10 more hostages seized: militants

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A MILITANT group in Iraq today claimed it was holding 10 hostages working for an American-Turkish company in a tape broadcast by the pan-Arab TV station, Al-Jazeera.

The previously unknown group, calling itself the Salafist Bridages of Abu Baqr Al-Siddiq, gave a deadline of three days for the company to leave Iraq otherwise it would kill the hostages, the station's presenter said.

The Al-Jazeera presenter said the station had received a copy of the tape, but did not say how. The group identified the company as an American-Turkish firm operating in Iraq, but did not give a name.
The station only aired a clip showing the 10 hostages, sitting under the banner of the group. The group did not give the nationalities of the hostages or say where they were captured.

About 120 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq, and many have been killed by their captors. Insurgents have carried out most of the kidnappings in a bid to drive foreign companies out of Iraq and thwart the US-led reconstruction of the country.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10812206%255E1702,00.html

[Mz Pip]

1. Of course

this will be buried in the conservative press and cable news. MOre important to talk about the credibility of Dan Rather.

MzPip
:dem:

[saigon68]

2. Sounds like there's more stability every day

With the schools opening, the youth soccer programs and the flower shops providing the natives with unlimited supplies of flowers to strew at the feet of their Liberators.

[TahitiNut]

4. Winning "hearts and minds" ...

... with bullets and bombs. :eyes: Gee, what a novel strategy. Not.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Has anybody informed the Emperor yet?

BRING IT ON

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