Appellate Court Affirms Conviction of British Citizen Tied to ISIS
Feast your eyes on this image, courtesy of the Alexandria Sheriff's Office, showing El Shafee Elsheikh on Oct. 7, 2020, in Alexandria, Va. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)A federal appellate court upheld the judgment Friday against a Briton for his involvement in a decade-old Islamic State kidnapping plan that ensnared about 24 Westerners.In 2022, El Shafee Elsheikh was found guilty and received a life term in a Virginia federal court in Alexandria. At trial, jurors learned he was part of the infamous “Beatles” crew,…