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2017-11-24 Africa North

BREAKING: More than ~~54 85~~ 235 dead, ~~75 80~~ 100+ wounded in Sinai Bombing, shooting attack

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-24 07:24|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

#1 Allan will be pleased

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 08:46|| 2017-11-24 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 over 150 dead as of last update

location is about 25 miles west of Gaza border

could be an old ISIS affiliate with a new name and new weapons

Posted by lord garth 2017-11-24 08:51|| 2017-11-24 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 but they were just Sufis, not "real Muslims"

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 09:00|| 2017-11-24 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 up to 190 dead - latest

also, earlier this week the Gaza border station at Rafah was opened for several hours -- could be that the operation was planning in Gaza

also, the terrorists used 4 off road vehicles in the attack

Posted by lord garth 2017-11-24 09:10|| 2017-11-24 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 200

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 10:11|| 2017-11-24 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Asymmetric?
The Thanksgiving Parade was a protected soft target.
Friday prayers in Egypt not at all and easier to get to.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-11-24 10:11|| 2017-11-24 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 In its fifth update to the link above, Al Ahram says at least 235 died, 109 injured.

I thought the Gaza crossing was to be open for two days, as is customary, but I could be wrong. At the time we predicted trouble — it’s a sure bet.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-11-24 10:32|| 2017-11-24 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Going to take more than candles and flowers to rid this world of this plague .

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-11-24 10:57|| 2017-11-24 10:57|| Front Page Top

#9 So what part of this killing fellow moslems is supposed to get you that ticket to paradise?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-11-24 12:14|| 2017-11-24 12:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Egypt mosque attack: Bomb and gun assault kills at least 235 people
Mr Frank made a good point we all need to understand. Sufi Islam is a mystical interpretation of the religion and its followers are considered heretics by Islamic fundamentalists. Not "radicals".

Posted by Woodrow 2017-11-24 12:39|| 2017-11-24 12:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Awe, shucks...no need for the "Mr. Frank". It's just Frank G :-)

oh, wait

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 13:39|| 2017-11-24 13:39|| Front Page Top

#12 killing heretics may not get you in to muslim instant heaven but it does help

Q 33:21 states that Mohammud is an excellent example and other Quranic verses support that

put that together with the story told by ibn kathir in his commentary (tafsir) that Mohammud ordered the mosque of Masjid al dirar to be burned because they were heretics or apostates or something similar - so from that point of view, this terrorist act is an act of piety

Posted by lord garth 2017-11-24 13:58|| 2017-11-24 13:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Salafists still at work?

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-24 14:24|| 2017-11-24 14:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Orthodox attitude towards Sufis

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-11-24 15:05|| 2017-11-24 15:05|| Front Page Top

#15 Yes sir F, glass raised to you. Always an honor.

Posted by Woodrow 2017-11-24 15:23|| 2017-11-24 15:23|| Front Page Top

#16 The sufis not muslim enough?

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-24 15:37|| 2017-11-24 15:37|| Front Page Top

#17 Gaza crossing is closed after this.

Posted by newc 2017-11-24 15:46|| 2017-11-24 15:46|| Front Page Top

#18 More properly, Commodore Frank Leader of Turbans.

Posted by Shipman 2017-11-24 16:11|| 2017-11-24 16:11|| Front Page Top

#19 So there are moderate Muslims.
It's just that the normal Muslims keep murdering them.

Posted by Flinetch Angavimble7487 2017-11-24 18:28|| 2017-11-24 18:28|| Front Page Top

#20 ty Woodrow

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 19:59|| 2017-11-24 19:59|| Front Page Top

#21 Trouble is that these ISIS chaps are amassing rather close to the Israel borders. This must be the lead-up to Operation Hell on Earth.

Posted by Elmomble Stalin1827 2017-11-24 21:00|| 2017-11-24 21:00|| Front Page Top

#22 AQ press release: we are killing Sufi heretics softly and also tourism.

Posted by Alpha2c 2017-11-24 23:41|| 2017-11-24 23:41|| Front Page Top

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