December 1, 2017
GREATEST WAR EVER:
Battle may be brewing in Sinai between al-Qaeda, IS groups (Al Monitor, December 1, 2017)
All against the Salafi...including the Salafi...In an audio recording released Nov. 11, al-Qaeda adherent Jund al-Islam declared war on much larger Wilayat Sinai, which is associated with IS, and claimed responsibility for the Oct. 11 attack on a Wilayat Sinai vehicle that killed the four passengers. Jund al-Islam is vowing to eradicate Wilayat Sinai members if they do not repent and abandon what it calls "Baghdadi law," which it says violates Sharia in part because it targets civilians and fellow Muslims.Though no group has come forward yet, Wilayat Sinai is a top suspect in the Nov. 24 bombing and shooting attack on a Sinai mosque that killed more than 300 people and injured at least 100. Area villagers reported Wilayat Sinai had threated them a week before the attack.Jund al-Islam also declared war on the Egyptian army, which it described as an "apostate."
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 1, 2017 6:04 PM
