"For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S. administration to exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused," one of the men read from a statement.
"So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins ... slaughtered in this way." This is what we get when we say we are too civilized to humilate people and apologize for it --- it's an announcement that we are weenies and they can attack us without fear of retribution because "we are better than they are."
That's no way to win a war. This is not a Sunday School class - it is a WAR against people who HATE US and WANT US DEAD. We need to win it immediately and decisively. We can work on winning their hearts and minds after we have won everything else first.
This claim that they offered an exchange for their hostage is further proof that the prisoners in Abu Ghraib are their cohorts in murderous atrocities against Americans. Kill them.