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.
I'm not kidding! That is what this person is saying! LOL!
Not any more...even the DUmmies figured it out. Pretty sad when even the DUmmies are smarter than the MSM.
Good news. This in itself will be an embarrassing blow to the terrorists!
Not to the courageous and manly jihadis.
LOL..of course!
It's an AP story. Every one on that feed is going to run it. AP is the one who will take the blow for this. :)
I stopped praying because I was slightly confused by the picture and I was trying to figure out why it looked funny. It was rather like when you stop talking mid-sentence because something odd happened.
Who looks the more inept because of this: the terrorists or the main stream media?
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Our enemies are morons--both here and abroad.
The problem is that this news, that a US soldier has been kidnapped by Iraqi terrorists, has been on ABC News, CNN, FNC, etc.
They propped a GI Joe toy up against what looks like a sofa (you can see the seam where the fabric meets the cushion, trust me a women notices these things LOL)
If the demands are not met will they pour solvent on him? They are inhumane some poor child will be fraught with worry for his missing toy, they are monsters.
should we be nice and tip them off to BlackRain's definitive post#11?
LMAO!!!
Well now, does this ridicule we are all lavishing on these dope-a@@ doll-capturing terrorists count as, "gasp", TORTURE?
Come on Jim.....the Washington Post has picked up on this story and is running with it....please tweak the headline.
And these are our journalists.... man.
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