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Libya Recovers Remains of 21 Beheaded Coptic Christians
Die Welt ^ | 10/7/17

Posted on 10/10/2017 6:41:36 PM PDT by marshmallow

"Islamic State" militants reportedly carried out the execution-style killings in early 2015. A detained IS militant who witnessed the mass murder clued in authorities to the site.

Libyan authorities have recovered the remains of 21 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by so-called "Islamic State" (IS) militants more than two years ago, the anti-IS organization al-Bonyan al-Marsous announced Saturday.

The gruesome discovery was made in the seaside city of Sirte — the home town of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was toppled in 2011.

A statement said officials were led to the site by an IS militant who had witnessed the attack in early 2015. The witness, who was under arrest, gave authorities details about the mass execution and identified the militants involved.

Found with hands cuffed

The beheaded bodies were found with their hands cuffed behind their backs. Twenty of the victims were from Egypt and one was of an unknown African nationality. The remains were being moved to Libya's western city of Misrata for forensic examinations, according to a statement from the state's Combat Crime Department.

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


TOPICS: Current Events; Islam; Orthodox Christian; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: benghazi; christianmartyrs; christians; coptic; copticchristians; egypt; hillary; hillaryclinton; isis; islamicstate; libya
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1 posted on 10/10/2017 6:41:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

21 more bodies to lay at Hillary’s feet. How many more have to die for monsters?


2 posted on 10/10/2017 6:43:40 PM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: marshmallow

“We came, we saw, he died.”

Too bad about the Christians, right Mrs. Clinton?

L


3 posted on 10/10/2017 6:45:34 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: marshmallow
Libya Recovers Remains of 21 Beheaded Coptic Christians

You got the knives on QVC, didn't you?

4 posted on 10/10/2017 6:52:53 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: marshmallow

Wow. What a blessing that the relics of these holy martyrs have been found. I hope they are handed over to the Coptic Orthodox Church so that the family members can have some closure and perhaps some of them can be made available for public veneration.


5 posted on 10/10/2017 6:58:29 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: Lurker

Don’t forget that McCain, Graham and Rubio backed toppling the Libyan government, too.


6 posted on 10/10/2017 7:08:26 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: marshmallow

May the moslems responsible rot in hell.


7 posted on 10/10/2017 7:17:01 PM PDT by boknows
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To: marshmallow

Destroying the entire infrastructure of Libya to kill one man and leave the country in the hands of Al Qaeda and ISIS was brilliant, 0dumbo.


8 posted on 10/10/2017 7:21:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: TigersEye

giving it to ISIS was what Obama wanted, of course.


9 posted on 10/10/2017 7:28:23 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: txnativegop

Not much else makes sense. Especially in light of his attempts to topple Egypt and Tunisia and let chaos rule there too.


10 posted on 10/10/2017 7:33:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Don’t forget that McCain, Graham and Rubio backed toppling the Libyan government, too.”

How many innocent people have died because of the policies that these clowns have supported? These Coptic Christians are just the tip of the iceberg.


11 posted on 10/10/2017 7:35:24 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

If not just Libya and its neighbors dealing with the chaos.
The bad consequences are spreading throughout Europe as well. Quaddafy was holding back the invasion from Africa that is now engulfing Europe.
It’s not just Syrians, although McCain, Graham and Rubio helped with that, too.


12 posted on 10/10/2017 7:44:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: TigersEye

He had a divine mission in his mind. Flooding Europe with “refugees”.
All of this was dovetailed with the full expectation of a Hillary win.
All condoned by the UN and the suckling EU as well.

Thank God for President Trump!


13 posted on 10/10/2017 7:45:50 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: himno hero

0bungles failed in Egypt and Tunisia but Libya and Syria have been enough to flood Europe with muzzies. Strange that Cameron and Sarkozy wanted this too. Stranger still that they both haven’t ended up swinging from lamp posts.


14 posted on 10/10/2017 7:52:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: TigersEye

this country has become a pathetic caricature of its once great self.

The Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves.


15 posted on 10/10/2017 8:21:50 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: NRx

Could be the Coptic Catholic Church too.


16 posted on 10/10/2017 8:26:12 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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17 posted on 10/10/2017 8:28:18 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

Most of the ISIS terrorists now surrendering should be executed for murder. Would also be a good lesson for other would-be terrorists.


18 posted on 10/10/2017 8:59:40 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: marshmallow

bump


19 posted on 10/10/2017 9:00:13 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Salvation

Sorry. The names of the martyrs, with the sole exception of the black African who converted in order to share the fate of his friends, have long been known and they were all Coptic Orthodox. They have been canonized by their church.


20 posted on 10/11/2017 6:35:06 AM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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