Judging by his accent he certainly wasn’t born here.

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighter who identified himself as Abu Muhammad al Amriki (“the American”) was featured in a video released yesterday on YouTube and distributed by jihadist forums [watch the full video, below]. Abu Muhammad, who speaks with accented English and appears to be fluent in Arabic, explained the reason for his defection from the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and why he subsequently joined the ISIS, which was recently denounced by Al Qaeda General Command.