Posted on 02/01/2005 11:22:09 AM PST by Peach
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners.
The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants' statements, included a photo of what appeared to be an American soldier in desert fatigues seated with his hands tied behind his back.
A gun barrel was pointed at his head, and he is seated in front of a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet."
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, Marine Sgt. Salju K. Thomas, said he had no information on the claim but "we are currently looking into it."
A statement posted with the picture suggested the group was holding other soldiers.
"Our mujahadeen heroes of Iraq's Jihadi Battalion were able to capture American military man John Adam after killing a number of his comrades and capturing the rest," said the statement, signed by the "Mujahedeen Brigades."
"God willing, we will behead him if our female and male prisoners are not released from U.S. prisons within the maximum period of 72 hours from the time this statement has been released," the statement said.
The claim, carried on the Web site ansarnet.ws, could not be verified.
More than 180 foreigners have been kidnapped in the past year. At least 10 of them, including three American civilians, remain in the hands of their kidnappers.
The only American soldier known to have been taken hostage is Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, who was shown in a video in April being held by militants. Another video aired in June showed what purported to be Maupin's slaying, but the picture was too unclear to confirm it was him and the military still lists him as missing.
Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun went missing in Iraq in June and later photos surfaced on Arab television showing him blindfolded with a sword to his head. In July he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Back in the United States, he said he had been captured, but in December he was charged with desertion for the incident.
PING just to be part of the thread that slaps the MSM one more time!
Get outta here! Where do you come up with this crazy stuff? ;-)
They tried to pull off a hoax....they are a spent force.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT!!!!
there was a website I was reading a few months ago about some guys who make lifesize "Action Figures" of military men from all different wars in history.
The image I saw on another thread looked EXACTLY like the pictures these guys were posting, but I couldn't find the site when I searched.
You're the man!!!!!!!
This is TOTALLY A FAKE, IMHO!!!!!
Here we have media losers so desperate to print anything negative to undermine our efforts that they don't even bother to see that any ten year old could cook up something like this.
If memory serves, Lord Haw Haw was executed and Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose were convicted of treason. Publishing Islamist propaganda no questions isn't any different.
LOLOL
This is what they're reduced to doing.
BECAUSE IT WAS I, LAZAMATAZ, WHO FIRST DISCOVERED THIS AND TOLD *THOSE* BLOGGERS!!!!
No one will call you nuts! It was my first thought as well.
And then the FReepers proved my initial reaction was right!
Oh, I forgot to e-mail Rush. Oh, well. The rest of the media will catch up in a day or two. LOL
My lord......this would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic!
The photo of the doll posted by Geronimo cinched it for me.
The faces are IDENTICAL!
Man, how I wish we had Zarqawi!
The jihadis have captured GI JOE doll!
Will Chatty Cathy be next????
Me too!
:-)
Man, I hope they don't blow up G.I. Joe with a "Matchbox" car bomb.
Man, I'll bet they sure hate the Net nowadays! No more makin' up stories, havin' to get burned left and right (mostly the left getting burned by the Right!)
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