British Home Secretary Theresa May, speaking at the scene of Friday's gun attack at a Tunisian holiday resort, vowed that "the snuffies will not win" after London warned that Britannia's corpse count could rise to "around 30".
The massacre, claimed by 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....
group, was the deadliest for Britannia since the 2005 London bombings, and there are fears it could inflict a devastating blow to Tunisia's vital tourism industry.
Interior Minister Hajem Gharsalli said the authorities had tossed in the calaboose
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
"a significant number of people from the network that was behind this terrorist criminal", referring to the lone gunman.
May travelled on Monday to the resort of Port el Kantaoui south of Tunis, and promised to fight extremism in the wake of the attack.
"We will be united in working together to defeat them but united also in working to defend our values," May said at a joint news conference with her German, French and Tunisian counterparts after visiting the scene of the killings.
"We are resolved... to defeat those who would do us harm, to defeat those who would undermine our freedom and democracy and to ensure that the snuffies do not win," she added.
May said there was "no evidence" to suggest the British casualties were targeted because of their nationality.
May and the German and French interior ministers, Thomas de Maiziere and Bernard Cazeneuve, joined Tunisian officials in laying a wreath in the sand near the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel where the attack happened.
Cazeneuve echoed May, promising that "we will win this war" and adding that La Belle France would help "ensure the development" of Tunisia's fragile economy.
A spokesperson for British Prime Minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
, meanwhile, said Britannia had identified 18 of its nationals killed, but warned that the number may rise to "around 30".
