Posted on 02/01/2005 9:27:11 AM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
DUBAI (Reuters) - A little-known Iraqi insurgent group said on Tuesday it was holding a U.S. soldier and threatened to kill him within 72 hours if Iraqi prisoners were not released, according to an Internet statement.
"Our mujahideen ... have managed to capture the American soldier John Adam after killing a number of his colleagues," said the Mujahideen Squadrons in the undated statement.
It carried a picture appearing to show a U.S. soldier sitting in front of a black banner with a rifle pointed at his head. The authenticity of the claim, which did not say where the man was seized, could not be verified.
"We will cut his throat in 72 hours if our male and female prisoners in the occupation jails are not released," it said.
A group using the same name, Mujahideen Squadrons, last month claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Brazilian engineer in Iraq (news - web sites).
Insurgents in Iraq, including al Qaeda's wing in Iraq, have been waging attacks on U.S.-led forces since they invaded the country in 2003.
Doesn't look good. Supposedly the website has a picture of the soldier with a rifle to his head.
Retrun Message from US;
Give us the names of those you want released, then if our soldier is not returned unharmed in 24 hours we start full fledged executions. Deal?
Works for me. Get the soldier back and follow those subcutaneous homing signals that were planted in the terrorists.
CALLING MOAB, Come in MOAB!
Why dont we place tracking devices on the prisoners and just track them back to their hole and kill them?
how bout in them, lubed with baacon fat
As long as they have to wear a thong on their head during installation.
I hope it isnt true, but the name sounds like they had a choice between smith and adam and took adam instead.
Terriffic suggestion. Even with no names, make clear for every soilder killed we publicy execute 10 prisoners, preferably beheadings! Until we start playing truly tough, we have no hope of eradicating terrorism.
bump
If it is true, prayers for the soldier and his loved ones!!
I hope this isn't true and I have doubts. All it says is there's a picture (still picture apparently) of someone in a "desert uniform". That could be an Iraqi soldier or someone dressed in one of their uniforms. They don't say whether the person is blindfolded (presumably) so you probably can't tell from the face whether he's American.
Also the name "John Adam" seems just a little too simple and contrived.
Crossing fingers this isn't true.
We should implant little chips that we could track in US soldiers and civilians in Iraq that would lead us right to these monsters.
Also, the propaganda website "Jihad Unspun" is always carrying claims to have captured dozens of U.S. soldiers, particularly during the Fallujah battles. My guess is, after their Election Day defeat, the terrorists felt like they had to manufacture some quick "proof" for all these claims.
If the hajis behead a US soldier, I say take groups of four haji prisoners up 150 feet in a Blackhawk, above Ramadi or Fallujah, for example. Push one out, then another, then start asking questions of the other two about zarqueeri and the others of his ilk. I think the muslim cowards will be tripping over their tongues singing. Then, push the last two out...repeat as necessary until zarqueeri is located, interrogated, and killed publicly and humiliatingly, for example stoning by Iraqi women whose sons and husbands he murdered.
I can't believe that anyone here is even taking this seriously.
Hopefully, no Nigerian doctors with cash they need to get out of the country have your email addresses.
Rather than implant, just let them have a pill they can swallow?
Dear Lord, please tell me it's not that Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun jerk again. He's gotta be somewhere, right?
Owl_Eagle
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A pill would only work if it didn't get flushed out of the body after they took a dump. There are probably ways of doing it.
or even give them a new watch
http://www.wherifywireless.com/prod_watches.htm
He emailed you too? /sarcasm
Fight the scammers,
www.419eater.com
My head tells me it's not true and I'm 99% sure it's not. But there's always that little part of you that thinks "maybe" and gets a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. I know it's most likely not true but I'll still cross my fingers until I'm sure.
Doh! too late.
OMG, you mean that Nigerian doctor was a ruse? Ouch!
If we did that, I can see Ted Kennedy and the rest of the Dems calling for President Bush's impeachment. It would take them less than 24 hrs to start the process
We're currently too occupied having our media flagellate us with stories of "mistreatment" of killers at Guantanamo.
Our troops are told to fight a conventional war with nonconventional enemies.
And a little prayer never hurts either!
susie
Even if true, we must not deal with terrorists.
This demand on their part, by the way, highlights that those insurgents captured on the battlefield are not regulars and do not fall under the provisions of Geneva.
To execute a prisoner on their part is their admission that they are not party to those conventions.
I can remember at least two times they tried this propaganda.
One time they said they had two soldiers. They gave names and showed drivers licences of the two. It turned out to be a ruse.
Hopefully this will turn out to be a ruse too.
Does anyone remember the soldier they said they had w/photos named Matt something (I think)? Did they ever get him back?
sundero
There is, however, a Private John Adam in the Army system. Hopefully it's not him.
thag
Oh, Blessed Saviour, please let this not be true.
How in the world could one of our soldiers (armed at all times, presumably) have been captured??
A band of murdering thugs threatening to kill a US solider is labeled an "insurgent group" by the MSM?
Here, this is how it should read...
A little-known Iraqi insurgent TERRORIST GROUP said on Tuesday it was holding a U.S. soldier and threatened to kill him within 72 hours if Iraqi prisoners were not released, according to an Internet statement.
U.S. Army Spc. Keith M. Maupin:
http://search.foxnews.com/_1_HY4TPL04LL5YFT__info.foxnws/dog/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&qkw=Keith%20M.%20Maupin&qcat=web&top=1&start=&ver=10041&nextPageNum=&fastSearch=
He was captured April 20, 2004.
Anybody clip the image and can post it?
or black.
what is going on with his vest?
The person in the photo could be Arab.
Here's the link: Yahoo! Photos
SOBs.
I see link to pic above => passed in posting; thanks for posting link.
Hard to tell nationality / services given qulity of image => if Jihadi nabbed someone, my beat would be it's an Iraqi from army or guard unit.
Thank you for the update. I suppose he probably really was killed.
sundero
John Adams? Is that they best name they could come up with? I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that the guy isn't American but somebody else dressed up in stolen clothing.
NP => talk in summer (if recall correctly) was that Jihadi's killed him. There was some grainy video from some Jihadi site showing someone being shot in back of head at night => no definitive proof either way, though, it was / wasn't Keith.
Only hope is that someone who involved in his capture / captivity will get caught and talk.
I prefer implanting the type of exploding chip that they put in Snake Pliskin in "Escape From New York".
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