Posted on 05/01/2019 4:26:28 PM PDT by marshmallow
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State group praised the Easter suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people in Sri Lanka in a video released Monday, calling on militants to be a “thorn” against their enemies in his first filmed appearance in nearly five years.
The video of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to whom the suicide bombers in last week’s attack apparently pledged their loyalty, came as the top official in the Catholic Church urged Sri Lanka to crack down on Islamic extremists “as if on war footing.”
Meanwhile, a government ban on niqab face covering took effect as soldiers and police officers conducted raids in eastern Sri Lanka, the home of the alleged mastermind of the attacks.
The 18-minute video of al-Baghdadi included images of the extremist leader sitting in a white room with three others, assault rifles by their sides. He discussed Sri Lanka in an audio portion of the video, suggesting the April 21 attacks came after they filmed him.
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So a vast hodgepodge of Muslim jihadis failed to conquer a Muslim Middle Eastern country bordering the Mediterranean, and therefore other Muslims on an Island off the coast of India slaughtered minority Christians.
I guess we will have to wait for Occasional Cortex to explain that.
Talk about displaced aggression. What did the Sri Lankans have to so with Syria?
It’s like going home after a bad day at work & not just kicking your dog, but kicking your neighbor’s dog.
Revenge is a hurting pressure.
People that want revenge want to hurt.
These murderers just want to blood lust murder humans.
simple.
WE should kill them first.
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