media-savvy. there s a couple excavations for this. one is that they saw this attack taking place and they had some media-ready scenes already filmed of these recruits, as gillian turner noted, pledging allegiance to isis. they thought now might be the right time to show it for maximum effect. it s also possible that this lone wolf terrorist, who launched today s attack, i have been radicalized online. might have been contacted, might have been in contact with isis before, and that isis may have some foreknowledge of today s attack and thought to gain maximum benefit for it. julie: isn t it likely, though, that any time there is linked to any kind of terror attack that it s the cowards? the isis terrorists that are not actually related to this attack, coming forward and taking responsibility for trying to, i guess, get notoriety? so this is that moment where they can say, wow, isis is not weakening. in fact, isis is still strong and they still have numbers on
theirs, a soldier of isis. we ve heard this language from isis before, claiming attacks. this has come through the news agency loosely affiliated with isis. they did this around the nice attack last year in france. now they re doing it again here in britain with this attack that followed a very similar style. arrests behind me here overnight, three people taken away during an armed raid. very unusual for an armed raid in britain. police went in using battering rams. we heard from the bright tisch prime minister, british born, known to intelligence agencies, known to ma5. they decided a few years ago he was periphery to the investigations, decided he was impertinent to any on going reasons to surveil him or have
kurdish fighters and christian militias. they were able to take these hostages people who could not flee the advance of the isis fighters. women, children and priests and elderly. people who stayed behind as isis advanced. we know from other people who have been captured other stories from isis territory, at times, these women taken, are sold off in slavery. we have seen men held by isis when they have been taken. there have been people released by isis before, should note. some of the elderyly were released. ian lee in cairo. thank you. terror in syria.