‘We will take Spain back’: Syrian jihadists

Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya … Jordan and now Rome and Spain. Regular Atlas readers have been expecting this for some time.

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‘We will take Spain back’: Syrian jihadists,” The Local, July 1, 2014

“A top Spanish official has said country’s security forces were remaining ‘vigilant’ after two Syrian jihadists posted a video in which they promised to reclaim Spain in the name of Islam.

Interior Ministrry Secretary of State Francisco Martínez made the comments on Wednesday afternoon in the wake of news jihadists had posted the video.

‘Spain is the land of our grandfathers and we are going to take it back,’ say the two young men say in Spanish during the brief video.

Much of Spain was in Muslim hands from the eight century to the thirteenth century, but this rule was far from uniform in nature, and changed over time. Monuments including the Mezquita in Cordoba and the Alhambra Palace in Granada are a testament to the cultural richness of this period.

‘We are living under the Islamic flag and we are going to do for it (the flag) until we have reclaimed all the imprisoned lands, from Jakarta to Andalusia,’ the relaxed-looking men say .

The video appears on a site called Syriantube.net, a pro-government website which says it contains videos of Syrian army actions against rebel forces.

It was also posted on YouTube on Tuesday and has been watched just under 8,000 times.

Spanish press have described the men in the video as rebel soldiers, but it is not clearly which group or faction they belong to.” Read more.

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