Mohammed Khalifa (original) (raw)
Mohammed Khalifa is a Canadian citizen who traveled to Islamic State-occupied territory, where he narrated Islamic State war videos. Observers had long speculated that two important Islamic State war videos, Flames of War and Flames of War 2, were narrated by a Canadian. Khalifa was captured in a clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator. On December 10, 2021, Khalifa pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, resulting in death. He was sentenced to life in prison on 29 July 2022.
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| dbo:abstract | Mohammed Khalifa is a Canadian citizen who traveled to Islamic State-occupied territory, where he narrated Islamic State war videos. Observers had long speculated that two important Islamic State war videos, Flames of War and Flames of War 2, were narrated by a Canadian. Khalifa was captured in a clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator. The Flames of War was described as one of the most influential Islamic State 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, , and , 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 , "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." In October 2021, Khalifa was flown to Virginia and arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prosecutors charged him with "material terrorism support leading to death", alleging that he was responsible for publicising the infamous video of James Foley's beheading. Raj Parekh, acting US attorney, described Khalifa as "the voice behind the violence". On December 10, 2021, Khalifa pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, resulting in death. He was sentenced to life in prison on 29 July 2022. (en) |
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| dbp:name | Mohammed Khalifa (en) |
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| dbp:otherNames | Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Mohammed Khalifa is a Canadian citizen who traveled to Islamic State-occupied territory, where he narrated Islamic State war videos. Observers had long speculated that two important Islamic State war videos, Flames of War and Flames of War 2, were narrated by a Canadian. Khalifa was captured in a clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces in January 2019, and acknowledged he was the narrator. On December 10, 2021, Khalifa pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, resulting in death. He was sentenced to life in prison on 29 July 2022. (en) |
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