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Outrageous! Why Didn't CNN Report That The Infamous JUBA (the Alleged American Soldier Sniper in Islamic Army of Iraq) Had been Captured? "CNN has no problem showing snuff films of American soldiers being taken out by insurgent snipers while conversing with Iraqis in the streets, but they can't report that the most famous of these despictable thugs is captured! No where in the mainstream media was this reported. It is nowhere on the internet except on Wikipedia." G. Cusumano "On November 29, 2006, a man named Ali Nazar Al-Jubori (or Mazar Jubouri) was arrested by the Iraqi interior ministry and...

CNN Airs Terrorist Sniper Killing US Soldier Del Williams October 19, 2006 CNN aired a terrorist sniper killing a US soldier. They blacked out the screen when the bullet hit, but that did not stop the sound or description that they went on to share. According to CNN, “The graphic video of 10 sniper attacks was obtained by CNN -- through intermediaries --from the Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the most active insurgent organizations in Iraq.” Are critics correct in their assessment that CNN is full of terrorist sympathizers? Well, after their report on “In the Footsteps of Bin...

A video showing the execution of an American hostage was posted on a website today, and the Islamic Army of Iraq claimed the victim was Jamestown, N.D., native Ronald Schulz. The video did not show Schulz’s face, the Associated Press reported, and it was impossible to identify him conclusively. The man was blindfolded, kneeling, with his hands tied behind his back and facing away from the camera when he was purportedly shot in the back of the head. As the execution was aired on the website, a separate piece of film on a split screen showed the footage of Schulz...

One is moved by a quotation from the late Enzo Baldoni, the Italian freelance journalist and Red Cross volunteer who was murdered on video by the Jihadis in Iraq this week. "Some people think I am some sort of Rambo who loves strong emotions and watching people die. I am miles away from that. I am a convinced pacifist, and for that reason I am curious to understand what makes normal people brandish guns." Poor Baldoni, who survived previous adventures in East Timor and Colombia, had stopped appearing in the Milan weekly, Diario, and started appearing on Al Jazeera, as...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The hostage takers who grabbed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni on the road between Baghdad and Najaf in Iraq have killed him, the Italian government has confirmed. "We can confirm it was him, unfortunately," a spokesman for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday. Arabic language television channel Al Jazeera said Baldoni's kidnappers killed him because Italy refused to heed their earlier deadline to withdraw troops from Iraq. "The group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq said they executed the Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni because Italy did not respond to their demand to withdraw troops from Iraq...

The kidnappers of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, taken hostage in Iraq, have said that they have killed him, Al Jazeera has reported.     The television station said it had received footage showing Mr Baldoni after he had been killed.A group called the Islamic Army in Iraq had claimed to have seized Mr Baldoni, who disappeared near Najaf several days ago.   The kidnappers were calling for Italy to withdraw its 2,700 troops from Iraq, the third largest foreign military contingent in the country, but Italy has refused.    It said it killed Mr Baldoni because of the refusal, Al Jazeera reported.    As well as reporting for Italian newspapers, Mr Baldoni...

DOHA : An militant group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq has killed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni in Iraq, Arabic-language satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported. The Qatar-based channel did not give any further information. But Italian sources in Iraq confirmed the Al-Jazeera report of Baldoni's death to Italy's Ansa news agency. "These are horrifying pictures," said one Italian source who had seen the videotape purportedly sent by Baldoni's kidnappers to Al-Jazeera. An Italian civil servant was heading for Qatar to obtain a copy of the video, Ansa said. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacted immediately Baldoni's death had...

Karachi, 14 March (AKI) - (Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have acquired a training video on urban guerilla warfare produced by an Iraqi militant group. A copy of this video, which is in a CD format, has been obtained by Adnkronos International (AKI). The Taliban has received training from the group known as the Islamic Army of Iraq and have brought the CD back to their bases both in Afghanistan and in the tribal areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The video is not for propaganda purposes but strictly for training. Many of the leaders of the Islamic...

The Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the main groups fighting US forces in the war torn country, has threatened to carry out attacks inside the United States in the year 2005, in a statement posted on their website Monday.'This year will bring woes on America. The mujahedeen holy warriors have prepared big surprises for your sons outside America and a big surprise for you inside America,' said the statement.'The mujahedeen will take the battle from inside our country (Iraq) to yours,' the statement said.The shadowy Sunni Muslim group has claimed a number of attacks and killings of hostages in...