Posted on 07/07/2004 12:09:54 PM PDT by kattracks
DOHA (AFP) - A Filipino abducted in Iraq (news - web sites) will be executed unless the Philippines withdraws its troops from the country within 72 hours, said a video broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, showing a hostage cowering on his knees.The kidnapped Filipino, employed by a Saudi company working with US troops based in Iraq, was kidnapped by an armed group calling itself the "Khaled Ibn al-Walid Brigade" linked to the "Islamic Army in Iraq," Al-Jazeera said.
The pan-Arab television station broadcast footage of a man sitting on his knees, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, and surrounded by three masked men touting guns and reading their threat from a statement.
The group said it had killed an Iraqi security guard who was with the Filipino.
An identity card bearing the picture of an Iraqi and a company card on which was written: Hafidh H. Amer, Security Officer, was also broadcast by Al-Jazeera.
I've said this before: Implant GPS devices under the skin of all foreigners in Iraq. End of kidnapping problem.
Slightly off topic, but further to Post #12, Drudge now has something up from MSNBC, wondering if the American muslin hostage situation was all a hoax. The whole thing seemed strange to me.
These ragheads better not f**k with Filipinos. When it comes to revenge-killing & interrogation, Filipinos(after the Egyptians and Jordanians) are legendary in their brutality. Better watch your back, S*CKERS!
John3:16
Ito ay sapagkat sa ganitong paraan inibig ng Diyos ang sanlibutan kaya ipinagkaloob niya ang kaniyang bugtong na Anak upang ang sinumang sumampalataya sa kaniya ay hindi mapahamak kundi magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan.
May God be with this brave filipino. Talaga!
KUWAIT CITY: Pakistani Amjad Hafeez, who was released after being held hostage for eight days in Iraq is due to return home by Thursday, his employers said in Kuwait.
“Hafeez will try to leave today (Wednesday) if we can book a flight for him. If not, he is definitely leaving tomorrow,” a company spokesman said.
Hafeez was abducted while walking in the city after leaving the company’s camp for the first time.
He told the English-language Arab Times that his captors, who initially threatened to kill him, told him they released him because of his mother’s appeals and because he was a Muslim. afp
Thank you.
I'm happy someone survived an encounter, but hmmmmmmmmm, not a "godless infidel," was he?
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