| Submit your comments on this article |
| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Jundallah shows footage of kidnapped Iranian cops |
| 2007-03-09 |
| DUBAI: An Iranian Sunni militant group has released a videotape purportedly showing four kidnapped members of IranÂ’s Revolutionary Guards, according to Al-Arabiya television which aired the video on Thursday. The videotape attributed to the Jundallah (Soldiers of God) militant group said the four men were nabbed following a clash with security forces in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the Dubai-based news channel said. The four men appeared on their knees, while two masked gunmen stood behind them. One of the hostages seemed to be speaking but his voice was muted. Al-Arabiya said the group claimed in the tape that the four hostages were an officer and three soldiers in the Revolutionary Guards. Authorities in mainly Shia Iran said last week that militants killed two policemen and kidnapped four others in a late-night ambush in the sensitive border province before fleeing to neighbouring Pakistan. The clash followed an upsurge of violence in the border area. A spokesman for the militant group said it had no connection to Al Qaeda, to the Taliban or US intelligence, in a separate statement in poor Arabic. |
| Posted by:Fred |