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| ISIS claims murders of Tunisia politicians |
| 2014-12-19 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Militants, who have seemingly joined the 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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed twin murders of secular politicians in 2013, in a video that has gone viral on social media sites on Thursday. "Yes, tyrants, we're the ones who killed Chokri Belaid and Mohammed Brahmi," Abou Mouqatel, a Lion of Islam wanted by the authorities for their murders, said in the video in which he appeared with several others. It was not clear where the video was filmed but Abou Mouqatel claimed they were in an area under the control of ISIS, which now controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq. "We are going to come back and kill several of you. You will not have a quiet life until Tunisia implements Islamic law," added the Lion of Islam, whose real name is Abou Bakr al-Hakim. It was not clear where the video was filmed but Abou Mouqatel claimed they were in an area under the control of ISIS, which now controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq. Belaid was killed on Feb. 6 last year, while Brahmi was murdered on July 25, in twin attacks blamed by the authorities on the bully boy Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... group that had not previously been claimed. The killing of Belaid triggered deadly protests and a political crisis that brought down Islamist prime minister Hamadi Jebali. The murder of Brahmi intensified the crisis, and threatened to derail Tunisia's post-Arab Spring transition until a compromise government was formed in January this year. |
| Posted by:Fred |