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Salafist group claims responsibility for bombing French center in Gaza
[Ynet] In unverified video, Jund Ansar Allah take credit for damaging French Cultural Center in the Strip.A small Islamic Lion of Islam group grabbed credit Thursday for a kaboom that damaged the French Cultural Center in Gazoo City last week without causing any casualties. Jund Ansar Allah is one of five groups in the Gazoo Strip that subscribe to the Salafist version of Sunni Islam, an ultra-conservative strain of the religion. A five-minute video posted online that could not be verified showed images of attacks on 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 by what it called Crusaders, or Westerners, and showed images of the bomb it said was used in Friday's attack. A commentary said "may God help... whoever manages to kill an American or a European from states participating in the coalition against the Islamic State, particularly the French who are full of hatred." A source connected with the center said Friday that one or two blasts had damaged the south wall of the compound as well as some of the facade of the building, which also houses a French consular office. On October 8, the center's offices were set ablaze after the apparent kaboom of two faulty fuel tanks. Police at the time suggested the kaboom may have been a criminal act, but the results of their investigation were never released. French diplomatic missions and official buildings have been on high alert since the start of a spate of kidnappings and beheadings of foreigners by Islamic State jihadists and their allies, particularly that of Frenchie Herve Gourdel in Algeria. La Belle France has angered the radical Islamist group by taking part in air strikes on the group's forces in Iraq. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-12-19 |
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