Australian Broadcasting Commision journalists were filming the smoking debris of a truck(from about 300 feet away) on the side of the road when a car pulled up right in front of them.A few Arab fellows,with covered faces,jumped out of the car and gestured for the cameraman to film inside the car.The abductors couldnt speak english and were screaming at both the cameraman and the hostage in the back seat.The reporter asked the hostage what was going on and he said his convoy was bombed further down the road and stated his name.His accent indicated he was American.He said there is no other comment he wishes to make.The car then sped off.The journalists immediately drove to the nearest American post and were shown giving details(including the guys name,and the direction they were headed) of what happened to an American officer who proceeded to pass the info on via his radio.At the time of the broadcast there was no word on whether the car was being tracked.
The abductors sound like the frightened little ones, the American seemed calmer and more collected.
The vermin Islamofascists are kidnapping civilians because the Marines are destroying them where they stand. This whole uprising was coordinated to coincide with the anniversary of the fall of Baghdad because they wanted to disctract from our victory.
We are winning, and they know it. These "fighters" come from Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and (mostly) Iran---in addition to Iraqis who lost a lot when Saddam fell.
We may yet snap defeat from the jaws of victory and screw this thing up. Tet was a military victory that we screwed up by letting the media define it as a defeat.
I pray GW Bush pushes for victory.