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| Terror Networks |
| IS claims to be holding Norwegian, Chinese captives |
| 2015-09-10 |
| [AlAhram] 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 claims to be holding a Norwegian man and a Chinese consultant hostage and is demanding ransom for their release. The holy warrior group posted pictures of the two men wearing yellow prison outfits in the latest issue of its online magazine Dabiq, which was released Wednesday. It identifies the Norwegian man as Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Oslo. It identifies the Chinese man as Fan Jinghui, 50, a freelance consultant from Beijing. The magazine lists a telegram number for "whoever would like to pay the ransom for his release and transfer." It does not say when or where the two were captured. The IS group controls large parts of Iraq and Syria. It has killed several captives in gruesome videos released online. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 it is tempting to wish the chinese would crush IS and then Saudi be careful what you wish for. an emboldened china engaged in international mergers and acquisitions could be a cure worse than the cause |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-09-10 06:40 |
| #3 I don't know a better euphemism for unemployed than "freelance consultant". The Chinese won't come after him, he wandered off the reservation and this is what you expect to happen. |
| Posted by: Thraling Hupoluns2819 2015-09-10 03:34 |
| #2 You don't hear about a lot of Russian hostages. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-09-10 00:42 |
| #1 IS "milking" the on-going Refugee Crisis in EUorpe, + Bangkok/Thailand bombing. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-10 00:32 |