French man Herve Gourdel abducted by Algeria militants

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French man Herve Gourdel abducted by Algeria militants

(BBC) A French man has been kidnapped in Algeria by a militant group linked to Islamic State (IS), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has confirmed.

Herve Gourdel was seized on Sunday in the unsettled north-east Kabylie area.

Mr Fabius said an online video that showed Mr Gourdel flanked by armed men, calling on France not to strike IS militants in Iraq, appeared authentic.

He said France would do everything it could to liberate Mr Gourdel, but that the situation was "extremely critical."

Earlier, Islamic State militants warned they would target France - and other countries - after French jets launched air strikes in Iraq against the group.

IS jihadists have seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and western Iraq, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes this year.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29319226


-- BBC 2014-09-23

[Bwanatickey]

Surely some responsibility needs to be made accountable to the tourist chooseing this as a holiday destination.

The U.K has many of these citizens who have landed in the U.K off the back of trucks, and then once they have settled into life here, return to visit the land they fled in fear of their lives, as tourists with a new passport.

But somehow this tourist does not seem to fit that criteria, he is just a French eccentric, having a stroll..

[arjunadawn]

The whole world is awash in stories of islamic terror because the whole world is under siege by islamic terrorists. At a certain point it must be realized these are not terrorists (which suggest isolated but desperate social outcasts) but adherents to a worldwide political ideology that seeks nothing less than the total destruction of civilization and replacing it with 7th century nomadic barbarity.

[Bwanatickey]

I was sorry to see on French News that this French mountaineer has been beheaded.

RIP

[Somtamnication]

I hope his family finds peace, somehow.