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| Video Of Execution Of Turkish Hostage Posted On Islamist Website |
| 2004-09-13 |
| Grisly footage of the execution of a Turkish hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq last month was posted on an Islamist website Monday. In the video, three masked kidnappers are shown slitting the throat of a blindfolded Durmus Kumdereli, one of three Turkish truck drivers seized by the Tawhid wal Jihad (Unification and Holy War) group of alleged Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi in August. A huge black banner bearing the feared militant group`s name provides the backdrop for the execution video, shot on August 17. Kumdereli was killed for supplying the US-led military in Iraq, the kidnappers said. His body was found north of Baghdad in early September along with those of his two missing colleagues. Zarqawi`s group had announced their murder shortly beforehand. A Turkish Foreign Ministry official in Ankara confirmed that Kumdereli had been missing in Iraq, but could not confirm his killing. "Mr Kumdereli was on our list of missing," said the official, who said that another driver that had been taken hostage with him had been released. Since Iraq insurgents launched a wave of kidnappings of foreign nationals in April, a number of Turkish truck drivers have been taken hostage. Most were later released, although a fourth truck driver -- Murat Yuce -- was shot dead by his kidnappers in July. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #7 here is a chronological list of the ottoman empires exploits http://www.stfrancis.edu/hi/kronoloji.htm intresting dates: 1453 - Bosnia was captured by the Ottomans. 1489 - The Ottomans gained temporary control of Cyprus from the Venetians 1517 - The Ottomans captured Egypt and executed Mamluk leaders. 1529 - The Ottomans conquered Budapest and besieged Vienna for the first time 1554 - Ottomans conquered present day Armenia and Azerbaijan. This began the Ottoman-Russian stalemate over the Caucuses. 1830 - The Treaty of London granted Greeks freedom. intresting that the ottmans were finally done in by the shite muslims who were against the european wannabees the ottomans, not sure if this has any relavance but i thought the link was interesting... |
| Posted by: SCpatriot 2004-09-13 8:59:57 PM |
| #6 I thought they didn't even get to Vienna. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 7:31:21 PM |
| #5 They'll always have Paris. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-13 7:28:14 PM |
| #4 so murat it seems turkey is not liked by america nor the terrorists....what a quaint situation turkey has gotten herself in...like it wasn't bad enough being bitch slapped by the EU.... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-09-13 6:12:54 PM |
| #3 These truck drivers were just trying to make a living for their family. If the Islamists took over Turkey, our commentator Murat might be one of the first to be hung, stabbed, beheaded or disembowled. There are probably a lot of Moslems in Turkey who have broken thru the mind block of Islamic propaganda and are sincerely hoping the kufr wipe the population of Iraq clean. Others who haven't will blame America for the Islamist atrocities. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-13 5:09:45 PM |
| #2 Not funny, Nanook. Those Allenist a-holes are subhuman scum. My sympathies to the families of the truck drivers and we should all feel a pang at their loss. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-13 4:55:43 PM |
| #1 "Murat Yuce -- was shot dead by his kidnappers in July". They shot the wrong Murat! |
| Posted by: Nanook 2004-09-13 4:51:12 PM |