‘Jihadi Jack’: parents give first TV interview
2016 ж. 3 Ақп.
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The parents of 20 year old Jack Letts have told this programme he's nothing to do with the Islamic State terrorist organisation.
The parents of 20 year old Jack Letts have told this programme he's nothing to do with the Islamic State terrorist organisation.
Son of an organic farmer? That brings a new meaning to the phrase "Home Grown Terrorist"
+Owen420247 haha
+Person thats is funny
abqkaza Indeed
Owen420247
hahahah
His parents are too weak. The dad in particular makes too many excuses.
Happy it’s there Son and they are terrified! Have a kid and see for yourself!
Darius M why should they??
@@MyAssefa I have a kid. This kid would probably happily shoot or see someone else shoot my kid.
Yes.
@@MyAssefa I have 5 children but still think this father makes waaaaay to many excuses.
he's a nice boy with OCD, just wants to organise the ISIS rabble... nice chap
somethingsomethingsomething lol
ROFL
I agree.
@@kimbardgett6666 good point, but try adding some punctuation
@@rahulkemp8347 Real fault finder ...overload
So, you're just going to ignore the fact that he called non jihadists "dirty non believers." And said he thought the french terrorist attacks were a "good thing" at the time.
The sad part is how his parents and the Canadian government are trying to get him out of jail... he deserves to rot there.
I met this guy on a plane once. I went up to him and said "h jack" and he replied " no not today" .
😀
Leave the poor kid alone. He didnt tell his mother he is fighting for ISIS so obviously he is not an ISIS fighter. Jack is a good boy who never lies to his Mama. Their ill son is getting his OCD treated in Syria
K Ben 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahha
If jack is getting treatment in Syria, then leave him there!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😁😁😁😂😂😂love the sarcasm🤣🤣🤣🤣 the parents have to deal and accept the "lovely boy" has been chopping heads for quite some time😱
He has shown no remorse in the recent interview by the news he should be imprisoned for a long time
These parents embody the politically correct regressive sleepwalk to damnation.
blackmore4, typical liberal's.
blackmore4 What? I can’t begin to fathom how retarded this comment is tbh.
BUT HE WAS SUCH A GOOD KID YOU SHOULD SEE HIS DRAWINGS
😂😂😂
Jeez calling David cameron evil and criticing the US bombing of Syria is the positon of every sane Briton isn't it?
+Mat Broomfield If he was sane he would have called Camoron an evil pig fucker that's related to the royals.
+Mat Broomfield But he is a cunt, and the West DID cause ISIS to form. So....your point?
+Old Skool Wax That IS my point.
+Old Skool Wax The West didn't cause ISIS to form. Islamic terrorism was ripe more than four decades ago, before the idiotic Bush/Blair/Sarkozy took down the secular rule of the Saddam/Gaddafi. Definitely ISIS was helped by the strategically stupid and flawed foreign policy of USA/UK/France. That just said, your self-defeating attitude (it is all a fault of West, the West corrupts the world, down with the West, we are sooooo evil) is of great support to ISIS and their likes.....
+Mat Broomfield It's the position of common sense lol
OCD didn't restrict him traveling to Syria? Where would he wash in war torn Syria? Doesn't hold water. Sorry a load of...
I don’t think you understand what OCD is, because it isn’t just about being obsessively clean, in many situations it isn’t about being clean or tidy at all. It is a mental disorder that causes an individual to obsess over a particular thing and become agitated and irritated if something goes wrong
Interesting.... Islam attracts a lot of people who have mental illness. I understand the parents position but this is war and he just joined the enemy.
But im.not mentally ill
N he is d enemy.
People who are in isis are not considered muslims because they are going against the words of god that’s what all my Muslim friends have told me and they despise isis as much as we do so don’t go putting this on all the muslims in the world
All religion is mental illness.
Muslims don’t consider them Muslims because there killing other Muslims. Because when isis was targeting Christians the Muslim world said nothing. Infact they said go ask the west for help or either convert. That’s an actual fact.
I honestly thought this was a comedy sketch. I cant believe these people are serious. and why are these reporters humoring them.
What a pair of Divvies. John's illness could be cured with a full metal jacket .Hope he finds one soon.
he's in jail right now he was captured by Kurdish forces.
Parents will always say their child is an angel.
so, he went to Syria on a tourist holiday. that's got nothing to do with Islam.
Wasn't the voice on the beheading videos independently verified as his? Why wasn't that question asked? "If it isn't your son, how has it been identified as him?" Governments aren't always corrupt or "evil". If he's innocent, and poor, and starving, why doesn't he just come home?
