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| Turkish Hostages Freed |
| 2004-06-30 |
| Three Turkish hostages held in Iraq by an extremist group that had threatened to behead them have been freed, a Turkish official and a statement from the group carried by the Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera said. The hostages were held by the armed Tawhid wal Jihad (Unity and Holy War) group, led by the Jordanian Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. "In view of your honourable attitude ... we are freeing these hostages and releasing them after they pledged to no longer help the infidels," a spokesman for the group said in a videotape aired by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera. Addressing "Muslims and Mujahedeen in Turkey", the group was referring to recent demonstrations in Turkey against the United States and its policy in Iraq. I am happy for the people released, but I must admit, it is a loss of a great propaganda opportunity. If the Jihadis had been dumb enough to behead Muslims we could have made HUGE political capital out of it. |
| Posted by:Anon1 |