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Charging the 'Beatles': Inside the case against IS militants

Charging the 'Beatles': Inside the case against IS militants
Posted at 8:02 PM, Nov 30, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-30 20:02:25-05

The indictment charging two Islamic State militants in the torture and deaths of American hostages in Syria is the culmination of a years-long legal and diplomatic tussle between the U.S. and Britain.

Interviews by The Associated Press with nearly a dozen people pull back the curtain on those talks and reveal new details about a counter-terrorism success in the waning months of the Trump administration.

The two men, Britons Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, face charges in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. They're accused of being part of a cell dubbed “The Beatles” by their captors because of their British accents.