Jack Letts Suspected Being First British White Join Terror Group
Jack Letts Suspected Being First British White Join Terror Group
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LONDON - British Muslim convert 'Jihadi Jack' described Islamic State (ISIS) extremists as his 'mates' who 'died fighting and killing Britain's brainwashed soldiers'. Jack Letts, 20, left the UK in September 2014 when he was just aged 18, sparking fears that he may have fled to join ISIS in Syria. He is now said to go by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed.
Today, new pictures of the suspected ISIS jihadi emerged as an innocent young schoolboy footballer and aged 17 on a family holiday, his family continue to claim he has not joined the terror group.
But a screenshot of a conversation he had with a former classmate in November suggests he is not as innocent as his parents would like to think.
British convert Jack Letts, who goes by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed, is living in Iraq after fleeing the UK when he was 18. His parents today spoke for the first time in two years to deny claims he has joined ISIS
British convert Jack Letts (pictured left and right, as a schoolboy) who goes by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed, is living in Iraq after fleeing the UK when he was 18. His parents deny he has joined Islamic State
A screenshot of a conversation Jack had with a former classmate in November suggests he is not as innocent as his parents would like to think. In it, he writes: 'My mates died fighting and killing your countries brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them'
In it, he writes: 'My mates died fighting and killing your countries brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them.'
The conversation, which appears to have taken place in November 2015, shows the pair engage in an argument. The screenshot begins with Letts saying: 'We will see who's running scared in Shaa Allaah.'
His former classmate, Enoch Hadrada, replies: 'Yeh see you around actually probably not cos I won't be in Syria without a flak jacket and you won't be allowed back into England.'
Letts replied: 'Go curl back up in the warmth nest mummy and daddy bought you. Ask Allah for guidance.' But when he was told, 'I will mate', Letts sent the vitriolic message in response.
He said: 'Wallaahi your not my mate. My mates died fighting and killing your countries [sic] brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them.'
Today, new pictures of the suspected ISIS jihadi emerged as an innocent young schoolboy footballer and aged 17 on a family holiday, his family continue to claim he has not joined the terror group.
But a screenshot of a conversation he had with a former classmate in November suggests he is not as innocent as his parents would like to think.
British convert Jack Letts, who goes by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed, is living in Iraq after fleeing the UK when he was 18. His parents today spoke for the first time in two years to deny claims he has joined ISIS
British convert Jack Letts (pictured left and right, as a schoolboy) who goes by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed, is living in Iraq after fleeing the UK when he was 18. His parents deny he has joined Islamic State
A screenshot of a conversation Jack had with a former classmate in November suggests he is not as innocent as his parents would like to think. In it, he writes: 'My mates died fighting and killing your countries brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them'
In it, he writes: 'My mates died fighting and killing your countries brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them.'
The conversation, which appears to have taken place in November 2015, shows the pair engage in an argument. The screenshot begins with Letts saying: 'We will see who's running scared in Shaa Allaah.'
His former classmate, Enoch Hadrada, replies: 'Yeh see you around actually probably not cos I won't be in Syria without a flak jacket and you won't be allowed back into England.'
Letts replied: 'Go curl back up in the warmth nest mummy and daddy bought you. Ask Allah for guidance.' But when he was told, 'I will mate', Letts sent the vitriolic message in response.
He said: 'Wallaahi your not my mate. My mates died fighting and killing your countries [sic] brainwashed soldiers and its servants in the east. It's sickening to even compare you to them.'
(rnz)
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