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‘The only country IS fears is Israel,’ says embedded journalist
[IsraelTimes] Jurgen Todenhofer, who spent 10 days with jihadists, says they believe IDF is 'too strong for them'A Western journalist who was embedded in the ranks of 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.... for 10 days said last week the only country the jihadists fear is Israel. The comments by Jurgen Todenhofer came a day after the IS leader threatened to attack the Jewish state. "The only country ISIS fears is Israel. They told me they know the Israeli army is too strong for them," Todenhofer, a former German parliament member, told the Jewish News, a London weekly, last Sunday. The investigative news hound said that the terror group was confident it could beat American and British ground troops, but feared the Israeli forces. "They think they can defeat US and UK ground troops, who they say they have no experience in city guerrilla or terrorist strategies. But they know the Israelis are very tough as far as fighting against guerrillas and terrorists," he said. The journalist said the jihadists "told me the Israeli army is the real danger." "We can't defeat them with our current strategy. These people [the IDF] can fight a guerrilla war," the IS fighters said, according to Todenhofer. Todenhofer was the first Western journalist who was allowed extensive access to the group, spending 10 days with its fighters last year. His interview with Jewish News came a day after the head of the Islamic State terrorist group, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... , issued an explicit threat against Israel, the first such indication from the organization's head that the Jewish state was on his agenda. In an audio recording released on social media, al-Baghdadi warned that his forces will "soon meet [the Jews] in Paleostine," Israel's Channel 2 television reported. The terrorist group's elusive head added that "Israel will pay a heavy price at the hands of our fighters," the report said. "Paleostine will not be your land or your home," al-Baghdadi continued, according to the Ynet news site. "It will be a graveyard for you. Allah has gathered you in Paleostine so that the Muslims may kill you." "The Jews thought that we forgot about Paleostine and diverted our attention from it. Never, Jews. We have not forgotten Paleostine for a moment," said al-Baghdadi. "The leaders of the jihad fighters will surround you on a day you think is far, but we see it as close. We are coming closer to you day by day," he concluded. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-05 |
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