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2004-06-27 Iraq-Jordan

Breaking: Pakistani man taken hostage in Iraq

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Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 14:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Link broken. No mention on Fox yet.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-27 2:21:32 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:21:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 FoxNews TV is where I got it. I put the link in correctly...dunno why it adds the rantburg prefix....

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 2:29:56 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:29:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Link and rather predictably they're threatening to behead him.

Posted by Lux 2004-06-27 2:41:06 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:41:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 thx Lux

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 2:43:32 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:43:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I have this fantasy whereby, mistaking him for a kindly old gentleman, they kidnap Yasser Arafat...

Posted by Zpaz 2004-06-27 2:55:28 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:55:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 ...and now there's reports of a US marine taken hostage as well.

Posted by Lux 2004-06-27 4:20:55 PM|| 2004-06-27 4:20:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Lux; according to my friend, they're one and the same. (Cross-checked with Drudge; the linked-to article from Drudge said that the "Marine" was of Pakistani descent, blindfolded, and gave no confirmation that he had any sort of US ID or that his uniform was that of a Marine.)

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-06-27 4:56:46 PM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-06-27 4:56:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 They sure never learned the lesson 4-legged wild animal knows - never crap in your own den.

(With apologies to forest animals everywhere.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-27 4:57:52 PM|| 2004-06-27 4:57:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Arab satellite TV network broadcast a videotape Sunday showing a blindfolded man in military uniform it said was a U.S. Marine taken hostage in Iraq.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military, but the video showed a card identifying the man by a Pakistani name and as an "active duty" Marine.

The Al-Jazeera newtork said the group claimed it infiltrated a U.S. Marine outpost, lured the man outside and abducted him. The station said the group demanded the release of all Iraqis "in occupation jails" or the man would be killed.

The group identified itself as "Islamic Response," the security wing of the "1920 Revolution Brigades" referring to the uprising against the British after World War I.

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 5:20:40 PM|| 2004-06-27 5:20:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 The Marine Corps has reported they had a Marine missing,for over a week.They said he was of Lebanese orgin.Al Jazeera has stated he was Pakistani.Some confusion here.

Posted by rich woods 2004-06-28 12:08:13 AM|| 2004-06-28 12:08:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/27DFDFC0-2CDE-4EF7-8731-FF0900CE82BF.htm

Posted by rich woods 2004-06-28 12:11:44 AM|| 2004-06-28 12:11:44 AM|| Front Page Top

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