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| Japan's premier vows to stand firm in face of IS threat |
| 2015-01-21 |
| [DAWN] Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to stand firm on Tuesday after 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.... (IS) group threatened to kill two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a multi-million dollar aid package for countries hit by terrorism. His remarks were made several hours after the group released a video threatening to kill two Japanese hostages if Tokyo did not pay a $200 million ransom within 72 hours. An IS myrmidon said in the video that the ransom demand was to compensate for non-military aid that Mr Abe had pledged on Saturday to countries affected by the group's bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria. "Making threats by taking people hostage is an unforgivable terrorist act about which I feel strong anger," Mr Abe told news hounds at a news conference in Jerusalem. "I strongly demand that they not be harmed and that they be immediately released," he said. "The international community will not give in to any form of terrorism and we have to make sure that we work together," he said at the news conference, which began more than an hour late due to the crisis. The prime minister said Japan's pledge of aid would not be affected. "This $200m package for refugees and displaced persons is absolutely necessary (for them)... in order to survive," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |