"OK! OK! I'll put them on my head!!!
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.
That's the word. They demonstrated that technique on TechTV's The Screensavers several months after 9/11.
"OK! OK! I'll put them on my head!!!
LOL Me and my friends had lots of fun with that too! Here's the link I was looking for..
You have to have java turned on..
http://visualroute.visualware.com/
G'nite!
Here's the original Web page (still live!) from which all the others branched out.
You might like this one too perhaps?
http://visualroute.visualware.com/
G'nite all...
AAckk...I couldn't stand IRC. We discovered in '96--some computer geek knew what could to use that could lock up everyone's puters..I hated it. We'd have to unplug our modems, and then restart the dern computer.
Thanks for the history!
After 10pm, my spelling just goes downhill. SOrry..that should have been "code" instead of "could".. G'nite!
I specifically said I didn't think someone hacked the headers in this particular case, since someone who was going to do that would have created a better fake photo to start with. But in general, JPEG image tags can be manipulated (btw, I wouldn't necessarily trust the 2001 date either. My digital camera's clock/date sometimes goes goofy when I swap batteries and I don't always notice it.
Abdulla: But how do we cut off this infidels head?
Mohammed: Cut below his eyes!
Abdulla: This infidel has too many eyes!
(The saga continues....)
Don't ask; don't tell.
And yet the media insists that there are no proven links between Saddam Hussein and COBRA.
Hey there! How the heck are you?
I watched this unfold from post #1 till about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. It was amazing! I'm glad to be a part of this group.
still funny BUMP
morning bump
yep... BTTT
You're lucky--mine is retired so he's here all day and sees all that's going on. I keep saying we need a bigger house! My favorite story of many years ago is about a friend who had a woman who came in to iron, because she hated to iron. She hung up all the dresses, shirts etc.--you can tell this was a long! time ago!
My friend would just do fun things all day and when her husband arrived home from work, the house draped in freshly-ironed clothing, she'd be stretched out on the couch saying she was exhausted from her busy day!
Luckily my husband is a retired engineer, sometimes almost like Mr. Magoo, so he's pretty oblivious to what's going on!
bttt
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