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Family members of the alleged victims of ISIS member El Shafee Elsheikh attend his trial on March 30, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia.
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An Italian aid worker held captive by ruthless ISIS executioners dubbed “The Beatles” said he was forced to fight other hostages until they passed out as a part of a brutal “regime of punishment” doled out by his captors.
Federico Motka, who was held by ISIS’ British-born executioners for 14 months, testified about the harrowing captivity Thursday during the terrorism trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a British national who allegedly led the kidnapping scheme that took more than 20 Western hostages between 2012 and 2015.
Motka, who was captured near the border of Turkey and Syria in 2013, said hostages were thrown into a facility they nicknamed “the box” — where they were tortured and treated like animals.
“They gave us dog names. We needed to come and immediately respond” to the name to avoid a beating, he recalled.
Four Americans were also among the group’s hostages, including journalists James Foley and Steven Soloff, as well as aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
Motka is the first surviving hostage to testify at Elsheikh’s trial in Alexandria, Virginia.
The aid worker described to the court how his cruel captors — whom they nicknamed John, George and Ringo because of their British accents — inflicted a lengthy “regime of punishment” on their prisoners.
Motka said he was forced into a room at “the box” with Foley and another British hostage, John Cantile, to duke it out in a “Royal Rumble”-style fight.
“They were super excited about it,” Motka testified. “We were so weak and shattered we could barely lift our arms.”
The losers would be waterboarded, the group was told, and two of the forced combatants passed out during the 60-minute battle, Motka recalled.
The aid worker said he was declared the loser, but received a beating instead of being waterboarded — although he was subject to the brutal form of torture at other times during his captivity, he testified.
Another man nicknamed “The Punisher” also tortured them regularly, Motka told the court.
Motka, who was released in May 2014, said he was also beaten with a cable during his captivity, CNN reported .
“There wasn’t a minute’s peace,” he said.
Prosecutors have said in court that Elsheikh is the captor who was nicknamed Ringo.
Motka said he had trouble differentiating his captors as they took great pains to conceal their faces, but he tried to differentiate them based on their preferences for inflicting punishment.
“George was more into boxing,” Motka testified. “John, he kicked a lot. Ringo used to talk how he liked wrestling. He would put people in headlocks.”
Prosecutors in Virginia referenced three British nationals in their opening statements: Elsheikh, Alexanda Amon Kotey, and Mohammed Emwazi, aka “Jihadi John.”
Emwazi was killed in a drone strike, while Kotey pleaded guilty in Virginia in September, receiving a life sentence with no chance of parole.
The four Americans also taken hostage have all been killed. Foley, Sotloff and Kassig were decapitated, while Mueller was forced into slavery and raped by Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, prior to being killed.
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ISIS is a powerful terrorist militant group that has seized control of large areas of the Middle East. Infamous for its brutal violence and murderous assaults on civilians, this self-described caliphate has claimed responsibility for hundreds of terrorist attacks around the world, in addition to destroying priceless monuments, ancient temples and other buildings, and works of art from antiquity.
The roots of ISIS trace back to 2004, when the organization known as “al Qaeda in Iraq” formed. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was originally part of Osama bin Laden ’s al Qaeda Network, founded this militant group.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq began in 2003, and the aim of al Qaeda in Iraq was to remove Western occupation and replace it with a Sunni Islamist regime.
When Zarqawi was killed during a U.S. airstrike in 2006, Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri became the new leader and renamed the group “ISI,” which stood for “Islamic State of Iraq.” In 2010, Masri died in a US-Iraqi operation, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took power.
When the civil war in Syria started, ISI fought against Syrian forces and gained ground throughout the region. In 2013, the group officially renamed themselves “ISIS,” which stands for “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” because they had expanded into Syria.
ISIS rule spread quickly throughout Iraq and Syria. The group focused on creating an Islamic state and implementing sharia law—a strict religious code based on traditional Islamic rules and practices.
