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| Holy Jihad Brigade Vow to Target Non-Muslims |
| 2006-09-02 |
| Palestinian militants who held two Fox News journalists hostage for nearly two weeks threatened in a statement posted online Saturday to abduct non-Muslims visiting the Palestinian territories and kill them unless their demands were met. The statement, posted in the name of the Holy Jihad Brigades on a Web site frequently used by militants, said the group would kill any hostages it takes unless they converted to Islam, paid a ransom or Muslim prisoners were exchanged for their release. "Any infidel blood will have no sanctity," the group said in the statement. It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the statement, which was dated August 27 _ the day militants released American journalist Steve Centanni, 60, and New Zealand cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36. They were seized Aug. 14 in Gaza City. Palestinian security officials said the name of the group was a front for local militants. They said they had tracked down the kidnappers _ whom they would not identify _ through third parties, but did not say whether the journalists' were freed under a deal. Several Muslim clerics have issued edicts in the past stating that a visa issued by an Islamic country to a non-Muslim person carries an implicit guarantee of the holder's safety. One of the most recent fatwas, issued in August by an Egyptian cleric, asserted that the guarantee applies to visiting Israelis in spite of popular anger over Israeli military action in Gaza and Lebanon. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 #4 Zen - Let me rephrase that. I can't think of any reason why anyone normal who had any other choice would go into self-induced hellholes like Gaza, etc. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-02 19:01 |
| #6 Take one square kilometer of territory for each hostage taken, and keep it forever, muslim-free. It won't take long for the paleos to turn on the "Holy Jihad Brigades" - or Israel has control of the entire Gaza strip, West Banik and half of the Sinai. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-09-02 17:43 |
| #5 remove all press = free hand to the IDF typical Paleo active efforts to miss an opportunity. Stupid f&ckers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-02 16:46 |
| #4 I can't think of any reason why anyone who had any other choice would go into self-induced hellholes like Gaza, etc. My flat response is ... Rachael Corrie. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-02 15:52 |
| #3 They'd better target "infidels" over there somewhere. 'Cuz they'll be in for a shock if they try to target us here [in the US] - at least in the Red States. I can't think of any reason why anyone who had any other choice would go into self-induced hellholes like Gaza, etc. And why, if they did, they wouldn't carry VERY large guns. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-02 14:41 |
| #2 Good. Any westerner trying to help Paleos deserves whatever he gets. Looking forward to lotsa decapitation videos. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-02 08:54 |
| #1 A standard solution needs to be the bulldozing of one city block per hostage in each of the "refugee" camps on a daily basis until they are released. Armed resistance to the demolition work gets artillery fire walked in to do the job from afar and with less accuracy. Enough of this crap. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-02 07:24 |