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This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47790 Thursday, December 8, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLOBAL JIHAD Daughter: Hostage doing 'same work' as terrorists American appeals to captors who threaten death today if demands unmet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 8, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Image from Al-Jazeera broadcast Tuesday shows two of four hostages In a television interview, the daughter of one of four Western hostages held by a terrorist group in Baghdad issued an appeal to her father's captors, arguing "the work that he is there to...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The fate of the four Westerners held hostage is Iraq is still unknown. Today marks the deadline set by the hostage takers to kill the men, who were kidnapped two weeks ago. The hostages include two Canadians, an American and a British citizen. Iraqi authorities say they haven't had any contact with the group known as the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. The hostage takers want U.S. and Iraqi authorities to release all prisoners being held in Iraq. A television station in Iraq says about 240 detainees held by multinational forces have been released today. But such...

An Iraqi insurgent group said it killed a kidnapped U.S. security consultant Thursday, making the claim through an Internet posting. The posting surfaced on an Islamic militant Web forum. The group, calling itself the Islamic Army, said it will release images of the killing at a later time. It did not identify the hostage, although in an earlier statement named him as Ronald Alan Schulz. The White House has not confirmed the claim, nor has it confirmed the hostage's name. "Any time there is an American that is taken hostage it is a priority for the administration, and their safe...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunni clerics and Baghdad residents appealed on Friday for the release of an American and three other Christian humanitarian workers kidnapped by a group that has threatened to kill them. The hostages — Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va.; Norman Kember, 74, of London; and Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32 — are members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams and were abducted in Baghdad on Nov. 26. Sunni Arab clerics also took the opportunity of Friday's prayers to urge a big turnout in next week's elections, saying voting was a "religious duty" that...

Iraq hostage deadline is extended The peace campaigners oppose the war in Iraq An Iraqi militant group holding four Western peace activists hostage has extended the deadline for their execution, al-Jazeera reports. The original deadline set by the group for the US to release all Iraqi detainees was extended from Thursday to Saturday, the Arab TV station said. The four men - two Canadians, a Briton and an American - were seized last month in Baghdad. UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has renewed calls for the men's release. "If the kidnappers want to get in touch we want to hear...

A new video released by terrorists on an Islamic website today shows two of the four peace activists held hostage in Iraq in a scripted message asking for U.S. and U.K. troops to withdraw from Iraq. In the video, British hostage Norman Kember and American hostage Thomas Fox urge U.S. and U.K. withdrawal from Iraq several times, sometimes repeating themselves word for word.

(Video at link) The Baghdad by Swords of Righteousness Brigade released a second video of hostages Auckland University student, Canadian and New Zealand resident, Harmeet Sooden (32); Canadian James Loney (41); American Tom Fox (54); and Briton Norman Kember (74). The men were seized on November 26 2005. This video was released December 5-6 2005.

BAGHDAD, Iraq Photos broadcast Tuesday showed a blindfolded German woman being led away by armed captors in the latest kidnapping of a Westerner in Iraq. Six Iranian pilgrims, meanwhile, were abducted by gunmen north of Baghdad. Separately, the aid group Christian Peacemaker Teams confirmed that four people from the group had been taken hostage Saturday and that Norman Kember, a 74-year-old Briton, was among them. The U.S. Embassy has confirmed an American is missing in Iraq _ presumably one of the aid workers. The four activists were shown in an insurgent video broadcast on Arab television Tuesday, with a previously...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An American citizen is missing in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy said Monday, apparently one of four humanitarian workers reported kidnapped a day earlier.The reported abductions - amid a relative lull in the kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq - came as the trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed Monday in a heavily guarded Baghdad courtroom. The trial was adjourned until Dec. 5 to allow time to find replacements for two defense lawyers who were slain and another who fled Iraq after he was wounded.Also Monday, two Britons were killed when...

An unknown Iraqi group has issued a video of four western hostages calling them spies, Al Jazeera television has reported.It comes after it was revealed that kidnapped peace activist Norman Kember gave an interview shortly before his trip to Iraq, telling how he wanted to meet ordinary Iraqis.The 74-year-old told Premier Christian Radio: "I hope to meet ordinary Iraqis of various backgrounds, Shi'ites, Sunnis, Christians and and just hear their stories, then come back and talk about it."Interviewer Rob Frost asked him whether he considered going to Iraq to be brave.Mr Kember replied: "I don't know, I've done a lot...

November 29, 2005 Hostage Video Released, Hostages Identified (Images/Video) **Jawa Report Exclusive** ***The Jawa Report releases name of four Western hostages.*** A hostage video has been released of the four Western peace activists taken hostage in Iraq. The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video. Images from the video and links to video posted below. The video shows American Thomas Fox of Clear Brook Virginia, Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, who resides in Auckland, New Zealand, British citizen Norman Kember, and some one who appears to identify himself as James Loni (last name unclear) of Canada. Previously only...