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According to the Egyptian newspaper “Al-Misri al-Yom” after the Armenian Genocide Turkey’s continued crimes

May 6, 2015 By administrator

The Egyptian newspaper with wide circulation, “Al-Misri al-Yom” published an article by MP Emad Gad also vice president of the Center for Analysis “Al-Ahram” on the Armenian genocide.

Emad Gad affirms that Egypt might follow the example of many other countries and recognize the Armenian genocide carried out by Turkey and to write that “there is no justification to postpone the date of this recognition of the genocide of Armenians. “Under the headline” 100 years after the Armenian Genocide realized by Turkey “, the author presents the data of the genocide and violence of its realization against the Armenian civilian population.” The Turks crimes will not end with the extermination of the Armenians “, he wrote and continue” where the Turks have set foot there were massacres, blood flowed (…) this is what happened in Greece country democracy and philosophy. “

Emad Gad, who recently participated in the Global Forum Yerevan wrote that Turkey is implementing significant means to be born of violence in Europe, Asia and Africa. The Egyptian MP notes however that the important role of Armenian communities, Greek and others to curb the entry of Turkey into the European Union and returns to the Pope’s statement François recognizing the Armenian Genocide and the US Congress efforts to Genocide recognition by Washington. Emad Gad also argues that denial of Turkey received a serious setback for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the European Parliament “international recognition of the Armenian Genocide can not be stopped by Ankara,” he wrote. Finally, the author openly critical of Turkey for its support to the “Muslim Brotherhood” as well as terrorist Islamist groups.

Krikor Amirzayan

ISIS Releases Video Purportedly Showing Beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

February 15, 2015 By administrator

Hasani Gittens

The terrorists known as ISIS released a video on Sunday that seems to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.

The Egyptians, dressed in orange jump suits, were beheaded after being forced down on the ground on a beach. An early caption in the video says the location is “Wilayat Tarabulus by the Mediterranean Sea,” which suggests that it was filmed near Tripoli.

Each of the victims, who are all male, is paired with a masked, knife-wielding terrorist and, after a brief statement by the ISIS leader, they are all beheaded.

The video is called “A Message signed with blood to the nation of the cross” and was released by the group’s Al-Hayat Media Center, according to Flashpoint Intelligence, a global security firm and NBC News consultant.

The video appeared on the Twitter feed of a website that supports ISIS.

Libya Islamists abduct 20 Egypt Christians: govt source

January 3, 2015 By administrator

By Afp

Islamist militants have abducted 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya in recent days, a source close to the government said.

The Ansar al-Sharia militia kidnapped 13 of them Saturday in the coastal city of Sirte and the rest of them there over the past few days, the source said.

Their identity was not immediately clear, except that they were said to be Coptic Christians.

Image from a video made available on October 9, 2014, by the official Islamist media outlet of Benghazi-based Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group, al-Raya Media Foundation, allegedly shows a tank, belonging to the group, in the Libyan city of Benghazi

Thousands of Egyptians work in Libya, mainly in the construction and craft sectors, and they have been targeted as the country has descended into chaos.

In February, the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians who had been shot were found near the second city of Benghazi.

And just last week, an Egyptian Coptic couple were found dead in their home in Sirte, hometown of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, who was overthrown and killed in a NATO-backed uprising three years ago.

Their 13-year-old daughter, who was kidnapped, was later found dead.

Local council chairman Yussef Tebeiqa said the attack might have been motivated by religion as money and jewellery were not taken.

Since Kadhafi’s ouster, Libya’s small Christian minority has expressed fears over Islamic extremism, especially with the rise of armed militias enforcing their own law in the absence of central control.

Sirte, 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of Tripoli, is in the hands of Islamist militias, including Ansar al-Sharia, which the UN last month added to its terror list over links to Al-Qaeda and for running Islamic State group training camps.

– UN talks start Monday –

Libya is awash with weapons and powerful militias, and has rival governments and parliaments.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian recently called on the international community to act to prevent Libya from becoming a “sanctuary for terrorists”.

As well as Sirte, Tripoli and second city Benghazi are largely in the hands of militias, and the internationally recognised government has taken refuge in the remote east.

Benghazi residents said they have been suffering from shortages of electricity, water and fuel since Wednesday.

Last week, the army led its first air raids on Islamist positions in Misrata, an important base for fighters from the Islamist-led Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) coalition of militias.

On Saturday, Libya’s third city was once again hit by aerial attacks, according to military sources, who did not give any casualty figures.

Separately Saturday, Islamist fighters attacked and killed 15 soldiers in the town of Soknah, 180 kilometres southeast of Tripoli, a source close to the government said.

Some of the troops were shot dead and others decapitated by militants who have pledged allegiance to IS, the source added.

UN-brokered talks aimed at ending months of violence and political deadlock in the North African nation are scheduled to begin on Monday.

A UN diplomat said the initiative calls for a ceasefire as well as a withdrawal of all militias and the disarmament of the warring sides.

Libya’s internationally recognised parliament has voted not to attend the negotiations if the rival legislature in Tripoli is party to the talks.

Last month, leaders in the sub-Saharan Sahel region of Africa meeting in Mauritania called on the United Nations to organise an international force “to neutralise the armed groups” in Libya.

Libya’s violence has drawn strong condemnation from both the UN and European Union, and rights group Amnesty International has accused several factions of war crimes.