Soon after the brutal execution of American journalist James Foley at the hands of the ISIS to avenge the death of Muslims, a massive manhunt is being carried out on an international level to find out the identity of the man who called himself John. This guy who spoke with a British accent appeared to behead Foley in the video while threatening US to kill another man who is believed to be a journalist named Steven Sotloff if they didn’t stop the air strikes. Even the foreign secretary of Britain, Philip Hammond admitted that the man under the mask is most likely to be a Briton.
The authorities in London are carrying out further investigation to identify the murderer by analyzing the video footage which was released on the internet yesterday. The authenticity of the video was confirmed yesterday by the authorities in the United States. The foreign secretary also said that a number of British citizens have recently joined the jihadis in Iraq and Syria which poses a huge threat to the world.
This guy, John is believed to be the ringleader of the British jihadists who were thought to be the chief protectors of certain foreign nationals in a place called Raqqa which is a stronghold of the ISIS rebels. This news comes as a shock to the Prime Minister David Cameron who said that efforts need to be put in to stop British citizens from going to Syria or Iraq.
This summer President Barack Obama had sent a secret rescue mission with special operations troops to Syria to save the lives of the American hostages including Foley. However, the troops failed in their mission to find them even after engaging in a firefight with the ISIS militants.
President Obama though made it quite clear that America will leave no stone unturned to find out the killers of Foley. He even hinted that the US won’t hesitate to carry out a military operation in Syria.