# ISIS Beatle sentenced to life in prison

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**Created:** [August 29, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-beatle-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/970513 "2022-08-29T08:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-beatle-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/970513/1 "2022-08-29T08:12:10Z")

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_This link is from a military-related site._

[ISIS Fighter Behind Brutal Beheading of Journalist and Murder of Veteran Sentenced to Life in Prison](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/19/isis-fighter-behind-brutal-beheading-of-journalist-and-murder-of-veteran-sentenced-life-prison.html)

> On the eighth anniversary of the brutal beheading of journalist James Foley, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced one of the men responsible for his capture and murder to life in prison. Foley’s mother said that “with today’s verdict we finally have a bit of justice.”
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> El Shafee Elsheikh, a British ISIS fighter, was a member of a terrorist cell dubbed “the ISIS Beatles” owing to their British accents. He was captured in 2018 and indicted in 2020 for his role and murder of Foley, as well as those of Steven Sotloff, another journalist; Peter Kassig, an aid worker and former [Army Ranger](http://www.military.com/army-rangers/join.html); and Kayla Mueller, another aid worker.

_More at the link_.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-beatle-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/970513/2 "2022-08-29T17:12:29Z")

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I thought Paul or Ringo had gone to the dark side.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-beatle-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/970513/3 "2022-08-29T17:43:10Z")

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Calling them Beatles is pure slander. With regard to revolution, the Beatles very clearly and unambiguously said, “When you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out (in).”

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-beatle-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/970513/4 "2022-08-29T17:43:30Z")

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I wish they’d stop calling them “the ISIS Beatles”. The Beatles should sue for defamation.