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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages



The Religion of Peace™
  • Abu Sayyaf group says pair will be killed unless Germany withdraws support for US fight against Isis in Syria and Iraq.
  • But to fair, and we are always "fair" here at the Federalist, Germany is shipping arms into an Iraq religious war that is none of their business. If you take sides in any conflict you can expect someone to target you.


Islamists in the Philippines have threatened to kill two German hostages unless Germany pays a ransom and withdraws its support for the US fight against Isis in Syria and northern Iraq.

In a message circulated via Twitter, the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group announced it would kill one of the hostages unless its demands were met within 15 days, according to US company Site Intelligence Group, which tracks communications from radical Islamist groups.

The message calls on Germany to “stop supporting America in its killing of our Muslim brothers in Iraq and Syria, especially the mujahideen of the Islamic State”, reports The Guardian.


The German pair, 71-year-old Stefan O and 55-year-old Henrike D, were reported missing in April, after their yacht was found empty in the Palawan province in the western Philippines. [...]

Founded in the early 1990s, the small but active Abu Sayyaf group has been listed as a terrorist organisation since 1997. It rose to prominence after the kidnapping of a group of 21 foreigners in the dive resort of Sipadan in May 2000.

Khair Mundos, a leading figure in the militant group, was arrested in June this year. The group has previously had ties to al-Qaida, though security experts say it now operates autonomously. In June, Abu Sayyaf’s leader, Isnilon Hapilon, announced his group’s support for Isis in a video circulated on the internet.

Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier recently ruled out Germany participating in US-led air strikes in Iraq.

However, Germany has confirmed that it will provide logistical support for military operations in northern Iraq, including sending a squad of 40 paratroopers to train Kurdish fighters in the use of machine guns.

A shipment of arms – including 4,000 G3 rifles, 4,000 P1 pistols, 20 Milan anti-tank guns, 120 anti-tank rockets and 20 MG3 machine guns – was scheduled to fly out from Leipzig to Iraq on Wednesday.

Allah Akbar
Members of the Islamist extremist group Abu Sayyaf.
Photograph: Rey Bayoging/Associated Press

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