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IS ‘Jihadi John’ dad admits to terror role

A FANATIC whose son is thought to be terror butcher Jihadi John yesterday admitted helping to plan two US embassy blasts that killed 224.

Egyptian Adel Abdul Bary, 54, also admitted being Osama Bin Laden’s mouthpiece — and threatening to kill Americans.

He shook his head and wept as he told a New York court he contacted journalists to take credit for 1998’s Africa attacks.

He put them in touch with Bin Laden and his No2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Calling them his “co-conspirators” he said: “I transmitted messages from the media to them.”

Lawyer Bary, given UK asylum but extradited to the US in 2012, admitted guilt hoping for a maximum 25 years’ jail.

Londoner son Abdel- Majed Abdel, 23, is feared to be the Islamic State maniac filmed beheading three hostages.