More attempts at foreign policy by blackmail, a la the Madrid bombings of March 2004. By Noor Khan for Associated Press:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A purported Taliban spokesman said the hardline militia on Saturday shot and killed two German hostages because Germany's government didn't announce that its troops would leave Afghanistan.Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the Germans were shot to death. They had been kidnapped on Wednesday, along with five Afghan colleagues, in the southern province of Wardak while working on a dam project.
"The German and Afghan governments didn't meet our conditions, they didn't pull out their troops," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Ahmadi offered no proof for the claim of the killings; he said the Taliban would give further information about the two bodies later.
A spokesman for the German government and the nation's Foreign Ministry in Berlin could not immediately confirm the reports.
Militants on Thursday kidnapped at least 18 South Korean Christians riding on a bus in Ghazni, one province south of Wardak. Ahmadi said previously the Koreans would also be killed Saturday if South Korea didn't withdraw the 200 troops it has here, but he gave no information about their condition.
But Muslims do not "kill hostages." It is "against Islam." Often have you heard that told -- by soft-spoken, ostentatiously sweet-reasonable Muslim spokesmen.
No? Let's check the texts. Let's check theQur'an, Hadith, Sira. Can you find anything that would justify the behavior of the Taliban? Are they "perverting" a "great religion" or acting according to its tenets and the example of Muhamamd, uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil? Let's start with a few dozen Qur'anic passages in the spirit of 9.29. And then let's see what Muhammad did with the bound prisoners of the Banu Qurayza.
And continue from there.
Now they are threatening to kill some Koreans, unless of course their demands are met.
Halal?
God revealed His will to the angels, saying: "I shall be with you. Give courage to the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers." (Sura 8, Verse 12)
"When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike off their heads." (Sura 47, Verse 4)
These killers "generally" deliberately use a method consistent with Halal slaughter meant to degrade the victim to the status of an animal. Displaying the head in front of the camera is also meant to devalue the victim and to assert dominance over the infidel. Beheading the Kafir in a manner similar to Halal slaughter is meant to have significance to the Muslim community.
The Christ calls us not to examine a person's words alone but to inspect the fruit of their deeds.
We are constantly told that the quran prohibits violence, but just read it. And examine the deeds of its followers.
The Jews of Medina that Hugh spoke of were brutally massacred AFTER surrendering unconditionally to mohammed's forces. The majority of his "forces" were warring tribes who were told they could continue to make war if done in the name of "allah." My how the history of islam repeats itself.
First they steal the Torah, then blaspheme about St. Garbriel the Archangel. I pray that our generals will unleash our forces to deal with this animals in the only way fitting: complete and total devastation. Amen.
"Now they are threatening to kill some Koreans, unless of course their demands are met."
....the Muslims should pray they never encounter ROK special forces.....(no need to discuss taking prisoners)....