Iraqi Kidnappers Threaten to Kill U.S. Hostage

[Barrett808]

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraqi kidnappers said in a tape aired on an Arabic television station on Saturday they will kill a U.S. hostage they're holding unless U.S. forces lift the siege of Falluja.

"Up to now your prisoner is being dealt with in the tolerant manner specified by Islamic law. Our one request is to break the siege of the city of the mosques (Falluja) during the 12 hours from six o'clock on Saturday evening," a voice on a tape shown on Qatar-based Al Jazeera said.

"If not he will be dealt with worse that those who were killed and burned in Falluja," the voice added in the tape, which also showed the man, who Al Jazeera said was described elsewhere in the tape as a U.S. citizen.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040410/ts_nm/iraq_hostages_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480

[leftchick]

1. Here is a photo of him. I am guessing this guy is a mercenary...

Blackwater Employee perhaps? Do we negotiate for mercenaries?



<In the latest in a string of kidnappings this week, Australia's ABC television showed an American civilian being taken away in a car by fighters after an attack on a fuel convoy near Baghdad on Saturday. The man spoke with a southern American accent and identified himself as Thomas Hamill.>

[sspiderjohn]

2. Poor man . . . and that STUPID decision to ravage Fallujah . . .

nt

[boobooday]

3. Could be a Halliburton employee, too

One of their fuel convoys was attacked.

And Bush is on vacation. Somebody will have to write him a memo, and somebody will have to read it to him.



http://www.wgoeshome.com

[bluedog]

4. paging rice

send bush a memo.they are going to kill an American in 12 hours.do you WH people hear that?? Did you get THIS memo......Play games.you SOBS..and Americans are losing their lives over your damn lies......

[PfcHammer]

5. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x478401