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Mali forces arrest four over French kidnappings

Mali forces arrest four over French kidnappings

Security forces in Mali announced Monday the arrest of four men believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of two French nationals last month. It's thought the kidnappers were acting on behalf of al Qaeda's North African wing.

By News Wires (text)
 

REUTERS - Malian security forces have arrested four suspects accused of kidnapping two Frenchmen last month on behalf of al Qaeda’s North African wing, the West African state said on Monday.

Mali is under growing international pressure to step up the fight against al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is plying a lucrative trade in the ransom of Westerners kidnapped in the Sahel region.

“We confirm the arrest of four kidnappers,” a spokesman for the Malian presidency said.

“They are subcontractors for AQIM, to whom they handed over the hostages,” the spokeman said, adding that pictures of the kidnappers would be broadcast on television later on Monday.

The two Frenchmen, described by Malian officials as an engineer and a technician who work for a local cement firm, were kidnapped on the night of Nov. 23 in the town of Hombori, about 200 km (125 miles) west of the northern city of Gao.

AQIM last week claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the two Frenchmen - whom it described as French spies - and three other Westerners in a separate incident in the north of Mali a few days later.

The spokesman said the suspects are all Malian nationals from the north of the country. Mali said earlier this month it believed the hostages were alive and it was trying to free them.

Governments in the Sahel region including Mauritania, Algeria, Mali and Niger are struggling to contain the growing threat by Islamist militants in the region, which has long been a safe haven for rebels and smugglers.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday security concerns for the Sahel had risen since the Libyan war, there were concerns Mali was not doing enough in regional efforts.

“We are extremely worried, because from Libya there was penetration by a number of armed groups that entered the region, so all our work is to convince the countries to coordinate their action against AQIM,” Juppe told French media at the weekend.

“Mauritania and Niger are committed, Algeria is taking part, but we have to convince Mali to be completely committed.”

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Modern times has been on the verge of failure

RELIGION OF ABRAHAM have to make peace.

The possibility of Abraham (father of Believers) have never guessed that religion will be born by his descendants, namely: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, will be the source of an endless war endlessly until "Judgement Day" will come (happen). And due to the third contention of Abraham's religion, then the "modern progress" which has since thousands of years into the third responsibility of the Religion of Abraham's encounter serious problems as it did in the present (in 2011 now). Or in other words, that it is now a modern-day fall into the hands of people who do not recognize Abraham as the father of the faithful.

We can see clearly that, the full potential of the religion of Abraham have been siphoned off only to defend themselves from the threat of his own religious group, so the speed of change in modern times to be obstructed or modern progress can no longer run on time. In the case according to a priest, that the key strengths of modern progress is "the way the changes that must continue to take place the faster path; so that the progress of modern stage it can achieve the goal on time. And then the priest would add, "if only for destroyed unnecessary to change the course of experiencing traffic jam, but just enough speed decreased as the only or, as now, the world powers would have been able to take over leadership of the modern era (outside of leadership God of Abraham).

Israel (Jews) was afraid as a minority, Christians afraid of free competition and the carrying power of the Islamic world will fear the alleged fraud of the Israeli (Jewish) and Christian, then there was suspicion of excessive inter-State, and there is also a military offensive across the State, and there were also acts of international terrorism as an attempt to maintain self-esteem. Through it all there are three potential fear Religion of Abraham had been sucked in vain, and now we ask, is the third religion of Abraham there is no desire to eliminate the problem of 3 (three) fear that interferes Religion of Abraham?

Hopefully Israel (Jewish), Christianity, and Islam with the quickest to lose "a sense of fear 3 as described above and reconciled as Esau son of Isaac took the daughter of the descendants of Ishmael son of Abraham and Sarah as peace evidence of Abraham's wife Hagar. If the religion of Abraham has been able to stop the bloodshed and stop moaning because mamnusia child abuse, then I believe the human race still has a chance to fail as the predicted doomsday Mayan Calendar. (Mangasa Samosir Harianja in Medan North Sumatra).

AGAMA ABRAHAM HARUS BERDAMAI.

Kemungkinan Abraham (bapak Orang percaya) tidak pernah menduga bahwa agama yang akan di lahirkan oleh anak cucunya yaitu : Agama Yahudi, Agama Kristen dan Agama Islam, akan menjadi sumber peperangan yang tiada henti-hentinya hingga “ Hari Kiamat “ akan tiba (terjadi). Dan akibat pertikaian ketiga Agama Abraham itu , maka “ kemajuan jaman modern “ yang sudah semenjak ribuan tahun menjadi tanggung jawab ketiga Agama Abraham itu menjadi menemui permasalahan serius seperti yang terjadi pada masa sekarang ini ( tahun 2011 sekarang ini). Atau dengan kata lain, bahwa Jaman Modern sekarang ini telah jatuh ketangan orang yang tidak mengenal Abraham sebagai bapak orang beriman.

Kita dapat melihat dengan jelas bahwa, seluruh potensi agama Abraham telah tersedot hanya untuk mempertahankan diri dari ancaman kelompok agama saudara sendiri, sehingga kecepatan perubahan jaman modern menjadi terhambat atau kemajuan jaman modern tidak dapat lagi berjalan tepat waktu. Pada hal menurut seorang pendeta, bahwa kunci kekuatan kemajuan modern adalah “ terjadinya jalan perubahan yang harus terus berlangsung semakin cepat jalannya; sehingga tahapan kemajuan jaman modern itu dapat mencapai tujuan tepat waktu. Dan kemudian Pendeta tersebut menambahkan, “ kalau hanya untuk hancur sebenarnya tidak perlu jalannya perubahan sampai mengalami kemacetan total, tetapi cukup hanya mengalami penurunan kecepatan saja atau seperti terjadinya seperti sekarang ini, maka kekuatan dunia sudah akan dapat mengambil alih kepemimpinan jaman modern (kepemimpinan di luar kehendak Tuhan Abraham).

Israel (Yahudi) takut sebagai kelompok minoritas, Kristen takut dengan persaingan bebas yang ditumpangi kekuatan duniawi dan Islam takut dengan akan adanya kecurangan dari kelompok Israel (Yahudi) dan Kristen, maka terjadilah kecurigaan antar Negara yang berlebihan, serta terjadi pula serangan militer antar Negara , serta terjadi pula tindakan terorisme internasional sebagai usaha mempertahankan harga diri. Melalui ada 3 takut tersebut semua potensi Agama Abraham telah tersedot secara sia- sia, dan sekarang kita bertanya, apakah ketiga Agama Abraham tidak ada keinginan untuk menghilangkan masalah 3 (ketiga ) takut yang mengganggu Agama Abraham ?

Semoga Israel (Yahudi), Kristen, dan Islam dengan secepat –cepatnya menghilangkan “ rasa 3 takut seperti diuraikan di atas lalu berdamai sebagaimana Esau anak Ishak mengambil menantu perempuan dari keturunan Ismail anak Abraham sebagai bukti perdamaian Sarah dan Hagar Istri Abraham. Kalau Agama Abraham telah dapat menghentikan pertumpahan darah serta menghentikan rintihan anak mamnusia karena penganiayaan, maka saya yakin umat manusia masih memiliki kesempatan untuk mengagalkan hari kiamat sebagaimana di ramalkan Kalender Suku Maya. (Mangasa Samosir Harianja di Medan Sumatera Utara).

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