Video Purports To Show ISIL Militants Beheading Egyptian Hostages

Coptic Christian men whose relatives were abducted in Libya hold their photos in front of the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Masked gunmen kidnapped 21 Coptic Christians last month in the ce... Coptic Christian men whose relatives were abducted in Libya hold their photos in front of the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Masked gunmen kidnapped 21 Coptic Christians last month in the central Libyan city of Sirte in a new wave of assaults against Egypt's Christians working in the war-torn North African nation plagued with Islamic extremists. A Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State has claimed the abduction of 21 Coptic Christians and released pictures of the captives. The claim and photos were posted last week on jihadi forums used by Islamic State supporters. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) MORE LESS
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CAIRO (AP) — A video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages.

The video, released late Sunday night, shows several men in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The men are made to kneel and one militant addresses the camera in English before the men are simultaneously beheaded.

The makers of the video identify themselves as the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State group — the Islamic militant group that controls about a third of Syria and Iraq. Militants in Libya claiming affiliation with the Islamic State group had been holding 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians hostage for weeks.

The Associated Press could not immediately independently verify the video.

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  1. All these beheadings and the person burning is so reminiscent of the centuries preceding the Enlightenment. Could what’s going on be a kind of revival? Battles between religions do have a tendency to get out of hand, like stupid on stupid.

  2. Can anyone explain how Theodore Shoebat was able to post pictures of this on his wbsite FOUR DAYS before the video was released? Is Shoebat now working WITH ISIS?

  3. Maybe still shots were released before the full video?

  4. ISIS is nothing but a death cult. A twisted sick murderous death cult.
    If they had real courage of their “convictions” they wouldn’t wear masks yet they hide their faces when they make their threats and do their killing.

  5. Thanks, Dubya.

    Will your legacy of these radicalized terror groups be prominently featured in your Presidential library?

    Really, that’s sooooo 16th century! We have the courage of our convictions! We don’t hide! We have completely unmasked personnel use drones to slaughter innocent men, women, and children by remote control halfway around the planet, or simply strafe unarmed journalists from a helicopter gunship. No “boots on the ground” for us! And when we do our slaughtering, we don’t brag by publishing the video, in fact, we put the patriots who leak the accounts into prison or send them into exile. Boo-rah! USA! USA!

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