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| Islamic State: Egyptian Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledge loyalty |
| 2014-11-11 |
| [BBC] A jihadist group which has carried out a series of attacks on security forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has pledged allegiance to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS). Ansar Beit al-Maqdis announced the move on a Twitter account in Arabic, saying IS promised "a new dawn raising the banner of monotheism". IS has taken over large parts of conflict-racked Syria and Iraq, declaring a cross-border caliphate. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis had previously denied allying itself with IS. The group used the same Twitter account last week to dismiss reports that it had pledged allegiance to the IS leader, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... In its latest pronouncement, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - or Champions of Jerusalem - made no reference to its previous denial, but said Baghdadi had been chosen by God to set up a new caliphate. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As of this AM, looks like the ANSAR Boyz are expecting $$$ + fighters from their new BFF the ISIS/ISIL. Turkey under ISIS threat, now 'tis Egypt. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-11 22:09 |
| #1 "We're affiliated - but only on Fridays." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-11 09:01 |