In 2014, ISIS took control of Falluja, Mosul and Tikrit in Iraq, and declared itself a caliphate, which is a political and religious territory ruled by a leader known as a caliph.
ISIS fighters attacked a northern town in Iraq that was home to the Yazidis, a minority religious group, in August 2014. They killed hundreds of people, sold women into slavery, forced religious conversions and caused tens of thousands of Yazidis to flee from their homes.
The attack sparked international media coverage and brought attention to the brutal tactics employed by ISIS. Also in 2014, al Qaeda broke ties with ISIS, formally rejecting the group and disavowing their activities.
Throughout its existence, ISIS has been called several names, including:
ISIL: This acronym stands for “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.” The Levant is a broad geographical region that includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine , Israel and Jordan. Some experts believe the ISIL label more accurately describes the objectives of the militant group.
IS: The shortened “IS” simply means “Islamic State.” In 2014, the militant group announced they were officially calling themselves IS because their goals for an Islamic state reached beyond the areas identified in other titles.
Daesh: Many Middle Eastern and European governments have used this Arabic acronym for “al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham,” which translates to “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” to address the group. However, ISIS doesn’t approve of the name, and in 2014, threatened to cut out the tongue of anyone who called them Daesh in public.
Although there’s been debate over which name most accurately describes the militant group, these titles are typically used interchangeably, and they all refer to the same organization.
ISIS became recognized around the world for carrying out heinous acts of violence, including public executions, rapes, beheadings and crucifixions. The group has earned an nefarious reputation for videotaping brutal killings and displaying them online.
One of the first widely publicized acts of ISIS violence happened in August 2014, when a few of the group’s militants beheaded U.S. journalist James Foley and posted a video of the bloody execution on YouTube.
About a month later, ISIS released another video that showed the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff. A series of gruesome videos showing the beheadings of kidnapped journalists and international aid workers followed for the next several months.
In February 2015, ISIS released footage of Jordanian military pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh being burned alive in a cage. The same month, an ISIS video showed militants beheading 21 Egyptian Christians on a beach in Libya.
Images of a man being thrown off a building in Syria were made public in March 2015. ISIS claimed to have killed the man because he was a homosexual.
Numerous other videos and images documenting brutal executions have been released and attributed to ISIS.
ISIS has also claimed responsibility for hundreds of terrorist attacks in the Middle East and around the world. Some of the most well-known attacks on Western soil that were linked to ISIS include:
Since about 2014, members of ISIS have destroyed numerous historical sites and artifacts throughout Iraq, Syria and Libya.
The group claims cultural monuments, statues and shrines are idolatrous and shouldn’t be worshipped. However, several news investigations have revealed that ISIS has sold and profited from many of these artifacts.
Some of the cultural sites ISIS has attacked or destroyed include:
ISIS has been called the richest terrorist organization in the world. While estimates vary, the group was said to have made $2 billion in 2014 alone. Much of ISIS’s money has come from seizing control of banks, oil refineries and other assets in the territories it occupies.
The group has also used kidnapping ransoms, taxes, extortion, stolen artifacts, donations, looting and support from foreign fighters to fill its coffers.
However, a report released in 2017 by the British International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) revealed that ISIS financial revenue has dropped dramatically in recent years.
In response to ISIS violence, various countries—including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, several Arab nations and other countries—have initiated efforts to defeat the terrorist group.
In 2014, a U.S.-led coalition started airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. That same year, the Pentagon announced a program to train Syrian rebels to fight against ISIS. However, this initiative was nixed a year later when only about 150 rebels were recruited.
The United States has primarily used targeted airstrikes and special operations forces to fight ISIS. In 2015, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. had launched nearly 9,000 airstrikes on ISIS.
The United States military dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an ISIS compound in Afghanistan in April 2017.
Reports have suggested ISIS has weakened both militarily and financially. The group has lost control of large amounts of territory in Iraq, and several of its leaders have been killed or captured, including the May 2018 arrest of five top ISIS officials in Syria and Turkey.
