AlQaeda In Islamic North Africa Claims Responsibility For Kidnapping of 2 Austrian Tourists

**Photo courtesy of LUSA

BBC

Militant group al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa[group profile] has said it took two Austrian tourists hostage in Tunisia last month.
The declaration, made in an audio broadcast aired on al-Jazeera TV, said the duo were kidnapped on 22 February.

A spokesman who called himself Salah Abou-Mohammad said it was retribution for the West's support of Israel. Austria's foreign ministry said two Austrians had been missing in Tunisia since mid-February.

"We tell Western tourists that at the same time they are flowing into Tunisian lands seeking joy, our brothers are being slain in Gaza by the Jews with the collaboration of the Western states," the al-Qaeda spokesman was quoted by AP as saying.

Austrian authorities did not release their names, saying only that they were a 51-year-old man[**Wolfgang Ebner], and a 40-year-old woman[**Pictured above is Andrea Kloiber see Lusa Web] , the Associated Press news agency reported.

Gawd I hate alQaeda and their form of Islam. Bas***ds. May thoughts and prayers are with the hostages, their family and friends. May they all find strength to handle this horrific situation of human life hating alqaeda.

Noblesse Oblige, where I found this information above, has a wonderful article concerning the hostages in Iraq and elsewhere and the importance of keeping this story alive. MSM appears to be ignoring it and that is a shame. The hostages and their family and friends deserve more.

November I wrote a post about Jonathon Cote, who’s now been held hostage in Iraq or Iran for 36 days longer than the people in the Iranian Hostage Crisis were.

He and the other heroes in captivity (one police officer, a US Army Soldier,) will be hostage for two years this coming November. It’s easy in the buzz of events to forget this, but at times it comes back with a thud to me.

Most people are probably assuming that the hostages have been killed by now, but I have high confidence that they are still living. No, I won’t tell you the reason for that confidence until perhaps after he’s freed.

The thud comes at odd times — I’ll click on Itunes and think “Jonathon doesn’t get to listen to music I bet.” Or I will read of another hostage taking by Islamic Terrorists, like this one today, or perhaps I will stumble across an Israeli story on Gilad Shalit.

Please read the rest at above link.

Vicki no-veil has the story about the tourist kidnapping at My Pet Jawa. Be sure to also frequent Vicki's blog No Burqua for updates on all hostage situtations. She does an excellent job in keeping their stories alive. God Bless her!