lennart
27-06-04, 22:46
Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill U.S. Hostage -- TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi Islamist militant group has kidnapped what it said was a U.S. Marine and is threatening to behead him unless Iraqi prisoners are freed, Al Jazeera television reported Sunday.
Jazeera said the group called itself the Islamic Response Movement, the security wing of the "1920 Revolution Brigades."
A brief video showed a blindfolded man dressed in camouflage carrying a Marine Corps identity card that named him as Wassef Ali Hassoun. It also showed other official documents with his name.
Jazeera said the group claimed it had kidnapped Hassoun after luring him out of a U.S. base. It said the militants threatened to behead him if Iraqi prisoners were not released.
Unlike previous video tapes obtained by the channel, the recording was not accompanied by an audio statement.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RURADOYKJWX0WCRBAEKSF EY?type=topNews&storyID=5523445
In 1920 kwamen de Iraqi's massaal in opstand tegen de Britse overheerser, nadat de Shia leiders toen een intifadah uitriepen. Mogelijk dat dit dus Shia zijn.
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi Islamist militant group has kidnapped what it said was a U.S. Marine and is threatening to behead him unless Iraqi prisoners are freed, Al Jazeera television reported Sunday.
Jazeera said the group called itself the Islamic Response Movement, the security wing of the "1920 Revolution Brigades."
A brief video showed a blindfolded man dressed in camouflage carrying a Marine Corps identity card that named him as Wassef Ali Hassoun. It also showed other official documents with his name.
Jazeera said the group claimed it had kidnapped Hassoun after luring him out of a U.S. base. It said the militants threatened to behead him if Iraqi prisoners were not released.
Unlike previous video tapes obtained by the channel, the recording was not accompanied by an audio statement.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RURADOYKJWX0WCRBAEKSF EY?type=topNews&storyID=5523445
In 1920 kwamen de Iraqi's massaal in opstand tegen de Britse overheerser, nadat de Shia leiders toen een intifadah uitriepen. Mogelijk dat dit dus Shia zijn.