Herve Gourdel, the Frenchman who was killed. Yahoo/Reuters
A splinter group form Al-Qaeda, allies of ISIS, have executed a 55 year old French civilian. Yahoo/Reuters. Herve Gourdel was kidnapped by the Algerian group "Soldiers of the Caliphate" and then executed. The group have sworn allegiance to ISIS and claimed the execution was in response to French airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq. French President Francois Hollande, visibly shaken, condemned the murder and vowed to continue to fight ISIS. The executions follow three executions of two American journalist and one British aid worker by ISIS itself. The execution raises fears of other copycat groups attempting to do the same thing in other countries, including France itself.
My Comment:
Another disgusting attack against someone that was truly innocent. The disturbing part is that it didn't happen in Syria or Iraq, but in Algeria in North Africa. Other terrorist groups are following ISIS's lead and are adapting their tactics. No good will come from this. The new fear is that someone will try this in a western country, though Jihadi motivated murder has happened before. The Lee Rigby murder is a recent example. So is the shooting at Fort Hood that happened back in 2009.
As for the French, my heart goes out to them. I'm fond of the country and despite our governments occasional disagreements I personally appreciate them as an ally. So I'm obviously not happy when one of theirs gets killed like this. They are on the front lines of this war and they are doing more to fight radical Islam then many others. They also have a very impressive military which I am sure they will continue to put to good use.
And I must say that having to hear about a new beheading what seems like every week is getting to be exhausting. I'm personally disgusted by it and I hope someday that I won't have to keep writing about someone getting decapitated by these people.
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