The Rapper, Hacker & Terror Writer: MI5 'Zeroes In' On Murderer Who Beheaded U.S Journalist

Three British men waging jihad in the Middle East alongside the Islamic State (IS) have emerged as potential identities for the masked extremist who killed James Foley in a brutal propaganda video. The men, all in their early twenties, are thought to be in the IS capital of Raqqa, Syria. They enter the frame as security sources
say MI5 are getting closer to discovering who the executioner, known only as 'John', could be.

The fighter, who spoke with a British accent, butchered Mr Foley, an American journalist, in front of cameras, claiming it was retaliation for U.S. air strikes on the Islamic State (formerly ISIS). A French prisoner who was held captive by 'John' says he was part of a group of British jihadists who call themselves 'The Beatles'.
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, a former rapper from London, Abu Hussain Al-Britani, 20, a computer hacker from Birmingham, and Abu Abdullah al-Britani, in his 20s, from Portsmouth, have been mooted as identities for 'John'.
According to reports in The Sun newspaper, some of the men have similar voices, and even use similar language, as has appeared in the video or linked to it. Bary has posted sickening images online of himself posing with the severed heard of a Syria soldier, accompanied by a joke.

The former musicians, who appeared on BBC One, left a £1million home in Maida Vale, west London, saying he was 'leaving everything for the sake of Allah'. He later posted boasts online about the battles he had fought.
Abu Hussain al-Britani, who lived in Birmingham, was jailed in 2012 for stealing personal information from former Prime Minister Tony Blair. The jihadist, real name Junaid Hussian, later left for Syria, where it has been reported that he is helping mastermind jihadist cyber attacks on British banks and celebrities to further swell the IS war coffers.
Meanwhile, Abu Abdullah Al-Britani, who often uses Twitter to post pro-IS propaganda online, is believed to be behind social media accounts attempting to recruit teenagers to join fighting in the Middle East.

In June, MailOnline revealed an account on the ask.fm social media site, believed to be operated by al-Britani, which gave self-identified youths advice on how to travel to Syria and Iraq, and perks of the job from working with IS.
It comes as British intelligence operatives continue to use advanced recognition software to match known suspects to 'John's' voice. Security sources revealed to The Times that, thanks to information posted online, MI5 is now 'zeroing in' on the wanted man.

In an interview yesterday, Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said: 'Our intelligence agencies and police are studying the material that we have received. 'You wouldn't expect me to give a running commentary on that process, but we are devoting significant amounts of resource to identifying the individual.'

Source: DailyMail UK