That's Jihardi John I think
@@lukebennett1648 there's a jihadi John too? 😱😭
Dont want him in Canada. He has never lived here. UK revoked citizenship so we have to take him in? Extreme OC is a serious mental disability,
"It's probably gonna end really badly"...you don't say?
He does have a serious mental disorder, he believes in the Koran
in his own interview he Cleary says that the bombings was jusytifed and thinks it's ok
Jack's parents should learn to let go. His son made a choice and they need to accept it.
Dansky, guessing your not a parent?
Dansky Kral I'm a parent. You're right. Do the crime, do the time.
What a horrible situation to be in. I have a son who has autism and adhd and he is easily lead, we have to keep an eye on who he associates with, it can be hard and scary, such passionate people seeking goodness but so many evil people out there. My heart aches for this family and their son. Very sad, don't let your kids read the Quran😓
I have OCD. No excuse
@@lukebennett1648 ocd is nothing like autism!
Yeah but what has your sons condition got to do with the son in this video. He has OCD so comparing him to your son is pointless because they don't have the same condition
@@lukebennett1648 mental health conditions effects a person's ability to think clearly and people- kids or adults with mental health issues are easily manipulated into doing things they wouldn't of normally have done. You could research autism and ocd and other mental health issues to get a better idea if you still lack understanding.
@@yahushaiscoming7468 OK stop talking to me in a condescending manner. I know OCD more than anyone. You've already pointed out (although it wasn't required) that mental health conditions affect you in massively different ways. I have severe OCD (I have already stated this but clearly you're not taking in my responses). The parents were using that as an excuse. It isn't an excuse for what he did. Now I cannot talk about other mental health conditions. But I can about the one they were using as an excuse for his actions
Im a parent, this family lived a life in a bubble, its now burst. The reality is very harsh, but he their son is over there, too many questions and the authorities won't want him back.
His ocd made him go over because it looked untidy on the telly
OCD is not an excuse to terrorize and kill people......I do not want to pay my tax money......for his return......mom and dad should start to grieve.....they have raised a lost child, and they need to accept that!
These parents are so severely in denial it is actually sad to watch.
If he wasn't a fighter, then was he there to satisfy the fighters? Oh my...
I think he is in ISIS but his parents cannot face up to the truth. Please be kind to them. They need love and compassion shown towards them as does anyone who has lost their child!
The parents need to be educated in bringing up kids they obviously failed miserably
They failed their son, now expect others to make up for their failures.
Your parents did a wonderful job too, I see.
Sending love to both parents, xxxx
love rejected
+justkissmyfrog scum of earth leftie liberals
andy pandy idiot
+justkissmyfrog Its really nice to see a comment that is showing normal human empathy instead of criticism or advocation of war crimes....
Orion Andersen It's called weakness and the bleeding hearts will be the first to die when this shit gets ugly.
My heart goes out to the parents, I place no blame them, but treason is treason.
Totally irresponsible parents - let him drop out of school at 16, mix with islamists, learn arabic, spend his time reading koran and they saw nothing coming.
I don't know how a person witj extreme OCD could live in war, in war!!
I feel bad for the parents. They desperately love their son. For their sake I hope he hasn’t gone to the evil side. I cannot imagine having a family member commit such atrocious acts against innocent humans.
He has made his bed.... Now lie in it !!!!!!!
0:12 “the first British white boy” - journalism at its finest lol
Don't let him back ever!
They are in such denial.
Sounds like the old warning bells should have gone off long ago but the naive parents still seem indulgent. For example, 'mixing with those older than him...' but not knowing who. The writing was clearly on the wall. I just wondered though if the judge remanding them in custody until June 23rd wasn't a bit harsh. This interview was given in February. If they were going to flee, it would have happened a long time ago by now.
They should have been locked up for years. They provided thousands of pounds towards terrorism and got out of jail, it is disgusting. And now the cheeky bastards are suing the government to help their terrorist child. They should be in jail.
Ok , he couldn't learn as a kid but no problems learning arabic as a teen ? I call bullshit .
My friend has OCD and has been sectioned for it in the past and he's NEVER thought about joining a terroist group. Or be violent.
He made his choice joined a vile organisation end of
Her greatest fear - the rest of the worlds greatest wish: The Death of Jihai Jack.
His mother is either a liar or in severe denial. No wonder he's chosen this path
I was diagnosed with OCD in 2010. But my OCD didn't cause me to go fight for Islamic State or do terrorism.
The poor boy had a serious mental disability. And he converted to Islam.
thats the usual process
No this what happen when christianity is declining. England is doomed now.
