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| '''Mohammed Khalifa''' is a ] citizen who traveled to ] occupied territory, where he narrated Daesh war videos. |
'''Mohammed Khalifa''' is a ] citizen who traveled to ] occupied territory, where he narrated Daesh war videos.{{cn}} | ||
| Observers had long speculated that two important Daesh war videos, ''Flames of War'' and ''Flames of War 2'', were narrated by a Canadian.<ref name=globalnews2018-10-16/> Khalifa was captured in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator.<ref name=nytimes2019-02-17/> | Observers had long speculated that two important Daesh war videos, ''Flames of War'' and ''Flames of War 2'', were narrated by a Canadian.<ref name=globalnews2018-10-16/> Khalifa was captured in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator.<ref name=nytimes2019-02-17/> | ||
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| |url = https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/17/captured-canadian-isis-fighter-narrated-execution-videos/ | |||
| |title = Report: Captured Canadian ISIS mercenary narrated execution videos | |||
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| |author = David Krayden | |||
| |date = 2019-02-17 | |||
| |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231351/https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/17/captured-canadian-isis-fighter-narrated-execution-videos/ | |||
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| |quote = Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, who lived in Toronto and worked for an information technology firm in Canada’s largest city, was bagged by the Syrian Democratic Forces on Jan. 13, Global News reported. In a report published Sunday in The New York Times, he bragged about his ISIS exploits as a member of the “Islamic State’s Ministry of Media.” The Times identified the accused terrorist by his legal name, Mohammed Khalifa. | |||
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| <ref name=globalnews2019-02-17> | <ref name=globalnews2019-02-17> | ||
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For the Saudi businessman (1957-2007), see Mohammed Jamal Khalifa.| Mohammed Khalifa | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed |
| Occupation | computer programmer |
| Known for | narrated dozen of Daesh war videos |
Mohammed Khalifa is a Canadian citizen who traveled to Daesh occupied territory, where he narrated Daesh war videos.
Observers had long speculated that two important Daesh war videos, Flames of War and Flames of War 2, were narrated by a Canadian. Khalifa was captured in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator.
The Flames of War was described as one of the most influential Daesh war videos. It is 55 minutes long, much of the footage filmed with a GoPro style body-camera, worn by a fighter, who first digs in, then charges Syrian soldiers. Other footage records prisoners first being made to dig their own graves, then showing their brutal executions.
The New York Times hired three voice recognition experts, who had served as expert witnesses, Catalin Grigoras, Jeff M. Smith and Robert C. Maher, who all agreed recordings made when Rukmini Callimachi interviewed him matched the narration of the videos.
According to Charlie Winter, a counter-terrorism specialist from the International Center for the Study of Radicalization, “His voice is the most recognizable English-speaking voice to have ever appeared in Islamic State propaganda.” Winter called The Flames of War
According to Amarnath Amarasingam, of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, “He is a symbol — the voice coming out of ISIS, speaking to the English-speaking world, for the better part of the last four to five years.”
References
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Stewart Bell (2018-10-16). "Narrator of ISIS execution video is Canadian, says captured Mississauga ISIS member". Global News. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
But the statement supports speculation that a Canadian has been narrating ISIS English-language recruitment videos and claims of responsibility for some of its deadliest attacks.
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Rukmini Callimachi (2019-02-17). "The English Voice of ISIS Comes Out of the Shadows". The New York Times. Hasaki, Syria. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
Speaking fluent English with a North American accent, the man would go on to narrate countless other videos and radio broadcasts by the Islamic State, serving as the terrorist group's faceless evangelist to Americans and other English speakers seeking to learn about its toxic ideology. Now a 35-year-old Canadian citizen, who studied at a college in Toronto and once worked in information technology at a company contracted by IBM, says he is the anonymous narrator.
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