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Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill British Hostage (want Najaf operation to be halted)
Reuters ^
| Fri Aug 13, 2004 01:44 AM ET
Posted on 08/12/2004 11:03:32 PM PDT by yonif
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi militants kidnapped a British journalist in the southern city of Basra and threatened to kill him if a U.S. assault on the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf was not halted in 24 hours, witnesses and a video tape showed on Friday.
The witnesses said gunmen seized the journalist from a hotel in mainly Shi'ite Basra. Hours later a video tape released in the city showed a hooded gunman standing next to the journalist and threatening to kill him if the attack on Najaf was not stopped.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brandon; british; hostage; iraq; jamesbrandon; nafaj
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:03:33 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:05:21 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: yonif
Why don't we threaten to level their shrine if they don't let him go?
To: yonif
Ironic. They actually want the military to do something to save the life of a journalist after the way the media has treated our military over the last year and a half?
I'm sorry this man has been kidnapped, but boy, do they have any idea how much our guys resent the media now?
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:07:16 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
To: yonif
Well, if they use big enough bombs I'm certain it can be finished in 24 hours.
5
posted on
08/12/2004 11:07:33 PM PDT
by
Ruth A.
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: yonif
enough of this crap: find their families and feed them to the hogs.
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:08:00 PM PDT
by
King Prout
("Thou has been found guilty and convicted of malum zambonifactum most foul... REPENT!)
To: yonif; MadIvan
we are not going to bow down.
We are not the Philippines and we are not Spain.
We shall never take orders from terrorists. Right MadIvan??
8
posted on
08/12/2004 11:08:01 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
To: yonif
AND I would say that even if it were a fellow Texan!!
=o)
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:08:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
To: McGavin999
Do they have a name?? We could look up their articles on FR or Google and see if the yellow journalism freak deserves even the slightest consideration.
oh never mind
10
posted on
08/12/2004 11:09:57 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
To: William Creel
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:12:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
To: William Creel
Yeah, but the Shiites had their hearts set on a journalist.
12
posted on
08/12/2004 11:12:47 PM PDT
by
Chaguito
To: coconutt2000
Why don't we threaten to level their shrine if they don't let him go?
Oh man! What an idea! "Sorry - its really all their fault" AND we hammer all the militants in the mosque - win win! Hello? Anyone listening?
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:13:14 PM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Kerry is endorsed by the Communist Party USA!)
To: coconutt2000
I think we should level the shrine even if they DO let him go. Mecca and Medina too...oh heck why not the dome of the rock while we're at it.
Guess I'm pretty insensitive...
prisoner6
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:18:49 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
To: WOSG; JohnHuang2
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:23:03 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
To: prisoner6
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posted on
08/12/2004 11:34:50 PM PDT
by
TeleStraightShooter
(Kerry plans to graff post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Cut funding and let the Syrian Baathists take over)
To: McGavin999
To: GeronL
Thanks for the ping, amigo
To: GeronL
Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill British Hostage (want Bush to wage more sensitive war -- now!)
To: JohnHuang2
Such a girlie war they want.
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posted on
08/13/2004 12:02:29 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(KERRY: "I went to Cambodia with the CIA and all I got was a hat")
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