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ARABIYA TV AIRS VIDEOTAPE OF "AMEICAN HOSTAGE"
Reuters ^
| 5/6/04
Posted on 05/06/2004 5:50:35 AM PDT by areafiftyone
DUBAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Dubai-based Al Arabiya television aired on Thursday what it said was a videotape showing an American engineer working for the Pentagon held hostage in Iraq.
The network said it had received the tape from a group calling itself The Islamic Rage Squadrons which said it had kidnapped the man on May 3. He was shown blindfolded with a chequered Arab head scarf and wearing an olive green jacket.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004electionbias; civilianprisoner; doublestandard; execution; genevaconventions; hostage; hypocrisy; iraq; iraqaftermath; iraqwar; mediabias; terrorism; terrorists; torture; warcrime
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To: areafiftyone
Islamic Rage Squadrons and
Surfer Nazis must die!
To: areafiftyone
Is Al Arabiya the Coalition run station?
To: 4everontheRight
Yes it is. It is the one that Bush was on yesterday.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:53:32 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: areafiftyone
Now if the arabs are smart, they will treat him like a sheik for western consumption. Oh, the noble mujahedin.
Prayers for him.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:53:54 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: 4everontheRight
That is Al-Hurra.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:54:46 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(...victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be...)
To: areafiftyone
I can only Pray that they don't kill this guy..
If they do it won't be as bad as the torture and humiliation tactics we have practiced.. </sarcasm>
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:55:37 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(A true friend helps you keep going when you feel like giving up.)
To: Constitution Day
So there are 3 Arab stations?
To: areafiftyone; 4everontheRight
Actually it says that Al-Arabiya is Dubai based. I think it is arab owned. Also notice they didn't give a name or who he works for or show a face.
Could be propaganda also.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:56:09 AM PDT
by
Dane
To: Constitution Day
I was probably wrong - He was on two stations - what was the other station?
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:56:46 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: Buffalo Bob
Surfer Nazis must die!
Hunh?!
To: 4everontheRight
Yes, at least: Al-Hurra, Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya.
There may be others but I think those are the popular ones.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:58:32 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(...victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be...)
To: 4everontheRight
No, we fund Al-Hurra(sp)
To: areafiftyone
He was on Hurra & Arabiya. Not Jazeera.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:58:59 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(...victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be...)
To: Constitution Day; Dane; All
Okay from the NY Daily News "The President went on U.S.-funded Arab TV station al-Hurra and the Dubai-based al-Arabiya "
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:59:55 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: Dane
Fox News is just getting the news on their website now. Maybe they will show the tape.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:01:18 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: areafiftyone
The Islamic Rage Squadrons Is that not about the lamest name yet for a terrorist group? It sounds like something out of a comic book.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:01:34 AM PDT
by
AQGeiger
(Militant Islam is the gangrene among humankind.)
Sorry about that, reuters reported he was an engineer(probably civilian) working for the Pentagon, but still they didn't show the face or give a name.
Have to wait and see if the Pentagon confirms this.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:02:43 AM PDT
by
Dane
To: AQGeiger
LOL - it sure does.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:03:02 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: areafiftyone
I am wondering if we were in charge of this station at the beginning of the war or if this is fairly new? Anyone have any information on this? Are we countering the Arab media?
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