article_snippet: Was Mohammed Emwazi, the man with a British accent who's appeared in numerous ISIS beheading videos, pushed toward extremism by authorities?
article_snippet: Or was Mohammed Emwazi someone who'd long been heading down a militant path?
article_snippet: A London-based advocacy group that worked with Mohammed Emwazi says emails Mohammed Emwazi sent A London-based advocacy group that worked with Emwazi paint a picture of a desperate man hounded by authorities who saw Mohammed Emwazi plans for a new life crumble as Mohammed Emwazi tried unsuccessfully to get help.
article_snippet: And a report from the Daily Mail, also citing emails purportedly sent from Mohammed Emwazi to the British publication, said the Kuwait-born Londoner saw the Kuwait-born Londoner as a "dead man walking" and contemplated suicide because of the Kuwait-born Londoner alleged harassment by authorities.
article_snippet: But some analysts say emails purportedly sent from Emwazi to the British publication are only part of the story, arguing that investigators targeted Mohammed Emwazi because investigators already saw Mohammed Emwazi had links with terrorist groups.
article_snippet: You can't start the story at how Mohammed Emwazi's been treated by UK officials.
article_snippet: You have to go back to why the intelligence services got in contact with Mohammed Emwazi.
article_snippet: Well, because Mohammed Emwazi was part of a group of a people who were going to join Al-Shabaab -- a very extremist organization and jihadist group that got involved in horrific terrorist attacks in Somalia.
article_snippet: " Mohammed Emwazi felt Mohammed Emwazi was being harassed by authorities and tried to seek legal help to stop Mohammed Emwazi, according to CAGE, the human rights and Muslim advocacy organization that worked with Mohammed Emwazi.
article_snippet: One email details Mohammed Emwazi's account of Mohammed Emwazi detention at a British airport, when authorities stopped Mohammed Emwazi from traveling to Kuwait in 2010 and questioned Mohammed Emwazi for hours.
article_snippet: I did not know why Mohammed Emwazi had done that after this long 6hour interview, fingerprinting and searching.
article_snippet: Mohammed Emwazi wrote that the way Mohammed Emwazi was treated by British security and intelligence officials reminded Mohammed Emwazi "of criminals that you see on TV who have committed a serious crime, only I was a person never charged or arrested for anything.
article_snippet: Mohammed Emwazi wrote that Mohammed Emwazi had also made a formal complaint at the Independent Police Complaints Commission, before going into detail about how Mohammed Emwazi was apparently "assaulted by the police officer" as Mohammed Emwazi attempted to leave for Kuwait.
article_snippet: Details from court papers say Mohammed Emwazi was part of a group of extremists sometimes called the "North London Boys" who allegedly funneled money and recruits to Al-Shabaab.
article_snippet: The Guardian has reported that Mohammed Emwazi was part of a terror cell with links to the failed London bomb attacks in 2005.
article_snippet: Analysts who've studied ISIS recruiting say Analysts who've studied ISIS recruiting aren't buying the argument that harassment from authorities turned Mohammed Emwazi into "Jihadi John.
article_snippet: The reason the intelligence services harassed Ali was because the intelligence services suspected Ali of trying to join the Shabaab in Somalia."
highlights_snippet: Mohammed Emwazi complained about Mohammed Emwazi treatment by British airport security officials and police .
  