re: #264 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Are they sure he’s British? Just because he has a London accent (per NPR) doesn’t mean he was a citizen.

TMZ, of all sites, seem to claim they know who he is:

tmz.com

British Rapper Suspected
In Journalist Beheading
8/23/2014 12:52 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

One of the men suspected of beheading American journalist James Foley was once an aspiring rapper.

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary — a 24-year old who reportedly left home last year to fight in Syria’s civil war — used to go by the name L. Jinny … and even had some of his music played on BBC Radio.

Bary tweeted a picture of himself holding a severed head earlier this month … and the Telegraph says he’s a suspect in Foley’s execution.

According to reports … former ISIS hostages have given him the nickname “John the Beatle” — because of his British accent.

Read more: tmz.com