ISIS have issued a terror threat to the UK in a new video which purportedly shows the execution of five alleged British spies.
In the video, which is as yet unverified, a masked gunman speaking in a British accent describes the Prime Minister David Cameron as an “imbecile” before apparently shooting the hostages accused of spying for the British security services.
There are also threats made against the UK government and its citizens.
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British intelligence have said they are examining the authenticity of the tape, but will not comment on whether the featured victims ever worked undercover for the UK
RT reports:
The 11-minute clip, which has been leaked on social media, has the glossy production qualities and watermarks consistent with previous execution videos posted by the jihadist group.
As its centerpiece, it features a narration from a man with British-Asian accent, reading out a scripted jeremiad directed towards Prime Minister David Cameron and the UK, which began to bomb IS positions inside Syria in the past month.
The balaclava-clad man stands over the kneeling victims, who are wearing orange jumpsuits, as he accuses Cameron of being a “slave of the White House, and mule of the Jews” threatening IS with a “handful” of planes.
The unidentified executioner strains to emulate the style of Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, who was reportedly killed last November by a drone strike.
The speaker then says that IS will invade Britain, claiming that Cameron will do nothing to save those “fighting under his banner on minimum wages.” He illustrates his point by appearing to shoot one of the captives in the head, though with the edit it is unclear if it is he taking the fatal shot. Four other terrorists standing behind each of the hostages then simultaneously unload their guns into the victims.
It ends with a small boy in an army uniform shouting “We will kill kuffir [infidels] over there,” and a promise of another video.
As is revealed in stilted taped confessions at the start of the clip, two of the executed men say they discreetly filmed footage and took photos in Raqqa, the IS stronghold in northern Syria, which were subsequently shown in the Western media. The other three admit to being paid to provide information to intelligence services.
All five men, who say they are between the ages of 25 and 40, call themselves apostates, and ask to be re-admitted into Islam.
British intelligence says it is examining the authenticity of the tape, but will not comment on whether the featured victims ever worked undercover for the UK, as is its policy. It is also attempting to figure out the identity of the new executioner through electronic communications. They also will try to determine whether the child in the video is British, or a local coached to say a phrase in English. There are thought to be 300 UK citizens fighting in Islamic State’s ranks in the Middle East.
The Foreign Office has said that the new video is “propaganda” meant to distract IS supporters from “its recent military failings in Iraq and its inability to look after people in the areas that it controls.”
Niamh Harris
The world has gone insane. What massive suffering and destruction the human race creates. For all our intelligence…we are lower than the animals considering what we give back to the world. Art and music if only for us. We rape and pillage live without harmony with nature. All that is beautiful….we find a way to destroy. I cry for the innocent animal life and the forests….the lands and the seas.
The world has gone insane. What massive suffering and destruction the human race creates. For all our intelligence…we are lower than the animals considering what we give back to the world. Art and music if only for us. We rape and pillage live without harmony with nature. All that is beautiful….we find a way to destroy. I cry for the innocent animal life and the forests….the lands and the seas.