TAPES SURFACE OF ‘JIHADI JOHN’ TALKING ABOUT UK SCRUTINY
London, 13 Jumadil Awwal 1436/3 March 2015 (MINA) – Audio tapes have surfaced in which a man identified as “Jihadi John” complains about scrutiny from British intelligence services.
The tapes contained a man identified as Mohammed Emwazi describing to the Muslim advocacy group CAGE his encounters with British agents in 2009.
They were played by the BBC Tuesday and discussed on-air by CAGE research director Asim Qureshi, Arab News quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
On the tape, Emwazi described how a British agent called Nick purportedly threatened him and accused him of trying to travel to Somalia to join terrorists there.
Emwazi’s comments are very similar to complaints made in e-mails from him that CAGE released earlier.
British security officials have not commented on Emwazi, who last week was revealed to be the masked Islamic State figure who has appeared in a number of beheading videos.
MI5 and police came into contact at least a dozen times with the man identified yesterday as Jihadi John before he was able to flee Britain for Syria, it emerged last night.
The security services made a botched attempt to “turn” Mohammed Emwazi after he was first intercepted when they feared he was trying to join a Somali terrorist group six years ago. (T/P001/R03)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
