During a sentencing hearing last week in Alexandria, Virginia, Alexanda Amon
Kotey, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and member of the ISIS ter


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ISIS “Beatle” Sentenced To Life In Prison For Torture And Beheading Of Four
Americans

 

(New York, N.Y.) — During a sentencing hearing last week in Alexandria,
Virginia,Alexanda Amon Kotey
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Designated Global Terrorist and member of the ISIS terror cell nicknamed “The
Beatles,” wassentenced
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to life in prison for his role in the torture and beheadings of Steven
Sotloff, James Foley, and Peter Kassig, as well as the torture and murder of
Kayla Mueller in Syria. Kotey pleaded guilty in September 2021 to the charges
against him and admitted to using methods including electric shock and
waterboarding to torture his victims, which the U.S. Department of State had
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Kotey’s infamous terror cell included British citizens Aine Davis
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ISIS executionerMohammed Emwazi
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Elsheikh wasfound guilty
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of similar charges of kidnapping and torture of the four Americans. In the
early 2000s, Kotey, Davis, and Emwazi all reportedly attended the Al-Manaar
mosque in Landbroke Grove, London, where Kotey allegedly became radicalized.
Kotey would reportedly stand outside of the mosque and preach extremist
propaganda, such as arguing that suicide bombings did not violate the Quran.
The three werereportedly
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physically removed and banned from the mosque because of their radical
behavior.

 

According to freed ISIS hostages, The Beatles were among the more brutal of
ISIS’s guards and were responsible for the deaths of two dozen total hostages.
A French journalist held prisoner for 10 months told reporters that his captors
would regularly stage mock executions after telling captives they were to be
beheaded. Escaped captives also reported waterboarding and other torture.

 

In exchange for Kotey’s guilty plea, U.S. prosecutors did not pursue the death
penalty and will likely extradite him to his native Great Britain in 2037 to
serve out the remainder of his sentence. Kotey has further agreed that if
extradited and charged by British authorities that he will plead guilty to his
crimes and face a life sentence.

 

To read the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s resource Alexanda Amon Kotey,
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To read CEP’s resource ISIS, please click here
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