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.
The weather wasn't too bad here. Sun was shining all day, and it got up to about 40 degrees this afternoon. Most of the snow has melted. But nothing beats a nice t-storm at night, cuz you can't shovel rainfall! :)
Now Scobey has gone and ruined it,
by admitting he was bored.
How could a person POSSIBLY be BORED
living in Montana during the winter? LOL>
I wonder if I am a pervert.
I find all this computer talk and tracing of domains and addresses and having little thingies yall run pics thru to see what kind of camera took them,,well, I find all this talk incredibly sexy.
Am I a pervert?
I can hardly wait to read his answer!
ROTFLOL!
Well, sort of. It would be possible to extract the image data from a photoshopped file and put it together with headers from a camera file. I would think anyone technically sophisticated enough to do that would have been technically sophisticated enough to use photoshop with pictures of real army guys, but in general image headers constitute proof of very little.
I don't think we ought to send anyone in for squarepants. And if they want the entire cast of tellatubies, I say we send them to the terrorists to do as they will. I hate the tubbies.
Damn,,that was a sexy post. I feel reallly really peculiar but I get the same feeliing when my electrician comes. Must be related to not knowing anything about electricity or computers.
Impossible, unless you knew what you were doing to "hack" the headers.
Claim: Iraqi militant web site displays image of
Status: Undetermined.
894 posted on 02/01/2005 9:26:58 PM CST by BigSkyFreeper2005-02-01 11:27:42 PM hulkster
For a C programmer with a copy of the JPEG encapsulation format, it'd probably be take only an hour or two to write a JPEG-header hacking program if one couldn't find someone somewhere. To be sure, that would represent a level of work and detail far beyond what's exhibitted here, but it's hardly impossible.
You are crackin me up cgirl!! ROFL
I cant believe that foxnews says their still sure if the soldier is real.
Read supercat's last post and if it doesn't get you all hot, then you are dead. I speak from experience as I am old and nearly dead anyway!! Computer knowledge is the new sexy trait for men to try to get,,it beats football and hostile takeovers and risk arbitrage as the ultimate powerspeak.
I still think I may be a pervert.
This is crazy... It's almost like that old movie called "war games" w/matthew brodderick. When can something like this cause major consequences?
LOL I have to admit, that "JPEG-header hacking program" comment really could make one sweat if one lets it.. :)
there is a thread on the site where those poor murdered people went, a site where muslims argue with christians whatever. The thread says they got to those NJ people via that site. I am trying to get the nerve to go there but I don't know how to post pics of pigs, scantily clad women and people with panties on their heads. Just want to stir up the jihadists. Anyway, no one wants to do it anyway.
I am so bored that I may have to go to bed just to stay out of trouble.
That and a bottle of wine and he is good to go.
There are programs that allow a person to embed text messages into an image file as if it was a text file.
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