moves were made public,
alexanda koty and shafee el sheikh
deny being part of the is cell
and say they have not been stripped
of their british citizenship.
the pair are being held
at an undisclosed location
in northern syria.
they spoke to our middle east
correspondent, quentin sommerville.
for seven months now,
alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh
have been held in kurdish
and american custody
in northern syria.
the us government alleges
that the men waterboarded,
crucified and executed prisoners
as part of a jihadist cell dubbed
"the beatles" by the prisoners.
what did you do in is?
as for the specific details
as to what i was doing while living
in is—controlled territories,
a question i prefer to decline
to answer at this present stage.
for legal reasons.
do you still deny that
you were a member of the group known
as the beatles which carried out
executions and beheadings?
yes, of course.
el shafee?