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| Al-Qaeda sez it's holding 36 Iraqi troops prisoner, wants babes sprung |
| 2005-06-09 |
| Al Qaeda's group in Iraq said on Thursday it was holding 36 Iraqi troops hostage and demanded the government free all women prisoners within 24 hours, according to a Web statement. "We in the Al Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq give ... (Prime Minister) Ibrahim al-Jaafari 24 hours to free all Muslim women prisoners held in Interior Ministry jails," said the statement posted on an Islamist Website. The statement said the group was holding 36 National Guards after raids in Western Iraq, and not 22 as reported by Iraqi police on Wednesday. The Sunni Muslim group, which has often abducted and killed officials and soldiers, said the 36 were being questioned about their "crimes against Sunnis". The statement was signed off with a name which usually accompanies the group's statements, but could not be immediately authenticated. Iraqi police said 22 soldiers were kidnapped by gunmen after they left their base in western Iraq on Tuesday. Violence and kidnappings have raised concerns that growing sectarian tensions between Shi'ites and Sunnis could push Iraq towards civil war. Insurgents have stepped up attacks since a new Iraqi government was formed in late April, killing more than 800 police, soldiers, officials and civilians. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 I figure Dr Germ and Anthrax either know where WMD is or can create WMD from scratch. Do not let them fix dinner for you.... |
| Posted by: RG 2005-06-09 21:58 |
| #7 The two are Mrs. Anthrax and Dr. Germ. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-06-09 19:39 |
| #6 If there is only 2 of them (and I doubt there is many more) why are they so anxious to get them out? IIRC both are Ba'athist leaders, one of them a chem or bio weapons expert. Or am I misremembering that? |
| Posted by: too true 2005-06-09 18:39 |
| #5 Thraing Hupoluper1864 is right, don't these guys fight back. Or do they allow themselves be taken hostage, then realize to late that they are really going to be killed. If that's the case, I don't care. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-06-09 18:25 |
| #4 do the iraqi soldiers not carry guns or what how do so many kep getting kidnapped together at the same time? |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-06-09 16:47 |
| #3 Those idiots are the most hard headed sons of bitches I have ever heard of. In all the kidnappings the govt. has never negotiated and never will. You'd think they would change their tactics, do something that works. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-09 16:39 |
| #2 I find it strange that the release all women prisoners comes as a regular 'demand'. If there is only 2 of them (and I doubt there is many more) why are they so anxious to get them out? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-09 16:37 |
| #1 Last I heard, there were two - Dr. Germ and ... um ... But the bad guys would get amnesty int to find some more somehere in the gulag. They'd NEVER believe we let 'em ALL out! So they'll pop the hostages, anyway. Reason 256 not to negotiate with terrorists. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-06-09 16:12 |