“The bombings in the town of Qubba, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally recognized government, solidified concerns the extremist group has spread beyond the battlefields of Iraq and Syria and established a foothold less than 500 miles from the southern tip of Italy.” No kidding, really?
“Islamic State militants kill dozens in suicide bombings in eastern Libya,” by Esam Mohamed and Maggie Michael, Associated Press, February 20, 2015 (thanks to Jack):
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40 people in what the group said was retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes against the extremists’ aggressive new branch in North Africa.
The bombings in the town of Qubba, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally recognized government, solidified concerns the extremist group has spread beyond the battlefields of Iraq and Syria and established a foothold less than 500 miles from the southern tip of Italy.
The militants have taken over at least two Libyan coastal cities on the Mediterranean — Sirte and Darna, which is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Qubba. They released a video Sunday that showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who were abducted in Sirte, and Egypt responded Monday with airstrikes on Darna.
The Islamic State group has established its presence in Libya by exploiting the country’s breakdown since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011. Hundreds of militias have taken power since then, and some of them have militant ideologies. A militia coalition known as Libya Dawn has taken over Tripoli, where Islamists set up their own parliament and government. Islamic extremist militias controlled the second-largest city of Benghazi until late last year, when army troops began battling them for control.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombings in Qubba, but said there were only two attacks, while the government said there were three.
Army spokesman Mohammed Hegazi said one attacker rammed an explosives-packed ambulance into a gas station where motorists were lined up.
“Imagine a car packed with a large amount of explosives striking a gas station; the explosion was huge and many of the injured are in very bad shape while the victims’ bodies were torn into pieces,” Hegazi said.
Two other bombers detonated vehicles next to the house of the parliament speaker and the nearby security headquarters, he said.
Government spokesman Mohammed Bazaza put the death toll at 40, with at least 70 injured, some seriously. The number of dead was expected to rise. Two security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity becase they were not authorized to talk to the media said at least 45 were killed….
TH says
Lybia, Irak, Syria, Iran, what is called Palestine are simply not viable as nation states because of the traditional tribalism which reigns in all of them. Only with a seculalrist like Sadam or Gadhafi who kept the tribes in order with an iron fist could they survive. So, maybe they should be divided up into Emirates, one for each of the tribes. Of coure, we don’t know if they will contnue fighting one another if hey have thieir own territory.
Jay Boo says
@TH
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This might have something to do with the inherent violence of ISLAM.
M S case says
Murder, murder, murder…….There is a lot of it going on. Just read it in jihad watch…Not many of the mainstream media outlets tell us about it though…
So Sad !!!
Jay Boo says
Muslims focus on 72 virgins and bloodlust.
Whatever one thinks about constantly is what inevitably controls them.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV) Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
thomas pellow says
“Jihadists in Libya pose a ‘direct threat’ to Europe warns French PM.
JIHADISTS in Libya are a “direct threat” to Europe, the French Prime Minister has warned.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/426899/Jihadists-Libya-pose-direct-threat-Europe-warns-French-PM
thomas pellow says
“On Europe’s doorstep: Islamic State have now infiltrated TURKEY and are ‘plotting attack.’
Militants from the Islamic State have entered Turkey and are plotting an attack in Ankara and Istanbul,
the national intelligence agency reportedly revealed.”
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/559195/Islamic-State-ISIS-ISIL-Militants-Enter-Invade-Turkey-Europe
thomas pellow says
“Isis infighting:
Tensions rise over use of Yazidi sex slaves, loss of Kobani and poor services in areas controlled by group.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-infighting-tensions-rise-over-use-of-yazidi-sex-slaves-loss-of-kobani-and-poor-services-in-areas-controlled-by-group-10061457.html
dumbledoresarmy says
From the article – “Army spokesman Mohammed Hegazi said one attacker rammed an explosives-packed ambulance into a gas station where motorists were lined up.”
Assuming that he’s telling the truth, let’s think about that phrase “an explosives-packed ambulance” for a bit.
“War is deceit”.
Fill an ambulance full of explosives and use it as a truck bomb.
Now, think about how Hamas wages war against Israel. Think about the use of hospitals, schools, etc, to ‘cover’ jihadis and their arms and explosives factories and arsenals.
