Beheading Of Journalist Is 'Betrayal Of Britain'

The beheading of reporter James Foley by a British jihadist is "an utter betrayal of everything the British people stand for", the foreign secretary has said.

Writing in the Sunday Times, Philip Hammond said it was horrifying that the perpetrator "could have been brought up in Britain".

He said that the government was investing "significant resources" to tackle "a barbaric ideology" which could threaten the UK.

Mr Hammond said the threat from Iraq and Syria would last a generation, echoing comments made by Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday.

Lord Carey described the British jihadists as 'bloodthirsty'

Mr Hammond's comments came amid calls to strip British jihadists of their passports. 

Former shadow home secretary David Davis dismissed suggestions that new laws, dubbed asbos for terrorists, would prevent Britons fighting for Islamic State (IS).

Instead, he said, the jihadists should be stopped from returning to the UK and stripped of their citizenship.

Mr Davis said the Government's response to the crisis in Iraq had been "tentative, uncertain, almost limp".

He suggested the men heading overseas to fight were committing treason.

Philip Hammond said Islamic State had a 'barbaric ideology'

In an article for the Mail on Sunday, Mr Davis wrote: "Asbos for terrorists? It is hard to imagine the ISIS killers quaking in their boots."

He added: "Since these young men are in effect swearing allegiance to a hostile state, they should all forfeit their British citizenship - not just those who are dual nationals."

Mr Davis's call was echoed by Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, who also called for Britons fighting for IS in Iraq and Syria to lose their passports.

Lord Carey wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "They should not have access to the privilege of travelling under a British passport . . . and they certainly should not be able to travel back with the barbaric and bloodthirsty skills they have gained."

Meanwhile, MI5 and MI6 have worked out the identity of Mr Foley's killer, known as "Jihadi John", The Sunday Times reported.

But none of the details have been disclosed, the paper added.

Yesterday, Home Secretary Theresa May announced she was planning to bring in new laws to tackle the threat of British jihadists - including the so-called terrorist asbos.

The measures would target the activities of radical preachers, such as Anjem Choudary, whose extreme rhetoric currently does not constitute a crime.

The reaction to Mr Foley's death came after Iraq was hit by a wave of deadly explosions and the UN warned of a "possible massacre" in one town besieged by militants.

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