" that he appeared to be British.

"Let's be clear what this act is - it is an act of murder, and murder without any justification," he told BBC political editor Nick Robinson.

The PM said "far too many" British citizens had travelled to Syria and Iraq to take part in the fighting there and the government would "redouble all our efforts" to stop people going....

MORE at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28873051

[Loudly]

1. They need to solicit tips from the public who it might be.

And determine what his passport looks like.

And identify what country he departs from in his attempt, if any, to return to the UK.

And scrutinize every passenger coming from that place for possible terrorist infiltrators.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Right. Ratchet up the fear factor because of a possible English accent which no one can bloody fake.

ISIS would not do that level of fakery, would they?

I hate politicians who stir up fear for personal political gain, lazy asses.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. That's 100% a British accent.

London, specifically (probably the East End). The vowels and other features are distinctive. The pronunciation of "against" and "been", for instance, and the velarisation of dark "L" in "result" (so that it sounds almost like "resuwt&quot ; that last especially is a feature that pretty much conclusively places the accent.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Voice over? Anyone in the world could have done a voice over...I need evidence, I am like that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. It's known that some of the ISIS fighters are in fact from the UK, so I am not surprised by this.

A British soldier was beheaded in the UK, on the street outside his barracks, by extremists; that one has gone to Iraq and is doing things like this is not something that's implausible at all.

[Fred Sanders]

6. You can do a voice over tape in Timbuktoo and just send it in......where is the evidence?

You are engaging in pure speculation and flights of fanciful dot connection, just like your PM, just like ISIS intended, perhaps.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. You're the one engaging in pure speculation and flights of fancy.

He's already been verified by a former ISIS hostage speaking to the Guardian as being British:

As an international manhunt got under way on Wednesday, the English-speaking militant was identified to the Guardian by one of his former hostages as the ringleader of three British jihadists thought to be the main guards of foreign nationals in Raqqa, a stronghold of Islamic State (Isis) rebels.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/isis-militant-islamic-state-james-foley-guards-british

[Fred Sanders]

8. That is the latest story. One former hostage who believes he knows who it is...still not convinced.

Why call in a linguistic speech expert if they already who it is?

All I am saying is do not jump to conclusions, the evidence is not clear who it is and the source has ulterior motives...to sow the very fear you seem to want.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Who said anything about "fear"? I'm not especially afraid.

Yes, it's confirmed that some number of Britons are among the extremists fighting in Syria and Iraq. But then there are probably Americans, as well (remember Anwar al-Awlaki?)

[Nye Bevan]

10. Occam's razor.

Yes, the guy could have trained for a year to do a perfect East End accent. Or they could have dubbed a voiceover to the video with editing software, being careful to synchronize the voice and lips precisely.

But, you know, they didn't. Why bother? The dude was from London.

[Fred Sanders]

11. Trained for a year? British accents are not that hard, actors for hire are cheap....blimey.