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eddessaknight — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:30:51 GMT

And sorry to say, they are not going away, and unchecked it's only going to get worse

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lejardin — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:05:32 GMT

Sickening

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eddessaknight — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 03:12:22 GMT

How will the civilized world stop this organized mayhem? The enemy has brazenly identified themselves & thrown down the gauntlet Albert Einstein. ... “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ... Christchurch paraphrase, If not contained now, as with Hitler's nazis, like a disease it will continue to gain momentum grow so that it will be unstoppable...... :-( <br... [ More ]

Original Blog Entry: Islamic State claims murderous Sri Lanka bombings, called 'Blessed Attack'

eddessaknight — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:54:00 GMT

IS claims Sri Lanka bombings, releases photo of attackers

The Islamic State claims Sri Lanka bombings, releases image of attackers

The Islamic State s Amaq news

agency said this in a statement:

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed a series of bombings that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka, and released a photo and video of the men it said were responsible.

The massive casualty toll would make the Easter Sunday attacks the deadliest overseas operation claimed by IS since the group proclaimed its caliphate in mid-2014.

Those that carried out the attack that targeted members of the US-led coalition and Christians in Sri Lanka the day before yesterday are Islamic State group fighters, IS propaganda agency Amaq said in a statement.

In a later statement, the group gave the noms de guerre of seven people it said were behind the blessed attack that targeted Christians during their blasphemous holiday .

The Islamic State group published a picture of eight men it said were behind the attacks in Sri Lank Amaq also released a photo of eight men it said were behind the blasts.

Seven of them had their faces covered and three of them held knives.

The one man who displayed his bearded face also appeared to be carrying an assault rifle.

Amaq later released a video of the eight fighters pledging allegiance to IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Arabic, a black IS flag hanging in the background.

The authenticity of the image and video could not be independently verified and the reason for the discrepancy in the reported number of attackers was not immediately clear.

Sunday's bombings targeting churches and high-end hotels a

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