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Federico Motka

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Brit convicted as ‘Beatle’ in Islamic State beheadings trial

April 14, 2022 Matthew Barakat  

(AP) A jury convicted a British national Thursday for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago, resulting in the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded. In convicting […]

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‘Relentless abuse and torture’: Prosecution wraps evidence in trial of British Isis fighter as jury deliberates (LINK ONLY)

April 13, 2022 EoI News  

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Former hostages unmask Islamic State ‘Beatle’ at trial

April 9, 2022 Charlotte Plantive  

(AFP) Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged Islamic State group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail. Eight former IS hostages have testified so far at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of […]

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IS captives were forced to sing ‘Hotel Osama’: French hostage

April 6, 2022 Charlotte Plantive  

(AFP) A French journalist held by the Islamic State in Syria testified Wednesday that he and other hostages were forced by their captors to sing a depraved parody of the Eagles song “Hotel California” called “Hotel Osama.” “It was terrifying for us, […]

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How the Islamic State trial could change the future of US terrorism cases (LINK ONLY)

April 2, 2022 EoI News  

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Surviving hostage relates ordeal in Islamic State captivity

March 31, 2022 Matthew Barakat  

(AP) Federico Motka’s abductors greeted him in English after he and his colleagues were kidnapped near a refugee camp on the Turkish border: “Welcome to Syria, you mutt.” For the Italian aid worker, it was the beginning of 14 months of brutality […]

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