While notable gains against ISIS have been made, international efforts to control this powerful terrorist organization will likely continue for many years.
Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State’s Financial Fortunes: International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation .
Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed: National Geographic .
What is ‘Islamic State’?: BBC .
Islamic State group: The full story: BBC .
Al-Qaeda disavows any ties with radical Islamist ISIS group in Syria, Iraq: Washington Post .
Timeline: US Policy on ISIS: The Wilson Center .
ISIS Fast Facts: CNN .
ISIS goes global: 143 attacks in 29 countries have killed 2,043: CNN .
The ISIS Chronicles: A History: The National Interest .
How an arrest in Iraq revealed Isis’s $2bn jihadist network: The Guardian .
Five Top ISIS Officials Captured in U.S.-Iraqi Sting: The New York Times .
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In recent years, attacks inspired and executed by ISIS have become all too common, constituting some of the world's deadliest massacres.
In the early hours of March 22, 2016, a series of explosions rocked the Belgian capital of Brussels, killing at least 31 people and wounding more than 200, including three American Mormon missionaries. Around 8am, bombs tore through the departure lounge at Brussels' main airport, then about an hour later, an explosion occurred at the crowded Maelbeek metro station. The deadly blasts came just days after Belgian officials finally captured Salah Abdeslam, the last remaining Paris attacker at large. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the carnage in a statement on their website, stating that the bombings were executed with explosive belts and devices.
On January 12, 2016, Turkish officials said an ISIS suicide bomber was to blame for a bomb blast in a district of central Istanbul popular with tourists, which killed ten people (including nine German nationals) and wounded 15 more. The blast struck the city's historic Sultanahmet district, home to the famed Blue Mosque.
On December 2, 2015, a husband and wife dressed in tactical clothing and armed with military-grade rifles opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, leaving 14 people dead and another 17 injured. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. since Sandy Hook.
The FBI has since said the attack was inspired by, but not directed by ISIS; uncovering that the female attacker had pledged her allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Khalifah Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Al Qurashi, on social media shortly before the rampage.
On November 13, 2015, a crowded Friday night in Paris, a series of shootings and explosions left at least 129 people dead and hundreds more injured in the deadliest violence France had seen in decades. The attacks included a shootout in a Paris restaurant, multiple explosions near the Stade de France, and a hostage situation at Paris' Bataclan concert hall.
The third major terror incident in France that year, a curfew was instituted in Paris for the first time since the Nazis occupied the city in 1944. The next day, ISIS claimed responsibility.
On October 31, 2015, a Russian Metrojet airliner crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard. The Russian government said investigators found traces of explosives amidst the wreckage, indicating it was a " terrorist act ." ISIS claimed responsibility.
On November 12, 2015, twin suicide bombings struck a southern Beirut suburb, killing at least 43 people and wounding 239 more in one of the deadliest attacks Lebanon had seen in years. The explosions hit minutes apart during rush hour in an area of southern Beirut called Burj al-Barajneh, a Hezbollah stronghold.
The attack was quickly claimed by ISIS, which is fighting in neighboring Syria and Iraq, but has not yet established a recognized affiliate in Lebanon.
On October 10, 2015, two explosions were set off seconds apart near Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a peace rally organized by left-wing Kurdish activists and opposition supporters. At least 95 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the apparent suicide attack, the deadliest violence in the history of modern Turkey.
Though no group immediately claimed responsibility, Turkish officials said the bombing was consistent with intelligence information about an imminent ISIS attack. Here, victims' bodies lie on the street, covered with banners and flags.
On August 21, 2015, a heavily-armed Islamic radical opened fire on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, wounding three people before being subdued by two off-duty U.S. Marines on the train.
Here, French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with U.S. serviceman Spencer Stone (C), next to off-duty serviceman Alek Skarlatos and their friend, Anthony Sadler (R), after the three were awarded France's top Legion d'Honneur medal in recognition of their bravery overpowering the train attacker.
On July 11, 2015, a car bomb ripped
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