Thanks freeperfromnj for that article.
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051002_2914.html
U.S. Doubts al Qaeda Kidnapping Claim
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2005 – A full accountability check is under way today following what is believed to be a false al Qaeda claim of having kidnapped two U.S. Marines in western Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials said today.
A statement posted today on a Web site used by al Qaeda asserts the kidnappings and issues a 24-hour ultimatum to U.S. forces to release female Sunni Muslim prisoners, press reports said.
Military officials said there are no indications that the claims are true, but Multinational Force West is conducting checks to verify that all Marines are accounted for, officials said.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
The al Qaeda claim comes during Operation Kabda bil Hadid, or "Iron Fist," an offensive involving some 1,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team 2 cracking down on insurgents operating in Western Iraq.
The troops are engaging numerous terrorists in and around Sa'dah, some 12 kilometers east of the Syrian border, officials said.
Earlier today, terrorists forcibly entered and building and began firing on Marines, officials said. Unable to suppress the fire, the Marines fired one round from an M1A1 Abrams tank into the building, injuring five civilians. Officials said four of the civilians were treated for minor injuries and released and one was evacuated to Baghdad, where he is reported to be in stable condition.
This afternoon, a suicide bomber prematurely detonated his vehicle, killing one terrorist, officials said.
Shortly after, near Karabilah, Marines were engaged by rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire from a building. They returned fire, killing eight terrorists, officials said.
Coalition forces have detained four terrorists, officials said, and no Marine casualties or kidnappings have been reported.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
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Mujahideen In Sweden Releases Statement On Training Activities In Skane
September 26th, 2005 at 3:33 pm by 4353fsdf2 (General)
http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=104453&list=/home.php&
http://sunnahserver.x10hosting.com/
Mash’Allah! Subhanu wal-mujahedun! Allahu akbar!
I hope they train and travel to iraq in sake of Allah(swt)
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Jihadi Files Update - September 2005
September 20th, 2005 at 8:30 am by Vladimir (General)
September 30th
http://crusader.rulez.jp/files/0930200501.rm
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/10/008397print.html
October 02, 2005
Gunmen told: take British hostages
In an act of pure 7th-century diplomacy, Al-Sadr calls for British hostages to be seized, so that he can use them to buy back two of his top men, held in Basra by the British. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Granny Weatherwax:
THE radical Shi’ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr has authorised his militia to kidnap two Britons in Iraq in the hope of swapping them for two of his senior officials who are held in Basra by British forces.
A senior official from al-Sadr’s Mahdi army in Baghdad said that al-Sadr had given the order after last month’s dramatic rescue of two SAS men whom he had been hoping to use as bargaining chips.
The source said al-Sadr had given British authorities until yesterday to release his men, but they had failed to do so.
“In return for our two officials, two Britons will be taken,” the source said. The two need not necessarily be from the British military, but could be civilians, he added.
The source claimed that the Mahdi army had already pinpointed two British targets working for private security companies in the affluent Mansour district of Baghdad. Several British security firms have bases in the area.
Posted at October 2, 2005 06:44 PM