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From Yemen to Egypt, al Qaida executioners bloody web [ANSAmed (Middle East)](ANSAmed (Middle East) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) (ANSAmed) - CAIRO, SEPTEMBER 2 - The internet is packed with bloody images showing al Qaida executioners, from Iraq to Egypt and Yemen, beheading and cutting the throats of ''enemies'' in videos posted on social networks. New horrors after the beheading of James Foley, of a Kurdish soldier in Iraq and four ''Mossad collaborators'' in Sinai. Leading Sunni religious authorities have taken steps till Cairo's Dar al Ifta to say that ISIS militants should be called ''terrorists'' and not be referred to as an ''Islamic State'' because they violate Sharia with their behavior. On Monday, the images of three men lying in a pool of blood with their throats slit were posted on Twitter. They were killed a few days ago in Yemen for being ''American spies'' and allegedly cooperating with the US by providing information on targets in the country to be hit by drones hunting down jihadists. It is also still possible to find on the same social network images of the slaughter on August 9 of 13 Sanaa soldiers whose throats were slit by the Saudi-Yemeni arm of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. In the Egyptian Sinai last week, local al Qaida militants with the Ansar beit al Maqdis posted to Youtube the beheading of four people charged with being ''spies of Israel'' while four other beheaded bodies were found over the past 48 hours. As it is clear that al Qaida is behind the brutal murders, other horrible videos of pitiless executions of ''collaborationists'' are awaited with concern. Authorities in Cairo are extremely worried by the situation in the Peninsula. The offensive against terrorism has been ongoing for over two years and, after the ouster of president Morsi in July 2013, a new escalation has been registered. Though no official sources exist because a military operation is ongoing in the area, an approximate death toll from the violence is of almost 500 victims including 300 terrorists, 150 security forces and at least 50 innocent civilians. A resident who asked to withhold his identity said locals are ''forced to take less secure roads as the main streets are shut down at 5 pm, when the curfew kicks in''. The economy is collapsing with hundreds of stores forced to close and some big companies in difficult circumstances. Ansar beit al Maqdis has launched a witch hunt against ''spies'': ''They set up road blocks, especially at night, and stop those they believe to be cooperating. They have already killed at least 10 tribal chiefs and forced hundreds of families to flee over fears of retaliation''. The militants' presence has reportedly been boosted by the arrival of jihadists from Libya who have links with the Sinai organization through large Bedouin families. But Cairo is also eyeing with concern what is going on along its western border: Libya is divided into three parts, al Qaida militants from Ansar al Sharia have proclaimed a Caliphate in Benghazi and are ready for war against everybody, including militants in power in Tripoli: ''They are against Islam. We want to raise the flags of Sharia''. In Benghazi, forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, close to the Parliament of Tobruk staunchly supported by Egypt, are suffering a violent offensive against the city's airport, one of the few strategic centers still under Haftar's control. Parliament on Monday charged Abdulla al Thani once again of forming a government in 15 days. But authorities had to admit they lost control of Tripoli. And many fear that al Qaida's executioners will start gaining an audience also in violence-torn Libya.(ANSAmed). (c) 2014 ANSAmed Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |