Posted on 06/13/2014 2:19:45 PM PDT by Fali_G
Three teenagers hitchhiking in the West Bank missing since Thursday have allegedly been kidnapped by terrorists linked to ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Sunni jihadi organization that has taken over major cities in Syria and is now behind this weeks bloody insurgency in Iraq.
Reuters Jerusalem bureau received a call claiming responsibility for the kidnappings by Dawlat al-Islam, an ISIS branch operating in Hebron. The caller said the incident was in retaliation for the killing of three of its members.
Israeli authorities are still assessing the validity of the claim.
Two of the teens are 16 and the third is 19, according to authorities. One is a U.S. citizen.
Dawlat al-Islam, is an extremist Salafi organization linked to ISIS.
The flyers, written in Arabic, said:
Thanks to Allah, our holy warriors were able to kidnap three Zionist aggressors in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
(Excerpt) Read more at mideastfaces.com ...
Thanks for "playing straight man" -- so I could get in my 'shot'... '-)
:)
This is all i needed to read... “Three teenagers hitchhiking in the West Bank “
This is all i needed to read... “Three teenagers hitchhiking in the West Bank “
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