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Al Qaeda kills British hostage in Mali
Reuters ^ | June 3, 2009 | By Raissa Kasolowsky and Kate Kelland

Posted on 06/03/2009 6:15:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing said on Wednesday it had carried out its threat to kill a British hostage it was holding in the Sahara.

The announcement of the killing came as U.S. President Barack Obama headed to the Middle East hoping to start mending U.S. ties with the Islamic world in a speech that will tackle issues including extremist violence.

The British Foreign Office said Dyer was kidnapped on the border between Niger and Mali in late January, but declined to give any more details about him.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; britons; hostages; mali
Overseas contingency operation.
1 posted on 06/03/2009 6:15:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

America is a Muslim country too ...


2 posted on 06/03/2009 6:16:22 AM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tortured the guy first, no doubt.


3 posted on 06/03/2009 6:17:28 AM PDT by allmost
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To: allmost

Did they put panties on his head first?

No?

OK. No worries....


4 posted on 06/03/2009 6:18:44 AM PDT by Ronin (Moderate Taliban? Oxymoron. Obama voters? Plain morons.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Our enemies will leave a pile of bodies for 0bama to walk over, lest his holy feet touch the earth. *Rolleyes*

Nothing good will come of this ‘visit’ and of his ‘outreach speech.’

We’re so screwed.


5 posted on 06/03/2009 6:20:27 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

From the article:

> Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the killing as “a
> barbaric act of terrorism” and said the killers would be
> hunted down.

Meaningless bluster.

The scuzzy muzzies are laughing up their sleeves.

I will believe Mr. Brown when he initiates legislation to close down all the mosques in Britain, the probability of which is ZERO.


6 posted on 06/03/2009 6:21:29 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Did you read the NYT article from yesterday regarding the “accidental” release of a secret list of US nuclear sites?


7 posted on 06/03/2009 6:24:01 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We shouldn’t be critical of folks whose religion requires them to be murderous miscreants.......

That would be racist.


8 posted on 06/03/2009 6:36:12 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And the UK will do nothing.


9 posted on 06/03/2009 6:45:11 AM PDT by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: Army Air Corps

No. But I will now!


10 posted on 06/03/2009 6:48:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Probably released to be incorporated into the Xbox ‘Rendition’ game. Yeah, muslim breaks out of Gitmo, gathers up other previously held terrorists around the world and then goes on ‘missions’ to blow up the plants. That’s the ticket.


11 posted on 06/04/2009 1:14:30 AM PDT by rvoitier (John Boehner--Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.)
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