very stupid to be french and hiking in a war zone. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:40:54 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768239/BREAKING-NEWS-Algerian-militants-linked-ISIS-behad-French-hostage-saying-die-country-did-not-stop-bombing-Iraq.html > BREAKING NEWS: Algerian militants linked to ISIS behead French hostage > after saying he would die if country did not stop bombing Iraq > > - *Herve Gourdel was captured by an ISIS-linked group in Algeria on > Sunday* > - *55-year-old had arrived in the country the previous day for a > hiking holiday * > - *Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa kidnapped him in the Djurdjura > National Park* > - *Video released yesterday demanded France end airstrikes on ISIS in > Iraq* > - *Militants threatened to kill Mr Gourdel within hours unless strikes > ceased* > > By *John Hall for MailOnline* > <http://home/search.html?s=&authornamef=John+Hall+for+MailOnline> > > *Published:* 10:27 EST, 24 September 2014 | *Updated:* 11:26 EST, 24 > September 2014 > > ISIS-linked militants in Algeria have beheaded a French hostage captured > at the weekend - having earlier made threats to kill him if France did not > stop bombing targets in Iraq. > > Herve Gourdel, 55, was captured by the Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa > while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday - just one day after > he arrived in Algeria for a 10-day walking holiday. > > A video featuring Mr Gourdel was released yesterday in which the militants > threatened to kill the professional mountaineering guide within hours > unless France stopped bombing ISIS targets in Iraq by the end of the day. > > The footage prompted some 1,500 Algerian forces to comb through the > restive, mountainous Tizi Ouzou region in the east of Algeria - desperately > trying to save Mr Gourdel before it was too late. > > *Scroll down for video * > > [image: Execution: ISIS-linked militants in Algeria have beheaded French > tourist Herve Gourdel after he was captured at the weekend. The group > earlier made threats to kill Mr Gourdel if France did not stop bombing > targets in Iraq] > > *Execution: ISIS-linked militants in Algeria have beheaded French tourist > Herve Gourdel after he was captured at the weekend. The group earlier made > threats to kill Mr Gourdel if France did not stop bombing targets in Iraq* > > > > French hostage captured by algerian militants linked to ISIS > > This afternoon the terrorism watchdog SITE Intelligence Group distributed > a video by Jund al-Khilafah announcing Mr Gourdel's death. > > Images of the execution emerged on social media a short time later, > showing the mountaineering guide wearing a purple T-shirt surrounded by > masked men, with his hands bound behind his back. > > Yesterday a video posted on YouTube showed the white-haired, bespectacled > Mr Gourdel surrounded by masked men holding Kalashnikov rifles. > > The group threatened to kill their hostage by the end of the day unless > France ceased its air strikes in Iraq, where ISIS terrorists control vast > swaths of territory under the guise of a 'caliphate'. > > The Algerian murderers referred to their group as Jund al-Khilifa - which > means 'caliphate soldiers.' > > [image: Tragic: Herve Gourdel, 55, was captured by the Islamist group Jund > al-Khilifa while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday - just one > day after he arrived in Algeria for a walking holiday ] > > *Tragic: Herve Gourdel, 55, was captured by the Islamist group Jund > al-Khilifa while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday - just one > day after he arrived in Algeria for a walking holiday * > > [image: Threats: A video featuring Mr Gourdel was released yesterday in > which the militants threatened to kill the Frenchman unless France stops > bombing ISIS targets in Iraq] > > *Threats: A video featuring Mr Gourdel was released yesterday in which the > militants threatened to kill the Frenchman unless France stops bombing ISIS > targets in Iraq* > > Following the release of yesterday's YouTube video, an Algerian security > source said thousands of soldiers were combing the area in search for Mr > Gourdel. > > His death was eventually confirmed by terrorism watchdog SITE Intelligence > Group this afternoon. > > The hunt for Mr Gourdel came a day after French President Francois > Hollande vowed not to give in to the jihadists' demands while on official > trip to New York. > > 'As grave as this situation is, we will not give in to any blackmail, any > pressure, any ultimatum, no matter how odious, how despicable,' he said. > > 'What is at stake here is our liberty, our security and sovereignty. No > terrorist group can influence the will, position or freedom of France,' he > added. > > [image: Herve Gourdel] > > [image: Herve Gourdel] > > *Experience: Mr Gourdel was a professional mountaineering guide and > amateur photographer. Although he enjoyed spending time in remote locations > around the world, he was always extremely careful, friends said* > > [image: Hunt: Yesterday's warning video prompted some 1,500 Algerian > forces to comb through the restive, Tizi Ouzou region in the east of > Algeria - desperately trying to save Mr Gourdel before it was too late] > > *Hunt: Yesterday's warning video prompted some 1,500 Algerian forces to > comb through the restive, Tizi Ouzou region in the east of Algeria - > desperately trying to save Mr Gourdel before it was too late* > > [image: Dangerous location: Mr Gourdel was seized on Saturday while hiking > in the heart of Algeria's Djurdjura National Park (pictured). The mountains > have been a sanctuary for radical Islamists loyal to Al Qaeda since the > 1990s] > > *Dangerous location: Mr Gourdel was seized on Saturday while hiking in the > heart of Algeria's Djurdjura National Park (pictured). The mountains have > been a sanctuary for radical Islamists loyal to Al Qaeda since the 1990s* > > Mr Gourdel, who lived in the southern French city of Nice, only arrived in > Algeria on Saturday and was seized the following day while hiking in the > heart of the Djurdjura National Park. > > The area's dense forests, deep gorges and picturesque lakes were once a > major draw for tourists. > > However, the mountains became a sanctuary for Islamists in the 1990s, who > later swore allegiance to Al Qaeda, and security forces have been unable to > dislodge them. > > A passionate photographer and mountaineer, Mr Gourdel liked going off the > beaten track, though he was always careful, his friends said. > > 'I often bump into him in the mountains and he always goes to little-known > areas of the massif, never on the major routes where there are people,' > said Michel Ingigliardi, his friend of 30 years in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, a > village nestled deep in the French Alps outside Nice. > > 'Going to far-away isolated countries is consistent with his personality.' > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNTQ1ZmFxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTE1Nzg5NTQ-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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