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Breaking.
Hervé Gourfel a French alpinist who was travelling in Algeria and kidnapped by aan allied group if ISIL the " Califat s Soldiers" has been executed by cuttofhead today. A video of that barbaric crime has been sent to French authorities and is currently under exam for formal identification.
RIP.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)mylye2222
(2,992 posts)will nit undermine France's efforts to fight ISIS alongside the international coalition.
mainer
(12,022 posts)I would think twice about traveling to places like Morocco or Egypt, where there are lots of tourists for ISIS to choose from.
Sure....
gordianot
(15,237 posts)They already have such a good relationship with the international news media. As far as these acts as a recruitment tool every nation on earth has people this sort of act appeals to. Seldom has anyone ever desired to attract them all in one place.
hlthe2b
(102,236 posts)mylye2222
(2,992 posts)As I posted the story there were still no links in English available.
But thanks to the one who posted the CBS One.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah said after abducting Herve Gourdel on Sunday that he would be killed within 24 hours unless France ended its airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq. The French government has insisted it will not back down.
U.S. terrorism watchdog SITE Intelligence Group says Jund al-Khilafah released a video online Wednesday saying Gourdel has been killed.
Gourdel was a 55-year-old mountaineering guide from Nice.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/french-hostage-reportedly-beheaded-in-algeria/
RIP Mr Gourdel.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)strawberries
(498 posts)What is going on makes me sick. I wish I had an answer or our dearly elected would for once work together and resolve these killings. I do believe if the world unites over this we can send ISIS back into wherever they came from.
The ME is a mess unfortunately we rely on them for oil so we need to get involved.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)no argument here.
leftstreet
(36,107 posts)Almost half comes from the US itself. The rest from Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
Large multinational corporations rely on the oil and gas in that area for their profits They use the armed forces and intel agencies of the US to secure same
strawberries
(498 posts)of our oil is imported from other countries.
You point?
leftstreet
(36,107 posts)That assertion is often followed by some vague notion that the US military must be engaged there or Americans will freeze to death in their cars that won't start..or something
I was only pointing out the error
Large corporations depend on US forces to help them get their profits
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Here it is at ABC News - are you suggesting that ABC News is lying? Or are you suggesting that this is a false flag operation?
or are you just unconcerned about the beheading of a civilian?
Bryant
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)A number of people make fun terror..downplaying it.
They"bury the head in the sand" when its real.
sorry I didn't see it like that. I should have known better than to think you would be making a joke. again sorry
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Oh right... that doesn't matter.
American support for these wars prove we're falling behind in math.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Good lord, another group in another country to bomb.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Three days after France joined the war against ISIS by carrying out airstrikes in Iraq, a French mountain guide in Algeria was kidnapped Sunday and his captors have threatened to behead him unless France halts its latest actions against the Islamic militants.
An Algerian splinter group of Al Qaeda called Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, released a video on social media showing Hervé Gourdel, a 55-year-old from Nice, flanked by masked men with assault rifles. The group has vowed to kill the Frenchman unless airstrikes against ISIS are stopped within 24 hours.
Gourdel, who went to Algeria last week to hike and explore caves, was captured by armed jihadists while driving through the mountainous central region of Tizi Ouzou. The kidnappers let two Algerian companions go, but kept Gourdel.
In a 42-minute audio statement released Sunday, Islamic State spokesman al-Adnani urged followers to kill Europeans and Americans, and especially the spiteful and filthy French.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/algerian-militants-threaten-kill-french-hostage-article-1.1948965
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)It's spreading.