Us Marine Faces Execution In Iraq....

[starang21]

Captive US marine faces execution in Iraq


Monday 28 June 2004, 1:23 Makka Time, 22:23 GMT


US marine Hassoun Ali is one ot two captives under threat



A US marine captured by a purported Iraqi resistance group is to be decapitated unless certain prisoners held in occupation prisons are released.


In a video broadcast by Aljazeera on Sunday, the Islamic Retaliation Movement/Armed Resistance Wing said US marine Hassoun Wassef Ali would be beheaded if detainees in US-led occupation prisons were not freed.

The group claims to have taken Ali - of Pakistani origin - captive after "infiltrating a US military base in Iraq".

The video received by Aljazeera shows a kneeling blindfolded moustached man in camouflage military garb. A hand holding a long sword is seen standing behind Ali.

Just hours earlier, an unidentified group of purported Iraqi fighters threatened to behead a Pakistani driver working for a US-occupation contractor within three days.

The captors also urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to shut down his country's embassy in Iraq.

Captive details

The second captive was named as Yusuf Amjad, an employee of US contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR).


Video sent to Aljazeera included
proof of marine's identity

KBR is a subsidiary of the giant Halliburton company which was once headed by US Vice President Dick Cheney.

Like other contractors for the US-led occupation, it has suffered mounting attacks on its staff.

"This man was taken after an attack on a US base in Balad," said one of the masked fighters on a tape obtained by Al-Arabiya.

"You must release our prisoners held near the US base in Balad, in Dujail, in Yathrib, in Samarra and near Abu Ghraib. You have three days from the date of this recording and after that we will behead him. We have warned you."










i got this off another message board.

[DeltAlum]

If the terrorist go through with this -- and unfortunately, they may -- I can only hope that they are caught by his brother Marines.

[honeychile]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is also a man from Turkey (?) whose 72 hour deadline is over today, and three men from another country who have 48 hours left.


All that the Aljazeera is proving is that they are less than human! My prayers are with all of these men, especially our Marine.

[starang21]

Originally posted by honeychile
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is also a man from Turkey (?) whose 72 hour deadline is over today, and three men from another country who have 48 hours left.


All that the Aljazeera is proving is that they are less than human! My prayers are with all of these men, especially our Marine.

Terrorists in Iraq claimed to have kidnapped three Turks and threatened to behead them if Turkey does not pull its companies out of Iraq, the Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera reported Saturday. The report came as President Bush headed to Turkey for a NATO summit.




i got this from there, too. i couldnt' find a link to a story, though.

[KillarneyRose]

How terrible; this really makes me feel ill

[AGDee]

It's 3 from Turkey and CNN reported another from Pakistan.

Very sad.

Dee

[msn4med1975]

As of the 10PM news here they won't confirm the Marine in custody is the one that's been missing for nearly a week. There's some dispute as to his descent (Pakistani or another I can't definitely name so I don't want to confuse everyone). The captors are claiming on descent the military another/ I've long since moved beyond being physically ill cause I keep thinking we are just going to have more and more of this until we are out of this "war." Between the bombings and the beheadings this is just getting more and more frustrating. No matter what your feelings are about the war make sure that you go vote in November to have them reflected in the polls.

[Coramoor]

It's a bad situation, but I hope that Turkey doesn't give into their demands. Giving in will only encourage more of this type of activity.

[msn4med1975]

Turkey has stated they won't be negotiating with terrorists so it's a pretty safe bet they won't be alive very much longer.

[Rudey]

Pigs...really fricking pigs. I really hope that once the handover occurs, things will get better.

-Rudey
--I pray for my fellow Americans and humans fighting the war and facing the blades of terrorists every day.

[Kevin]

I say what they do to our soldier, we do to their prisoners as well. Behead them do whatever to the corpse is considered the most unholy by standards of Islam.

What people do in the name of God is amazing. Maybe the new government will be samrt and just level Fallujah.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by ktsnake
I say what they do to our soldier, we do to their prisoners as well. Behead them do whatever to the corpse is considered the most unholy by standards of Islam.

What people do in the name of God is amazing. Maybe the new government will be samrt and just level Fallujah.

Mutilate it and mix with swine organs? I say behead their mothers, fathers, wifes, and children first.

-Rudey

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by honeychile
All that the Aljazeera is proving is that they are less than human!

While I do not always like journalists either, I think that statement is a bit far- obviously we can say that Aljazeera does not have the fabled "liberal bias" that we hear about America's journalists.

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by ktsnake
What people do in the name of God is amazing.

*nods*
Look at the millions of Jews and Arabs the Christians murdered in the Crusades, or the millions of native "heathens" the Roman-Catholic Spaniards murdered in Central America.

My philosophy: If Abraham had just kept it in his pants the 3 most violent religions in the world (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) would not have developed.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by Rudey
Mutilate it and mix with swine organs? I say behead their mothers, fathers, wifes, and children first.

-Rudey

Yeah, that sounds about right.

You were always good at that kind of stuff. Ever thought about volunteering for psi-ops?