Something tells me the Dhimmi UK government will cave to their demands like cowards.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African wing threatened on Sunday to kill a British hostage if Britain did not release a Jordanian Islamist it was holding.
“We demand that Britain release Sheikh Abu Qatada, who is unjustly (held), for the release of its British citizen. We give it 20 days as of the issuance of this statement,” al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said in a posting on an Islamist website.
“When this period expires the mujahideen will kill the British hostage,” said the group, adding that it still held a Swiss national “until we have achieved our legitimate demands” but gave no more details.
The British foreign office called for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages.
“We can confirm that we are aware of the report in question and it is being analysed,” a Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement.
“Hostage-taking can never be justified, no matter what the cause. We call on all those holding hostages to release them immediately and unconditionally.”
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Abu Qatada, named by a Spanish judge as the right hand man in Europe of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network, has been held in Britain since 2005. He denies belonging to the group.
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