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Britons
fighting for the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq have
reportedly called on jihadists in the UK to assassinate key figures.
Messages posted on Twitter allegedly
detail the addresses of high-profile people in the UK, the Daily Mail reports.
Junaid
Hussain, 20, from Birmingham, is said to be one of those calling for domestic
attacks.
Hussain
was jailed for six months in 2012 for hacking Tony Blair's office computer. He
has since become an outspoken Islamic State supporter on social media.
The
Sun reports that Hussain, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Hussain Al Britani,
retweeted a message from another Briton, known as Abu Dujana, on Friday,
saying, “Whoo wants 2 do
something 2 some top kaffirss, we gt addresses 4 u.”
Hussain
reportedly contacted the Mail on Sunday, saying he will reveal the identity of “Jihadi John,” who is believed
to have beheaded four Western IS hostages. Hussain has asked for a £3,000 (US$4,800)
fee for this information.
The
newspaper did not pay and contacted UK police. Hussain nevertheless reportedly
revealed that “Jihadi John”
was of Arab origins, born a Muslim and has been in Syria “for ages.”
Hussain
is believed to be married to 40-year-old Sally Jones. Reports emerged earlier
this year suggesting they met online and then traveled to Syria to join the
Islamic State. Hussein was considered a potential suspect in the beheading of
American journalist James Foley.
His
wife Jones, who goes by the name of Umm Hussain, posted a tweet saying, “You Christians all need beheading with a
nice blunt knife and stuck on the railings at raqqa… Come here I'll do it for
you.”
Meanwhile,
Erol Incedal, 26, who is accused of planning to murder Blair, is now facing
retrial after the jury was discharged in the semi-secret trial of the suspected
Islamic extremist.
Incedal
denied charges of preparing an act of terrorism, believed to be a bomb or
machinegun attack. The Old Bailey heard claims he was in possession of Tony and
Cherie Blair’s address.
This
comes with news that a terror suspect has skipped bail and is now thought to be
in Syria, despite being banned from leaving the UK.
Siddhartha Dhar, a convert
to Islam also known as Abu Rumaysah, is now believed to have joined the Islamic
State. He was told to hand in his passport, having been arrested on suspicion
of supporting terrorism as part of the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun.
Instead, Dhar left London on a bus bound for Paris, from where he is believed to
have traveled to Syria.
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