Al Qaeda's latest war crime

NY Times:

An Al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa said on Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in Mali last January.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was “strong reason to believe” that the captive had been executed. He called the killing “barbaric.”

The Briton, identified as Edwin Dyer, was taken hostage on January 22 along with a Swiss citizen and two other tourists in Niger, close to the border with Mali, but was held in Mali.

The group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, had demanded the release of Abu Qatada, a Jordanian-born Palestinian cleric held in Britain whom a Spanish judge has called the leading Al Qaeda lieutenant in Europe. Britain has said he is a “significant international terrorist” but he has denied belonging to Al Qaeda.

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This comes only a day after Zawahiri ranted against the US "failure" to follow the Geneva Conventions. You can be assured that outside this blog there will be little to no mention of the Geneva Conventions in connection with this particular war crime. I don't know why it is that the media seems to ignore this aspect of al Qaeda operations.

It could possible be because al Qaeda is not a signatory, but that does not stop the media from acting as if they are entitled to its protections, even if they don't follow its requirements. In the law this is known as a unilateral contract and it is a position that is void on its face.

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