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| American beheaded in Iraq: website |
| 2004-09-20 |
| ONE of two American hostages being held with a Briton in Iraq had been beheaded, a website statement said today. The claim, which could not be verified this morning, came after a 48-hour deadline set by the men's kidnappers passed. The short statement was posted by a website contributor using the pseudonym Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, who has put up past statements. It was signed in the name of Tawhid and Jihad and referred to suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, with whom the hostage-takers are believed to be linked. The statement said that al-Zarqawi "God protect him, has beheaded the first American". "The group will next behead the others." The posting promised video proof "soon, God willing". |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #12 Sometimes I simply just cant understand these people, doing shit like this doesnt show any political cause - simply shows them for the cowardly, muderous fucks they are. Wouldnt you love to have 10 mins in a room with them, without their weapons they are nothing. On the lighter side, I noted the guy wearing adidas tracksuit pants - seems they cant help but buy American clothes - makes you wonder... |
| Posted by: Anonymous6590 2004-09-22 1:49:05 AM |
| #11 What is it going to take for Americans to start retaliating here? Why won't Americans go Nepalese on these evil mother fuckers here, at home? Burn a few Mosque here and I will guarantee that American Muslims will start speaking out and the evil fuckers around the world will listen. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6134 2004-09-20 9:24:09 PM |
| #10 From CNN's website, on whose body was found in the mosque: "Sheik Hazim al-Zaidi, the Sunni imam of Baghdad's al-Sajjad mosque, was kidnapped while leaving the temple in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood, a heavily Shiite Muslim district, al-Zaidi spokesman Ammar al-Siger said. His body was later delivered back to the mosque. " |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-09-20 7:30:56 PM |
| #9 And one more thing-the website in question is currently hosted in Japan? This goes to a Rantburg argument of several months ago-not everything is acceptable as a business deal. You are not free to traffic films documenting beheadings in the name of "commerce". Internationally, anything goes is not an acceptable trade standard. Japan in particular needs a black eye over this ethicless greed . Change your policy. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-09-20 7:05:11 PM |
| #8 Seafarious, thanks for the info. So, how do these websites get the video? Is it sent over the Internet? Is it delivered to a sympathetic crony? Tighten the net and haul some folks in. I just heard on the news that the body was found in a mosque in Baghdad. Shut the mosque down or destroy it. Enough silent complicity from moderate Muslims. Share the pain. In terms of law, cingold, you usually have legal insight to add to the argument. Is there a parallel between the way we treat child porn distributors and the way we could treat Jihad-sympathetic sites? Each didn't "commit" the act, but each promotes it. In the case of distributing porn, you can also be arrested and convicted, correct? Write an emergency law, do what it takes. If it happens in the US, seize the assets of the company. These beheadings are beyond the pale; they require a devastating response. I refuse to become numb in the face of these atrocities. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-09-20 6:42:56 PM |
| #7 Per Internet Haganah, Tawhid's websites are currently hosted in Japan. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-20 5:37:41 PM |
| #6 Rafael: we don't need God's will. The will of free men and women will see to it that these evil fucks die. However many virgins they get to screw in their perverse heaven is not our concern. We've got more practical matters to attend to. R.I.P. Eugene Armstrong. You will not be forgotten. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-09-20 4:47:51 PM |
| #5 God forbid the Briton or the other American should meet a similar fate but I can already hear the apologist tone coming from the Muslim Council of Britain. The screaming liberals will blame Blair, the Muslim Council of Britain will also blame Blair, but the silent majority will understand there is a rotten core at the heart of Islam. God willing. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-20 4:46:26 PM |
| #4 It's time to counter these barbaric beheadings with an iron response. Jihadis get their sense of value by pretending to have the power of God. We need to correct that delusion. They need to learn a deathly lesson about what happens when men commit evil acts in the name of God. In this electronic age of terror, we need media to keep informed, but we need to shut down any media when it helps jihadists commit their crimes. We could put the screws to countries to arraign (AS TELEVISED EVENTS) the bigwigs of Islamic websites for abetting in terrorist acts. If the media companies scream freedom of the press, we should smack them with charges of participation in murders and close them down unless they starting fessing up where they got the tapes. And if states start screaming "you are interfering with our sovereignty" and refuse to help stop psychopathic killers, the gloves come off with regard to "protecting" their mosques. These beheadings are stirring up hatred against Muslims. Some sh*t better change and NOW. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-20 4:25:07 PM |
| #3 They have recovered his body. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-20 4:09:23 PM |
| #2 Mark, please check for duplicates before posting. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-20 3:54:24 PM |
| #1 God willing, Zarqawi will soon hang from a bridge. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-09-20 3:54:07 PM |