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.
Mmmmmmwwwwwwwwwaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
I will admit I'm a klutz when it comes to knowing what an "F-stop" or "exposure time" and some of the other technical terms are. Professional photographers would know though.
LMAO! :)
It's too late at night for me
to be serious or concentrate.
I was BUSY today with IMPORTANT
stuff, so I am not current with
this news.
You've been glued in front of the TV set all day watching the circus out in CA otherwise known as The Micheal Jackson Trial, right? LOL
Bottom line ? AP picked up a story based on 4 year old JPG and todays liberal media lapped it up. This afternoon there where some 330 different media outlets that trumpeted the story.
NOPE.
Have not been home.
Been out this afternoon
and into the early evening.
Right now, we're having the best
thunder and lighting and rain...
absolutely WONDEROUS. I can hear
the rain on this 122 year old metal roof.
It's so magnificent, I can't describe it properly.
WoW! Sounds nice. I always an evening/night time thunderstorm. :)
No kidding?
OMG!
ROTFLOL!
Must have been anti-Bush, anti-war or
something embarrassing to White House?
NOW, you;re tweaking my interest,
but I can't possibly read 900+ posts.
You mean Scobey (Big Sky Freeper) solved this?
I looked at his post with the windows stuff
as he directed me in a ping.
I'm kinda bummed that I didn't know the President was going to be in Montana on Thursday. I didn't know about it until I read the newspaper online. Tickets for the event sold out in a matter of minutes. He's coming to Montana's 2nd largest city (Great Falls), and will be held at an arena that seats several thousand people.
You solved this THANG?
I just proved the photo was not photoshopped. It's just a photo of some GI Joe doll, with a toy gun pointed at his plastic head. The banner behind the doll is even a sloppy Arabic job.
Guy closed the loop BIG TIME. :-)
The part I solved was what kind of camera was used, where the camera was manufactured and possibly bought (Russia).
Good enough, Scobey!
WTG!
Bless his heart!
And all of that because I was bored. LMAO!
And yours too, onyx. I'm missing a good thunderstorm right about now. I love the sound and smell of rain. Nothing but mountains of snow here in Chicago. Sigh. :-)
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