Centanni and Wigg Kidnappers Likely Zarqawi Inspired

James Joyner | Thursday, August 24, 2006

Rusty Shackleford has strong reason to believe that the group behind the kidnapping of Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wigg are an “al Qaeda 3.0″ group that sees Abu Musab al Zarqawi as a source for inspiration. Given that Zarqawi got on the map by personally beheading hostages on videotape, that’s bad news indeed.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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The fact we haven't seen them executed yet is a reason to hope that Shackleford is wrong, as I'm sure he would be happy to be.

Posted by Anderson | August 24, 2006 | 05:36 pm | Permalink

 

Inspired by Zarqawi? But we killed him, why would they be inspired by that? I thought it showed that we mean business. Huh.

Posted by Ugh | August 24, 2006 | 06:45 pm | Permalink

 

Maybe we should release the video (ala Jazeera) of Zarqi coughing up blood following the strike.

Posted by LJD | August 25, 2006 | 07:47 am | Permalink

 

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