Asia Times: ISIS Sri Lanka claim mixes Tamil, Arabic
A video has emerged on ISIS media in Arabic and Tamil, claiming responsibility for the Easter bombings that killed more than 300
Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that killed more than 320 people and wounded hundreds of others.
The fresh statement appears to corroborate an earlier, ISIS-linked video received by the Asia Times, which threatens future attacks in Arabic and Tamil language.
“The day before yesterday, the brothers of the strike force set out for a number of churches and hotels where nationals of the Crusader Coalition were present,” Islamic State said in a statement, the coalition being a reference to the US-led military alliance that was tasked with defeating the group in Iraq and Syria.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 23, 2019
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The Fresh Young Face of France's Populist Right -- Britta Sandberg, Spiegel Online
Moscow Touts the Threat of Direct East-West Confrontation -- Pavel Felgenhauer, RCD
The return of the Cold War in the Caribbean -- Scott B. MacDonald, Global Americans
America and Russia Must Agree to Avoid a New Arms Race -- Lily Wojtowicz, National
