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Two Captured ISIS Terrorists Charged In Death Of American Hostages In Syria United states Department of Justice announced Wednesday morning, that the two British Islamic State terror suspects El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey were indicted in the torturing and beheading of American aid workers and journalists among others once held hostage in Syria. The pair are two of four men dubbed “the Beatles” by the hostages they held captive, because of their British accents. They had been linked to the kidnapping and torturous killings of American aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller and journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley. According to DOJ, the charges against the islamic terrorists include conspiracy to commit hostage-taking, resulting in death; four counts of hostage-taking resulting in death for Foley, Mueller, Sotloff and Kassig; conspiracy to murder United States citizens outside of the United States; conspiracy to provide material support or resources to terrorists – hostage-taking and murder – resulting in death; and conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death. The 26-page indictment describes the horrific treatment of the hostage victims – which included, among other acts, the forced witnessing of murders, mock executions, shock by electric Tasers, waterboarding or threats of it, and beatings – and their ransom demands that were sent to the victims’ families. Of the four victims named in the court complaint, Foley was the first to be “forcibly seized and detained” around Nov. 22, 2012. Mueller and Sotloff were taken hostage on Aug. 4, 2013; and Kassig on Oct. 2, 2013, court papers state. Videos of the beheadings of these American humanitarian workers -- released online in the form of Islamic State propaganda -- stunned the world for their unflinching violence. Terrorists Elsheikh and Kotey left London for Syria at separate times in 2012 and, within months, began detaining hostages. They previously had been in military custody in Iraq and are expected to make their first appearance Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. “If you have American blood in your veins, or if you have American blood on your hands, you will face American justice,” said Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. In a statement, relatives of Mueller, Foley, Sotloff, and Kassig said the transfer “will be the first step in the pursuit of justice for the alleged horrific human rights crimes against these four young Americans.” The other two 'Beatles' included the most infamous member of the group, Mohammed Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John,” who was killed in a 2015 drone strike. Emwazi appeared and spoke in the video of Foley’s execution. The fourth member, Aine Lesley Davis, was sentenced to seven years in prison in Turkey in 2017. https://www.keneci.com/feedbox#h.e3d1ncmnduk8