US anger over IS 'atrocity' against Christians in Libya

[bananas]

Source: Agence France-Presse

The United States condemned the "brutal mass murder" of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya following a video released by Islamic State militants purportedly showing their execution.

The 29-minute IS video appears to show militants holding two groups of captives, described in text captions as "followers of the cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church".

National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan decried the killings and called for stability in Libya, which has been mired in political chaos and unrest since the 2011 uprising that toppled former strongman Moamer Kadhafi.

"The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal mass murder purportedly of Ethiopian Christians by ISIL-affiliated terrorists in Libya," she said, using another name for IS.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-slams-brutal-purported-massacre-ethiopian-christians-010732029.html

[Jesus Malverde]

1. Lulz

Really!

Eyes at the former Secretary of State



We came we saw he died cackle cackle cackle

Quite the legacy.

[samsingh]

2. so it sounds like this actually happened - unlike what some people wre claiming

this is a huge tragedy that requires the utmost response.

those fing murderers.

[samsingh]

3. if a religion said that all worshippers should not kill

because they will be punished in the afterlife

then those who want to go to heaven would NOT kill. What does it say when so many islamists murder innocent people YET believe they are going to be rewarded in the afterlife?

[mainer]

4. The law of unintended consequences

Christians were not attacked under Khaddafi. So in our helping to overthrow him, we're partly responsible for the violent aftermath.

http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/religious-freedom-in-libya

It's with some measure of sorrow that I say "I told you so". While so many here on DU were gung-ho about overthrowing Khaddafi, I knew our actions there would lead to disaster.