Non-Muslim generals – and others – need to face this reality: that when you are at war with mohammedans, they will use every imaginable form of deceit. They will – as the jihadis attacking Israel have done, repeatedly, and as the jihadis carrying out attacks in Russia have done – use women and even children as human bombs; I would not be the least bit surprised if they were to pack an infant’s pram or an infant’s nappy with plastic explosive, and detonate same. And they *will* use ambulances to transport jihadis and weaponry and explosives or – as seen here in Libya, where Muslims are attacking other deemed-insufficiently-Islamic Muslims – as truck bombs.
Factor that into all your calculations, Infidel generals, politicians and journalists. *This* is what we are dealing with.
Ferdinand (@StFerdinandIII) says
Surely Pope Frank will declare that this is the work of the unemployed youth, who are bored and frustrated. Nothing to do with mad fascist Muhammad’s cult at all ! Go wash more Moslem feet Frank. They love laughing at your dhimmitude.
thomas pellow says
Even the politically tepid ‘Economist’ has this:-
“Italy and Libya”
Fears over the sea.
“Italians fret about both Islamic extremists and immigrants”
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21644207-italians-fret-about-both-islamic-extremists-and-immigrants-fears-over-sea
Dr Nath says
t.Time has changed such that developed democracies approach to international relationship has to change. Simply, colonization need to be revisited as a policy to contain Islamic territorial acquisition ambition . Western European will have to reintroduce to the contentions areas occupied by ISIS. The United Nations stance on colonization has to be altered for the present reality on the ground. There was once scramble for Africa and other parts of developing world never met with civilization. Today they will officially allowed a scramble for Syria and Iraqi. This may sound retro regression. But it is the only language the Islamic aggression coupled with the wanton destruction of lives and properties that appear to have no end at sight with the most traumatic consequences daily occurrences of beheading, slaughtering and kidnapping for sex trade of dispossessed women folks can be impeded
Colonization was introduced at the earlier stage of political development without the incursion of Islamic terrorism. The colonial administrators at their whelms managed , civilized, and inculcated in the minds and souls of subjects the fear to true God who made a reconciliation by himself with humanity ushering in Judos- Christian civilization that eventually saw the planet overwhelmed by such astounding prosperity, advance in science and technology and loving kindness as expressed in law and order never witnessed in human history. Subjects were exposed to educational opportunities to further advance growth in all ramifications. When subjects appeared to have gotten impetus to sustain self governance, independence was granted in most amicable manner with the former colonial administrators maintain close relationships with former subjects on mutually beneficial approach of give and take. In trade and commerce, the former subjects and respective formers administrations shared understanding to advance prosperity and life elongation.
Because of the relaxed laws on colonialism and the absence of then like of Ronald Reagan who made USSR capitulated and Iran abandoned the American held hostages in the their embassy in Iran on flimsy reason to religious intolerance, the relatively unknown religious group perhaps misjudged the world and arrogated in its hand the audacity to aspire to colonizing the entire countries of the world with the surreptitious support or ambivalence of the entire Moslem world in fact embarked on the mission starting from Syria and Iraqi and other adjoining countries thereabout and in the process releasing reign of terror on infidels who they classify as Jews, Christians and moderate Moslems in their keeping to religious injection of conducting jihad to force to the throat of the unfortunate citizens of the world the ideology that their god, Allah and his Message Prophet Mohammed, (peace be unto him) are supreme to the Jewish and Christian God, whose son is Lord Christ Jesus in whose name the West went in for and departed from colonization. But before us is crude and unspeakably slaughtering brand of colonization intended to inflict irreparable injuries and contempt. The world rather return to former form of colonization to reintegrate the dispossessed citizens of Syria and Iraqi and ensure that sanity is enthroned. Understandably, USA by historical experience abhors colonization but in the face of the circumstantial circumstances of the Iraqi and Syrian present governments inability to repulse the Islamic aggression, America, the only existing superpower will have to supervise and engineer the process the new colonization will take to ensure parties understand the motive and agree to apportion mode of conduct. Syrian and Iraqi citizens are presently scattered across the globe on forced refugee status pursued by the governance at home which became the springboard for Islamic entry and domination because there given the internal decay the external aggression had its way. The world will be smarter to immediately introduce recolonization after a numerous pronged foot on the ground from scrambling countries to repulse the Islamism. Otherwise it will long with their international recruiting mechanisn theywill gather momentum and in the process approaching invincible status . God forbid