Posted on 08/19/2004 4:48:55 AM PDT by stockpirate
A New York journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq will be killed as soon as tomorrow unless U.S. forces leave the holy city of Najaf, according to a videotaped demand issued by his supposed captors. The Arabic news network al-Jazeera aired the video, in which a group calling itself the Martyrs Brigade claims that it is holding Micah Garen, a documentary filmmaker and journalist who was kidnapped last Friday with his translator, Amir Doushi.
In the video apparently made yesterday the kidnappers threatened to kill Garen within two days if U.S. forces do not pull out of Najaf, where they have been fighting Muqtada al-Sadr's rebels for two weeks.
On Friday, Garen and Doushi were walking through a market in Nasiriyah, south of Baghdad, when two men in civilian clothes and armed with assault rifles seized them, police said.
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Unlike other countries, we wont cave in to the terrorists demands. We'll stay in Najaf like we should, but I hope he will be o.k.
It's interesting that they waited for Al Sadr to back out of yesterday's aledged surrender to make this demand.
How do you know he's not just another "volunteer"?
>You think the terrorists will trade him for Michael Moore?
I don't know. But if we send more troops to Iraq, do you think they'll take more reporters off our hands? ;^)
>Kidding aside, prayers to the family.
Yep.
Doesn't mean he deserves to have his head cut off. I'd venture a guess that he's rethinking his prior views on the Iraq situation.
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