Posted on 02/01/2005 11:22:09 AM PST by Peach
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners.
The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants' statements, included a photo of what appeared to be an American soldier in desert fatigues seated with his hands tied behind his back.
A gun barrel was pointed at his head, and he is seated in front of a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet."
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, Marine Sgt. Salju K. Thomas, said he had no information on the claim but "we are currently looking into it."
A statement posted with the picture suggested the group was holding other soldiers.
"Our mujahadeen heroes of Iraq's Jihadi Battalion were able to capture American military man John Adam after killing a number of his comrades and capturing the rest," said the statement, signed by the "Mujahedeen Brigades."
"God willing, we will behead him if our female and male prisoners are not released from U.S. prisons within the maximum period of 72 hours from the time this statement has been released," the statement said.
The claim, carried on the Web site ansarnet.ws, could not be verified.
More than 180 foreigners have been kidnapped in the past year. At least 10 of them, including three American civilians, remain in the hands of their kidnappers.
The only American soldier known to have been taken hostage is Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, who was shown in a video in April being held by militants. Another video aired in June showed what purported to be Maupin's slaying, but the picture was too unclear to confirm it was him and the military still lists him as missing.
Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun went missing in Iraq in June and later photos surfaced on Arab television showing him blindfolded with a sword to his head. In July he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Back in the United States, he said he had been captured, but in December he was charged with desertion for the incident.
Now THEY have media that creates news to fit their agenda. Democracy rules!! Victory!
Per Drudge: latest update:
'It is our doll... to me it definitely looks like it is. Everything the guy is wearing is exactly what comes with our figure,' Liam Cusack of Dragon Models USA, inc., tells the ASSOCIATED PRESS... Developing...
Can you put up a Live Thread tonight as to how each of the MSM covers this hoax? I promised a friend to go out for dinner and will miss it....Dang.
Another good question. FReepers rule!
Lazamataz
That would be my guess too! lol
Hannity talking about it now.
I would have thought the MSM would have learned its lesson after the TANG incident-obviously not. What'll it take to get through to this imbeciles?
This thread should be the one in the breaking news sidebar instead of the other one.
I love this place, I really do.
MSM learning? that is the problem right there :-)
I wish there was FR stuff, like t-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball caps, that sort of thing.
BTTT
ping Thank you
The CBS Commission (Thornburgh and AP Guy) will investigate this story and say that they can't prove beyond any doubt whatsoever that it isn't a doll.
This will be one beheading tape I really, really want to see. HAha!
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