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| IS claim Tunisian executed in Benghazi |
| 2015-09-16 |
| [Libya Herald] 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.... forces claim to have executed a Tunisian man in Benghazi. It claims the man, whom it named as Saleh Mohammed Elhadaoui, had been spying for the Libya National Army. He is said to have been a baker. It is not known when, let alone if the supposed execution took place. IS has developed a reputation for deliberate misinformation for propaganda purposes. Photos posted of the killing initially look real enough, but on closer inspection appear to have been tampered with. In January, IS claimed to have executed two Tunisian journalists, Sofiane Chourabi and Nadhir Gtari, who were kidnapped near Ajdabiya a year ago. Tunisian officials subsequently said the two were dead and launched charges against two Egyptians now held in Beida and said to be involved in the killings. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... the Tunisian authorities now say they believe the journalists are still alive. If true, the Benghazi killing may been been to punish Tunisia which on Friday placed in durance vile Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! another six Tunisian gunnies trying to enter Libya. They are suspected of planning to join IS. Many IS and 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... fighters in Libya are Tunisian. |
| Posted by:Fred |