That kid is DEAD because of the love of his mommy and daddy!! He would not be in trouble with the isis fuckers if they did not have his face all over t.v. and internet!!! The English gov is a cause too ‘Jihadi Jack’ GIVE ME A FUCKEN BREAK!!! The kid looks too meek to do anything that isis people are trying to make young dudes do, hell he would probably cry if told to pick up a AK and spray some people with it, Just Saying Show less
This must be Blocked in Briton.
Poor parents my heart goes out to them ❤️ Has anybody any news on what happened to their son as we are now in 2019?
I mean I don't understand how the fuck this could happen. He's clearly been coerced into this. I'm concerned by the label associated with him in the press. I'm not sure that its very responsible with no real evidence. It may be insensitive for me to say this but, if you've got a child with mental health issues raised in rural Oxford that converts to Islam, meets with people much senior in age regularly, is becoming concerned with geo-political issues associated with the Muslim world, grows a beard, you've overlooked about 5 red flags already. But, perhaps it was such an outlandish prospect they never could have envisaged it.
Jihadi Jack is gonna been blown out of his box 📦!
dont come back jack!
Radicalization is a big problem, and many Islamic scholars are tackling the issue for more than anyone else.
What scares me is usually you can say "oh he comes from a disfunctional family " or a broken home or something like that but these parents seem so plugged in and attentive they are obviously very loving parents which makes me think maybe they are right and he's just put himself in a situation where he's nievely got mixed up in all this
If he wanted to get into med school so bad and he put his all into it but wasn't good enough still, due to an external factor...can you imagine how wronged he must have felt?
It's naive, yes. But it's not only naive. He feels failed.
His parents are atheists, so what do you expect? Atheism is a dysfunction.
Nope, sorry....we can't allow him back.
Parents so stuck in denial
How naive are these people???
The first stage of grief: Denial
these parents are deluded
"The British disease", use an excuse, it is not my fault, he is ill, Its the governments fault, he has OCD, He is not a member of ISIS, Its your fault, Its not his fault, Its not our fault, he is not a radical. The list is endless, this is not just confined to this issue it occurs in every area of life, in British society.
It's sad but i think the guy has been fighting for ISIS ever since he went to Syria he had his plan .
feb 25 2019 this guy is extremely lucky to be alive
If he wasn't doing well in Syria then why not just return to the uk instead of asking for money.
Big Liam same reason why shamima can’t return
Ever hear of Taqiyya.
Atheist parents, wonder if they had been strong christians if their son would have done this.
I think many middle class parents like these put too much pressure on their children that they MUST go to university but not everyone is academically inclined and anyway going to university doesn't guarantee you a job afterwards unless of course you're father is Tony Blair. Many people are better off taking up an apprenticeship or doing vocational training instead. Perhaps this pressure caused their son's OCD in the first place ?
He made his choice and now he must live with it
I don't think there is sufficient evidence of this kid being some type of radical. The media branded him "Jihadi Jack" and that is all it took. I'm not saying he hasn't been radicalized, but I do not see the evidence.
***** You're going to have to explain that, sorry. Who captured him? I don't believe he was captured at any time, at least there hasn't been any evidence to support that theory. It was the media that nicknamed him "Jihadi Jack,' after "Jihadi John." Do you have a source link?
imax digital .... so talking to a group of Muslims about the war in Syria then going to Syria posing for photos with his hairy face would suggest he was in no doubt heading that way with a known ISIS hand gesture . Funny how easy it is to get into Syria why do you think he was there certainly not to help feed the hungry kids . You idiot with you're not enough evidence you clown .
+David Murphy As of now all that's happened is a young person converted to Islam, grew a beard, and traveled to an ISIS stronghold in Syria. That's not solid evidence of anything. Should his intentions be questioned? Well duh, common sense says these things may be ques of wrongful or perhaps treasonous actions. With that being said, if I could travel to Syria as a photographer or something to get a first-hand look at the conflict I would. Does that make me a terrorist? ...The point is, it's a big world. There's a strong chance that this kid really did just go to Syria in order to, "find the truth," whatever that means. It's possible he's just a damned idiot who quickly found himself completely out of his depth. In my opinion, I think the latter is most likely. Not sure why you have such a condescending tone either... "imax thinks he's sherlock holmes..." Since when is it bad to think about something and make an observation?
imax digital I think the fact he is so easily led and corruptable makes him a huge danger. He's definitely not normal.
