CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Austrian tourists last month in Tunisia in an audio recording aired Monday on Al-Jazeera television.
A man who identified himself as Salah Abu Mohammed said in the recording that the terrorist group kidnapped the two Austrians on Feb. 22 in retribution for Western cooperation with Israel, but said the hostages were in good health.
\"The mujahedeen have previously warned and alerted them that the apostate Tunisian state cannot and will not be able to protect you, and the hands of the mujahedeen can reach you wherever you are on the Tunisian soil.\"
The two Austrian tourists were identified as Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber in the al-Qaida statement, a copy of which SITE provided to The Associated Press. Austrian media have identified Ebner as a 51-year-old tax consultant from the town of Hallein, and said 43-year-old Kloiber is his girlfriend.
1) Islamic North Africa is not Islamic enough for them, clearly. 2) The fact that they invoke Israeli action in Gaza -- never mind the Israeli disengagement in 2005, 7 years of Qassams, and recently 122mm Grad missiles -- as an excuse for \"revenge\" is handy in that they don\'t have to make sense, as long as there\'s a sense of grievance and/or dishonor (however spurious) there is a pretext for acts they\'d probably commit anyway. If it weren\'t Gaza, it would be Iraq/Afganistan/Denmark or simply the continued existence of the \"apostate\" Tunisian government. Everyone can play. Create your own.
is handy in that they don\'t have to make sense, as long as there\'s a sense of grievance
It is a tactic that certainly has worked for you Ofer (and really, don't complain again about your name, as you yourself have used it in several places all over the site: [link] among them).
Good to see you are back though. We missed you terribly.
I would almost say speak for yourself, but with the majority of threads I saw posted when I browsed this forum today, I am sad to admit that I might, to the most miniscule degree (a single quark spinning in the opposite direction), agree.
usually works for me, kinda has that "riiiiight " feel to it
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1) Islamic North Africa is not Islamic enough for them, clearly.
2) The fact that they invoke Israeli action in Gaza -- never mind the Israeli disengagement in 2005, 7 years of Qassams, and recently 122mm Grad missiles -- as an excuse for \"revenge\" is handy in that they don\'t have to make sense, as long as there\'s a sense of grievance and/or dishonor (however spurious) there is a pretext for acts they\'d probably commit anyway. If it weren\'t Gaza, it would be Iraq/Afganistan/Denmark or simply the continued existence of the \"apostate\" Tunisian government. Everyone can play. Create your own.
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