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British IS fighters in US custody, says Trump
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IANS | 10 Oct, 2019
US President Donald Trump has said that two Britons, who are accused of
being part of an Islamic State (IS) terror group cell which kidnapped
and murdered Western hostages, have been taken out of Syria to "a secure
location controlled" by Washington, it was reported on Thursday.
According
to US media reports, El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, who are
from London, are in the custody of the American military, the BBC
reported.
The two were part of the IS cell - dubbed "The Beatles"
because of their British accents. The group also included Mohammed
Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, who was killed in a US air strike in 2015,
and Aine Davis, who has been jailed in Turkey.
In a tweet on
late Wednesday night, Trump said: "In case the Kurds or Turkey lose
control, the US has already taken the two IS militants tied to
beheadings in Syria, known as the Beetles (actual spelling Beatles), out
of that country and into a secure location controlled by the US. They
are the worst of the worst."
Trump's announcement comes after the US withdrew its forces from the region this week.
Earlier
Wednesday, President Trump told the media that the US had transferred
"some of the most dangerous IS fighters" amid fears they could escape
custody as Turkish troops invade Kurdish-held territory in northern
Syria.
The Kurds, who helped defeat the terror group in Syria and
were key US allies in that fight, guard thousands of IS fighters and
their relatives in prisons and camps in areas under their control.
It was unclear whether they would continue to do so if fighting breaks out.
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