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Iraq-Jordan
Zarqawi group says US pilot executed
2005-05-22
MILITANTS in Iraq today claimed to have executed an American hostage in a statement on the internet, which was accompanied by pictures of the man's driving licence. The group, headed by al-Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said the victim was a US pilot. "Your brothers in Al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers got their hands on a US pilot who turned out to have bombarded several mosques and the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq, as well as several civilian homes," the statement said.
Um. No hostage video, no execution video, just pics of a driver's license? Color me skeptical.
"After questioning this infidel, the divine verdict was applied to him." The statement's authenticity could not be verified.
I'll say.
It did not specify the date of the man's kidnapping, but was accompanied by pictures of an Illinois driving licence in the name of Neenus Y. Khoshaba, born on November 27 1948.
A moment of silence for Mr. Khoshaba's ID, please.
There was no immediate comment from the US military.
"We'll get back to you on that. Later. Much later."
Posted by:Seafarious

#15  If and many ifs this person is real, there is no doubt that on this planet there are people by many names ne'r heard before. His name is unique and almost sounds Kurdish... not Arabic. Regardless.. Many people have been taking on contractor jobs over there and for some its a risk worth taking to achieve one financial goal or another. Its the chance of a lifetime for others and many people do go over for just those kind of simple goals... they care less about the nobler reasons we like to endear and propagate. Some are noble in their reasons and God bless them. I think this person is real and perhaps was picked up or nabbed or got stupid and blundered into the wrong place at the wrong time. He might not even be dead. He may have lost his wallet somewhere in the Green Zone and the contents are being exploited... time will tell though and we could all look goofy. I also don't believe that any of our fine agencies are hiding who they are anymore for over two years now... they stand out too much and wear clothes out of sync with everyone else, arm themselves with different firearms and drive nicer SUVs over there.
Posted by: Spomolet Chick1592   2005-05-22 18:45  

#14  Tom, I briefly searched the history/links for the company at the link in your post.


>IF, IF Neenus Y. Khoshaba is a real person, and by extention the co. is too....then Is it a cover for an agency?

Or just total disinformation by Muslim Murder Inc?

As you can see in my first post, I was skeptical and remain so.

Posted by: NUMA NUMA   2005-05-22 18:33  

#13  I was addressing NN, Spomolet Chick1592. I found your info just fine.
Posted by: Tom   2005-05-22 18:13  

#12  Tom... use the "find" tool to search download doc from 2003. It just basically shows a record of a person by the same name in a real estate transaction in the Chicago, Ill area. The doc number can also lead you to this 2003 record... doesn't mean its the same person, but who knows.
Posted by: Spomolet Chick1592   2005-05-22 18:09  

#11  {bowing] Thank you, .com! I'd just like to add that this fine article was brought to the world by our good friends at AFP.
Posted by: Tom   2005-05-22 18:08  

#10  So, SC - he's a furniture dealer in Baghdad and speculates in real estate with his partners Pierre and Matellus? Domicile? Baghdad, lol!

They Google! They shoot! They miss!

Lessee, where is that bin laden California DL image... oh yeah -- here.

Amateurs at everything except Murder and setting the standard for Asstards, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-05-22 18:07  

#9  Hmmm. It looks like Neenus is one of those refugee Iraqis who went back home to set up a furniture manufacturing business. This looks a lot more like a kidnapping for extortion, which so many of the locals have experienced post-invasion. Good research, guys!
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-05-22 18:04  

#8  I don't follow, NN. Your PDF file link contains no reference to Khoshaba.
Posted by: Tom   2005-05-22 18:00  

#7  ROFL, Tom!!!

He shoots! He scores!

Lol, man - are they fuckwits or what? Lol! Too funny... They make up shit to peddle to their gullible Arab brothers. We couldn't make shit up that lame if we had to. Our built-in BS Detectors would peg and we'd try to be more clever. I'd say it's pretty clear that this little jewel is missing in some of humanity's nether branches. Like tongue-rollers or ear-wigglers or something. Missing the Bullshit Detector. Wow. I just knew that watching all those TV commercials (and Hollyweird movies, lol) would turn out to be a good thing, someday, lol! Brings new meaning to mea culpa, no?

Kudos, Tom. That just freakin' blows it out of the water, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-05-22 17:59  

#6  http://www.chicagobusiness.com/downloads/Real12_03.txt
DocNum Zone Address City Township Amount RecordDate buyers sellers
0313920258 03 3834 W Jerome Skokie Niles $495,000 5/19/2003 Pierre Natacha,Matellus Audin Khoshaba Neenus Y
Posted by: Spomolet Chick1592   2005-05-22 17:53  

#5  http://blogs.it/0100206/categories/magazzino/baghdad.pdf

Baghdad Bazar: many other links including Deutsche Bank report and several Friends of the Earth moonbat reports.
Posted by: NN   2005-05-22 17:51  

#4  Having just had their asses handed to them again in AL Qaim etc, and with nothing else to show recently other than piles of dead Iraqi civilians, Zarqawi's Top Notch Propaganda Corps(tm) reaches into the same bag of lame tricks that produced the "Cody" incident last February.
Posted by: Carl in N.H.   2005-05-22 17:26  

#3  The plot thickens:
http://www.baghdadbazar.com/info.aspx?theID=2629
Posted by: Tom   2005-05-22 17:25  

#2  Neenus? Jeebus
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-22 17:18  

#1  56 years old?
Posted by: NUMA NUMA   2005-05-22 17:12  

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