say they want to
fight in Syria
alongside the moderate opposition which is composed of the same jihadists. Finally,
they destroyed Rakka buildings that had been evacuated two days earlier by the
Islamic Emirate. For Thierry Meyssan, behind these apparent contradictions the
gas war continues.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

In a video released by 'Amaq News, an unofficial news organization
affiliated with the Islamic State, several Russian-speaking fighters are shown
taking positions overlooking the Kurdish city of Kobane (or Ayn al Arab in
Arabic). The fighters, according to the video's title, are Chechen and more
than likely belong to a group loyal to Omar al Shishani, a senior military
leader in the Islamic State. The Islamic State has been battling forces from
the PKK-linked People's Protection Units, or YPG, for control of the Syrian
town. [See Threat Matrix report, Islamic
State advances nearKobane.]

Saturday, October 4, 2014

The Islamic State carried
through on its Sept. 13 threat to execute British aid worker Alan Henning if Britain did not
cease airstrikes against the jihadist group. Afterward, the jihadist group
threatened to kill a former US Army Ranger who was captured while running an
aid group in Syria.Today the Islamic State
released a short video that showed the execution of Henning. The video opens
with a news clip that announces Britain's
involvement in US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State. After the news
video is played, the words "Another message to America and its allies" is
displayed.

The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council has taken responsibility for a
series of suicide bombings in and around the restive city of Benghazi yesterday
that targeted forces loyal to former Libyan general Khalifa Haftar. The attacks
killed dozens of Libyan soldiers at