'Jihadi John' Does Not Fit The Typical Profile For A Terrorist (Or Does He?)

Peter Bergen, CNN: 'Jihadi John': The bourgeois terrorist

(CNN)This is how top national security reporters Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman of the Washington Post, who broke the story that Mohammed Emwazi has been identified as the notorious ISIS terrorist known as "Jihadi John," describe him: "a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming."

They go on to say that Emwazi "was raised in a middle-class neighborhood in London" and attended the University of Westminster, which is a university in London that was founded in the early 19th century.

Emwazi poses something of a problem for the Obama administration's narrative about who becomes a terrorist and why. Last week, the administration hosted a three-day conference on "Countering Violent Extremism," which is a government euphemism for how best to deal with Islamist terrorism.

Update: Revealed, the face of the world's most reviled killer: First picture of Jihadi John as an adult before he flew to Syria to become ISIS executioner -- Daily Mail

WNU Editor:The debate on what made Mohammed Emwazi into a "blood-thirsty" terrorist is just beginning.

A 'Periodic Table Of Terrorists'

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The 'Periodic Table Of Terrorists' Puts America's Enemies Into Perspective -- Business Insider

The Department of State currently labels 52 groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), and strategic communications firm Navanti has put together a handy graphic to illustrate America's view of the global terror threat.

Drawing from State Department and academic sources, Navanti presents the periodic table of terrorist groups, which details the size, scope, and level of activity of each group:

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My Comment: That's a lot of terrorists.

What Terrorists , Immigrants To The U.S., U.S. Jihad Supporters Fear The Most

From Strata-Sphere:

Terrorists In Iraq And Afghanistan Came Out Of America

Reader Snapple referred us to some truly fascinating information regarding terrorists we have captured in Iraq and elsewhere - they were drawn out of America to fight our forces overseas!

In the 6 ½ years that the U.S. government has been fingerprinting insurgents, detainees and ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa, hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials said. They have criminal arrest records in the United States.

There was the suspected militant fleeing Somalia who had been arrested on a minor drug charge in New Jersey. And the man stopped at a checkpoint in Tikrit, Iraq, who claimed to be a poor dirt farmer – but also had 11 felony charges in the United States, including assault with a deadly weapon.

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More commentary from Strategy Page.

My Comment: This is a wonderful tool for U.S. law enforcement agencies and the U.S. arm forces in identifying hostile forces both here and abroad. I can understand the fear that a person who is hostile to the U.S. may have when confronted or forced to be identified. They may be a person who may wish to immigrate to the U.S. one day, has family in the U.S., or just wants to visit the U.S. for himself .... this will be impossible now. For U.S. citizens captured in Iraq or Afghanistan, the same situation applies. The legal headaches alone will be a big headache.

Living breathing terrorists do not want their name published (except if they die in a martyrdom attack). They do not want to be dragged out of the shadows and revealed for who they are.

I am just curious if this information is shared with our allies?