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German hostages have 10 days to live
IRAQI militants holding a German woman and her son hostage said today they were giving Germany a new deadline of 10 days to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or the two would be killed. The Arrows of Righteousness group posted a video on the Internet showing Hannelore Marianne Krause urging Germany to heed the demands of the militants. The group had issued an earlier ultimatum on March 10 that it would kill the pair if Berlin failed to pull out its troops from Afghanistan. The two were seized from their home in the western Baghdad district of Ghazaliya in early February. "I urge the German people to help me in my difficult situation," said Mrs Krause, according to an Arabic translation of her comments, only part of which could be heard. "Germany was safe before it got involved in this satanic coalition with America against what they call terrorism," said Mrs Krause, shown sitting on the ground next to her son. A militant speaking on the video but out of sight said: "We are giving the German government another 10 days to begin withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan or we shall kill this criminal woman and her son who works in the Foreign Ministry of the government of (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-) Maliki". The woman is married to an Iraqi physician and moved to Iraq 40 years ago. Her son is reported to be in his mid-20s and has dual German-Iraqi citizenship. The German government has said it is working to try to secure the hostages' release but will not be blackmailed. Posted by: Fred 2007-04-04 |
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