Breaks my heart seeing a grieving mother
You mean the mothers of ISIS victims, the ones who are sold off...you mean them right
I didn’t realise Stephen Merchant was Canadian
I used to see him at the mosque and the Islamic centre in Oxford hi was a good boy a worshipper. I feel sorry for his parents I hope he's just doing some humanitarian work not with bloody Isis
Bullshit.
His parents should have taught him that certain actions have consequences. He should also learned to be accountable for his actions.
The good excuse to save someone for there horrible crimes he's mentally disabled or ill wtf
"suffers from a serious mental disability" Is that a euphemism for being an Islamic fundamentalist? Harsh, but fair!
Channel 4 why don't you and everyone else man up and stop using quotations when you write "Jihadi Jack" it's pathetic. As if to say "well some people are calling him Jihadi Jack, not us, but some people". No YOU are calling him Jihadi Jack, you're the one spreading that name around, trying to get everyone else to use it so why don't you (and other news institutions) either take ownership of the name Jihadi Jack t or call him by his actual name - Jack Letts.
Joe Navajo jihaddi joe
I’m sorry, are we supposed to feel bad for him?
He’s innocent because I asked him! Did you also threaten to put him on the naughty step? OCD is no excuse
He can't focus but he can handle a gun
This is a very, VERY sad story. I am truly sorry for his parents. I still can not accept the fact that after so many sacrifices his parents did for him, they get repaid in such a horrible manner. Anyway, he will be dead meat very soon. My condolences to his parents. You guys could not possibly imagine that you would raise a dumb ass.
Then why did he go to Syria? How can his parents knowing he has mental health problems, allow him to go to Syria? If he's only doing humanitarian work , then there are many legitimate muslim organizations doing humanitarian work in Syria and Iraq, he could have gone as volunteer for one of these organisations. Do his parents mention which humanitarian organisation he is working for or what humanitarian work he has done there? ...No. They cleverly do not mention How much money they were sending him to buy "glasses and food". He has Radical views on non-muslims and has travelled to an area controlled by ISIS notorious for recruiting foreign fighters, the onus is on him to prove what he is doing in Syria and not other way around
His parents seem very respectful and polite people
his parents are clearly genuinely good people. I hope they get their son back alive safe and well.
+SunnahSmile If he is fighting for ISIS he needs locking up and the key throwing away if he returns.
+TheFridge2916 "Someone embraces a religion,..thus he becomes a terrorist", that's your reasoning? Makes no sense to me. The boy was obviously vulnerable and such easy prey to be brainwashed by terrorists.
***** Alright, I do agree with you there.
+SunnahSmile ...... If he comes back trained to kill and blow ppl up. Will you still want to hung him?. If you answer yes then you should be Hanged with him.
R u f**king kidding me! If he is fighting for ISIS, then lock him up and throw away the key!!
How did he learn arabic wt mental issues
A very touching end to this video. However, as parents, surely they were alarmed (to say the least) that their son upped and left for Syria without prior notice?
"Atheist" parents say their son is "mentally disturbed". And, just "who" is crazy? LMAO.
Lol just saw his recent interview 😂
It shows to me that these two are very good parents who love there son very much. I wish them the best and hope comfort enters their hearts.
Or they're just in denial that their son has become a terrorist.
nothing worse than parents blind to their childs behaviour
Someo e just put a lead pill in his head and then send his parents to prison for life.
dear lady you should of swaloved him before conception
Like parents like son! Listen to them, no wonder how "Jihadi Jack" created.
The parents have blood on their hands
Actually it's is not the tempur dam but instead the Taqba dam near raqqa
My thoughts and prayers for this family. It is an extremely hard time they are facing..
How Islam can destroy a beautiful family
There’s nothing beautiful about this family. They produced this monster. Jack said it was “just” that gay men are thrown to their deaths from the roofs of buildings because they are an offense to Allah. He should rot in jail.
“He has to be very very careful about what he sends us” This woman 🤦🏻♀️
What a situation for his parents... it's saddening. Instead of focusing on his parents try and find out more about the guys he was hanging around with before his departure... they most likely played a huge factor in his brainwashing. Whether he's disabled or mentally impaired no longer matters as he's within ISIS territory and it's quite impossible to pluck him out... that is if he was even willing to leave. He made his choice and if he's alive, he can find a way out somehow if he really wanted to leave or at least die trying instead of being involved in atrocities and subjugation of locals. Is it moral t risk other lives for his sake? I don't know. ISIS does fund its fighters and I'm pretty sure glasses don't cost as much in Raqqa as they do in Oxford... even with the NHS prescriptions discount. I understand the awkward position his parents are in though and the media/police shouldn't criminalise them that easily without considering everything.