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| British hostage's son in appeal to Blair |
| 2004-09-21 |
| The son of a British man held hostage in Iraq has urged Tony Blair to help save his father's life following the murder of a fellow captive. A website thought to be linked to the group holding Ken Bigley and two Americans features a video showing one of the other men being beheaded. On BBC News 24 Mr Bigley's son Craig urged Mr Blair to "meet the demands... two women for two men". The video showing the killing of one hostage also appeared to announce a 24-hour extension to the deadline when the two remaining hostages would be killed. The nine-minute long video tape - which has not been verified - showed five militants dressed in black behind the sobbing man, blindfolded and wearing an orange jumpsuit. After reading a statement, the man in the centre, believed to be Mr Zarqawi himself, appeared to pull what looked like a knife and cut the man's throat. The speaker warned that the next hostage would die in 24 hours unless their demands were met. Following the broadcast of the killing, the US recovered a body which it named as Eugene Armstrong. Tawhid and Jihad has demanded the release of women it says are held by coalition authorities in the Abu Ghraib and Umm Qasr prisons in Iraq. But the US has said no women are held at either jail, although two female "security prisoners" are held elsewhere. They include Dr Rihab Rashid Taha, a senior scientist who worked on Saddam Hussein's bacterial weapons programme and was nicknamed Doctor Germ. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #28 Bush is a War Criminal |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-09-21 10:10:54 AM |
| #27 I say behead and get it over with ! |
| Posted by: Silk 2004-09-21 6:38:06 AM |
| #26 I say behead and get it over with ! |
| Posted by: Silk 2004-09-21 6:35:12 AM |
| #25 his tone has changed. At first, you could debate him....not now. Sounds like NMM in the ME |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-21 5:59:41 PM |
| #24 Murat only claims he's Murat, I think he may be one of the genter men. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-21 5:56:53 PM |
| #23 Seafood wouldn't be my first choice on the menu, when there are hooved critters to be had. I draw the line at bugs and internal organs. I think I'd rather eat a cat than eat liver or a cockroach. I was fooled once and ate tongue tacos, though. Pretty tender. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-21 4:49:41 PM |
| #22 Frank, please don't denegrate sewers by dragging Murat and Aunty War through them. Veddy veddy bad. **wags finger** BTW, I am reading all the threads with great amusement while being fueled by my friends famous homemade coleslaw. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-21 4:38:04 PM |
| #21 AC - you're missing out big time! Crab would be on the menu for my condemned man's last meal. To die for! High protein, too. Insects and crustaceans must be 100% Atkins compatible. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-21 11:38:09 AM |
| #20 BD, I don't like lobsters, crabs, prawns, and other sea bugs myself, and for the reason you cite----they are really just big cockroaches. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-21 11:30:48 AM |
| #19 *Urk* |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-21 11:30:27 AM |
| #18 Seafarious - LOL! I've never tried grubs before, but I would do given the chance (I think I'd want them cooked first, though). After all, who doesn't like prawns, langoustines, lobsters etc? Crabs, too - they're all arthropods, and biologically not much different. Let's face it - which ought to look less 'edible' - an uncooked prawn, or a witchety grub? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-21 11:17:19 AM |
| #17 Bulldog, the witchety grubs remind me of a story I read once in Reader's Digest: A National Geographic photographer is on location in some small African village at Christmas time. He's sharing the standard evening meal of grubs and greens. He looks into the bowl and sighs, thinking of roast turkey with all the trimmings. His translator notices his expression, leans over and says, "I know what you mean. The grubs in my village are better too." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-21 11:04:11 AM |
| #16 Ahhhh Antiwar and Murat drag themselves from their sewers to demonstrate their depravity, idiocy, and general anti-American disposition. The festering pustule of hate..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-21 10:55:46 AM |
| #15 Note that Murat is also presenting an argument from authority. When dealing with terror-apologists and Hate America cultists, always, ALWAYS look for the appeal to authority and its many variations. We saw this in the media conformist defense of CBS and it fraudulent documents. To them it was a matter of professional, glamourous journalists against pajama-clad internet posters, as though facts themselves did not matter at all. This is the true basis of the political left and the mutual affinity of authoritarians is the real reason for the left bias of mass media. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-21 10:53:25 AM |
| #14 She never denied being an Ozi-ist either, living on looted ground and fattening herself up on witchety grubs harvested in the pastures her predecessors stole from dispossessed aborigines. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-21 10:49:51 AM |
| #13 "Bush is a War Criminal" We have your word for that, it must be true. Btw, are you still denying that you're an authoritarian? |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-21 10:41:00 AM |
| #12 Murat: How do you know, the coalition (in this case Americans only) claimed it didn't torture too. I can only wish. Murat: In fact the coalition (Americans) claimed a lot which did not come out true in Irak. But most of it was correct. Can't say that for the claims of Murat and his jihadi pals, most of which was wrong. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-21 10:38:36 AM |
| #11 Oh my G_D, I better get a lawyer. NOT. G.W. Bush |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-21 10:30:44 AM |
| #10 Well, if Gentle and Boris show up, it'll be the "Trifecta of Trollage". So, who's making the popcorn? |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-09-21 10:24:38 AM |
| #9 Bush is a War Criminal Antiwar is an IDIOT. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-21 10:21:58 AM |
| #8 Help! Someone's roused the Amazing Irrefutable Debate Monster Antiwar! She'll crush us all with her mighty reasoning and nuanced debating powers! |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-21 10:17:22 AM |
| #7 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Antiwar TROLL 2004-09-21 10:10:54 AM |
| #6 Murat supports Islamofacism to the hilt. End of story. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-09-21 10:06:37 AM |
| #5 Define "torture" Murat. Why do I always get the feeling that with you, as you loath the US, you also expect more from her than you ever would whatever little hellhole, errrrrrr country you reside in? |
| Posted by: RJB in JC MO 2004-09-21 6:49:24 AM |
| #4 Well, Murat, get some gas in the tank and go check. I hope tht your "millitant" buddies would kidnap you on the way and provide some life-long excitement like they've done to the 3 unfortunate Turkish victims--in your case it would be much more deserved. |
| Posted by: Memesis 2004-09-21 6:44:04 AM |
| #3 Why is it a demand for something that supposedly the coalition doesn't have, women prisoners? How do you know, the coalition (in this case Americans only) claimed it didn't torture too. In fact the coalition (Americans) claimed a lot which did not come out true in Irak. |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-09-21 6:25:38 AM |
| #2 Even if the demands are met, these killers would never let a non-muslim go free. They would claim there are more than 2 women being held in captivity, then kill the hostages. I feel so bad for the families that are going through this torture right now. God bless them. The next time we go to Fallujah, we better not be fucking around, and let these killers escape justice ...again. |
| Posted by: Destro 2004-09-21 6:16:32 AM |
| #1 Why is it a demand for something that supposedly the coalition doesn't have, women prisoners? The Iraqis may have some but the US and U.K. claim they have none. Are they holding some high value recent captures? The Iraqi goverment is holding 2 female scientists as war criminals Dr. Germ and Mrs Anthrax I bet the homosexual, child molester and, defiler of the Koran and sacred rasins Zarqawi would love to get his hands on those 2. Sad fact is if as a civilian you are going to go to a place like Iraq you take your life in your own hands. Has the US Department of State of U.K. Home Office told people it's safe to travel to Iraq? I don't think so. You get your ass in a sling over there and you are on your own, just as it always has been. Only John Kerry, LLLs, girly men and, moonbats think otherwise this group includes the I hate to see these familes put through hell but their loved ones were not coerced to go to Iraq. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-21 6:10:52 AM |