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Hunt for 15 suspects over beheading of French tourist

Herve Gourdel was kidnapped and beheaded by fugitives last week.

ALGERIA IS HUNTING 15 suspects in the kidnapping and beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel on terrorism, kidnapping and murder charges, a judicial source said on Thursday.

The fugitives are all Algerians and include the head of Jund al-Khilifa, or “Soldiers of the Caliphate,” a group linked to Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, the source told AFP.

Extremists

Abdelmalek Gouri, the 37-year-old head of the group, his right-hand man Abdallah Abou Meriem, and the 13 other suspects are believed to have joined extremist organisations during Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s.

Gourdel was seized by the group on September 21 while hiking in a national park in eastern Algeria.

The 55-year-old mountain guide was beheaded in a video posted online last week, after France rejected the kidnappers’ ultimatum to halt anti-IS air raids in Iraq.

The investigation into Gourdel’s murder is being handled by a special Algerian court that deals with organised crime and those linked to terrorism, while another probe is under way in France.

On Wednesday Algeria said the suspects were identified during a preliminary probe.

Jund al-Khilifa was formed at the end of August after splintering from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and pledging allegiance to IS.

Experts say its members are former AQIM members like Gouri, who was the right-hand man of AQIM chief Abdelmalek Droukdel.

- © AFP, 2014

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    Mute Dublinjonny_No.2
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:14 PM

    Here’s a hint , arrest the fking animals walking around in public waving the black caliphate flag for a start

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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:24 PM

    Where have people been wandering around in public waving a black caliphate flag?

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    Mute neeneee
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:28 PM

    Have you not been watching tv?

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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:30 PM

    Yeah I have. Strange that my question wasn’t answered by your question. Funny that.

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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:30 PM

    Btw, I asked a genuine question.

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:38 PM

    Apparently you trip over them in NATO controlled Turkey.

    They even have a Jihad Gift shop in Istanbul. The US and its allies must have had these outlet on overtime for several months with firm orders on flags and sweat shirts and various buntings.

    http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/the-jihadi-gift-shop-in-istanbul/

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    Mute Dave J
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:47 PM

    london.

    and holland aswell.

    a quick google danny will show u

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 9:29 PM

    Iran’s President has accused the west for turning the Middle East a safe haven for terrorists. There is no doubt about it that the attempt to round these up during their flag waving propaganda sessions from their smart phones is futile. This statement is cemented for the fact that the West systematically refuses Iran’s involvement in suppressing the likes of ISIS and the so called Moderate Rebels.

    http://s27.postimg.org/sz74mp71v/car112.jpg

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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 9:32 PM

    Can I not ask a simple genuine question without being met with sarcasm and a bunch of red thumbs? Well, I did google it, and mostly I found examples of handfuls of men waving IS flags in holland, men holding IS flags and guns in what appears to be either Iraq or Syria, and also quite a few examples of people (possibly Muslims as well) burning IS flags in expressions of outrage. So that’s sorted that then.

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    Mute Stephen Mccartney
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:07 PM

    Probably only a matter of time before they catch these thugs. No justice is good enough for them.

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    Mute Adrian McBride
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:36 PM

    Bloody animals. Poor man was only hiking too.

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 8:33 PM

    It shouldn’t be too difficult to track down these cockroaches from the data on their provided smart phones through cell site analyses and GSM coordinates. Weren’t they using these devices filming the “decapitation”.
    Since they couldn’t locate a Boeing 777 when it suited them so they are hardly going to find these guys.

    This is the problem when a country backs terrorists to push a regime, it is far more difficult to bring the perpetrators to justice than that from a legitimate army. This just shows the yellow bellied nature Western warmongers.

    http://s27.postimg.org/nbbussd83/Car172.jpg

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:00 PM
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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:09 PM

    Why do their limbs look like manikins? The entire figure on the right looks like a manikin

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    Mute Joe Corleone
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:27 PM

    What if they were mannequins Danny?

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:36 PM

    Mannequin, that’s the word, I knew I was spelling it wrong. If they are mannequins it’d make me question the sanity of whoever set up the scene and took the picture

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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:56 PM

    That picture was taken after the Madame Tussaud’s fire in 1925, unbelievable how real they look back then though isn’t it?

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 12:16 AM

    Who are they meant to be models of? Shockingly realistic I must say

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:02 AM

    Danny, what joe is saying is all the recent beheadings are fake. He’s good at doing that. Puts up a picture that has nothing to do with anything and claims it’s irrefutable evidence go wrong doing by the west. His buddy frank does the same thing.

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:05 AM

    I am aware of that

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    Mute Declan Noonan
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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:06 AM

    Btw joe and frank did you not hear the news that turkey has overwhelmingly voted to attack Isis?

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 7:19 AM

    Lol Declan, did you also hear ISIL have opened up a consulate in Ankara?

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    Mute Ross mc Carthy
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    Oct 2nd 2014, 11:57 PM

    Good man Danny keep defending the them.you must be a Muslim

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    Mute Danny Rigg
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    Oct 3rd 2014, 12:15 AM

    When was I defending anyone on this article?

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 12:17 AM

    And why would I have to be a Muslim to defend Muslims? Or are you assuming that by asking a straightforward question I’m defending IS?

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:34 AM

    Ya Danny you must be pro is one of d€& k heads that puts a red thumb to good comments that say that IS should exterminated

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:48 AM

    What are you on about? You’re not a very good troll

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:23 AM

    Open your eyes Danny boy good lad.

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    Oct 3rd 2014, 1:25 AM

    Are you going to answer my question or not?

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