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2004-04-08 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Lux 2004-04-08 4:20:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia are holding an undisclosed number of Spanish hostages and possibly an American soldier, whom they intend to swap for the release of Mustafa Yacoubi, an aide to al-Sadr, Agence France- Presse reported, citing Amar al-Husseini, a spokesman in Baghdad for the group.

Al-Sadr's Mahdi army, which numbers about 3,000, has been rebelling against the U.S.-led occupation in southern Iraq since the weekend. Al-Sadr has called for a withdrawal of coalition troops from the country. A Spanish government spokesman had no information on the alleged hostage-taking...

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Posted by Lux 2004-04-08 4:48:46 AM|| 2004-04-08 4:48:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sadr : We have Spanish hostages

And vicious subversive un-P/C renegade elements within Spain's military have provided our snipers with stamped Spanish ammunition to center-punch each and every Mahdi hostage-taker with.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-08 5:40:43 AM|| 2004-04-08 5:40:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Debka says not so.

Posted by JackAssFestival 2004-04-08 7:34:49 AM|| [http://www.debka.com/] 2004-04-08 7:34:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The Spanish military has denied the capture of any Spanish soldier.

Posted by JFM 2004-04-08 8:11:03 AM|| 2004-04-08 8:11:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 JFM> what about Spanish civilians? Are the Spanish papers saying anything about that?

Posted by Jarhead 2004-04-08 8:17:35 AM|| 2004-04-08 8:17:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Probably is civilians (if they have anyone at all of course), because there are now more reports of hostages been taken - link - this time Japanese and South Korean.

If this is all Sadr related, then it looks like he's falling back on more 'traditional' terror tactics.

Posted by Lux 2004-04-08 8:40:10 AM|| 2004-04-08 8:40:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 This is straight out of the Hezbollah playbook.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-04-08 8:58:28 AM|| 2004-04-08 8:58:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Jarhead

The Spanish media say nothing about civilians be it for confirming or denying their capture. The only info they have is about no soldier being captured.

Of course it is a lot easier to check for missing soldiers than for missing civilians who could have travelled privately.

Posted by JFM 2004-04-08 9:07:43 AM|| 2004-04-08 9:07:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 JFM> true enough.

To all> taking Skor/Japanese prisoners is a big gamble on Sadr's behalf. These countries will either cower or get more agressive, developments will be interesting. Any comments?

Posted by Jarhead 2004-04-08 9:22:14 AM|| 2004-04-08 9:22:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Jarhead:
Unfortunately my guess is that they will cower. I'm pretty certain that that is Sadr's opinion too.

Posted by Secret Master 2004-04-08 10:53:24 AM|| [www.budgetwarrior.com] 2004-04-08 10:53:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 "Sorry. Mexican gardeners. My bad."
-- Muqty

Posted by mojo 2004-04-08 11:05:59 AM|| 2004-04-08 11:05:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 The Spanish military has denied the capture of any Spanish soldier.

Maybe they were referring to the entire country of Spain, which has been held hostage since 3/11.

Posted by BH 2004-04-08 3:02:11 PM|| 2004-04-08 3:02:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Maybe they were referring to the entire country of Spain, which has been held hostage since 3/11.

Bwahahahahahaha! Stop, stop ... You're ripping my heart out!

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-08 5:14:45 PM|| 2004-04-08 5:14:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Enjoy your new job, Zappie....

Posted by Pappy 2004-04-08 9:13:55 PM|| 2004-04-08 9:13:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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