Radical Left Calling Zarqawi Death Political Stunt
Michael Berg, whose son Nicholas was the first man beheaded on video by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said today that Zarqawi's death is a tragedy and President Bush is a bigger terrorist. The father of Nicholas Berg, a U.S. contractor believed to have been beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, said Thursday that al-Zarqawi's killing will only perpetuate the cycle of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 8, 2006 21:33
Atwar Bahjat Beheading Video a Hoax (Images / Video)
Rusty Shackleford reports, A gruesome beheading video delivered to the Sunday Times proporting to be of slain journalist Atwar Bahjat is a hoax. On Sunday, May 7th, the Times reported that they had received a low-quality video of Atwar Bahjat being slowly beheaded. That video is now being circulated on the internet as the "Atwar Bahjat" beheading video. The Jawa Report can ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 8, 2006 15:22
Christian Peacemakers Ungrateful, Blame Rescuers
John Stevenson collects statements made by the Christian Peacemaker Teams after this morning's daring rescue by Coalition military personnel from Islamist terrorists who had already murdered one of their fellows. Their press release does not even mention, let alone thank, the men who risked their lives for their rescue, noting merely their "joy" that their comrades "have been safely released." ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 23, 2006 12:43
Canadian, British Aid Workers Freed in Iraq
The remaining hostages held with the murdered Tom Fox have been rescued in a daring commando operation. Three Christian peace activists kidnapped last year in Iraq were freed Thursday in an early morning military operation, the British Embassy in Iraq announced. The announcement came two weeks after their colleague and fellow hostage, Tom Fox of Virginia, was shot to death and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 23, 2006 06:41
U.S. Hostage Tom Fox Killed in Iraq
Tom Fox has been killed in Iraq by his kidnappers. An American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped last year in Iraq has been killed, a State Department spokesman said Friday. The FBI verified that a body found in Iraq Friday morning was that of Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va., spokesman Noel Clay said. He said he had ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 10, 2006 23:05
Hostage Ronald Schulz Murdered by Terrorists
Ronald Schulz, an American electrician working in Iraq, has reportedly been murdered by an Islamist terrorist group. U.S. hostage killed, Iraq militant group says (MSNBC) An Iraqi insurgent group said Thursday in an Internet posting that it killed a U.S. security consultant it had taken hostage. The claimâs authenticity could not be immediately verified. The Islamic Army in Iraq said it ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 8, 2005 12:27
Video: Iraq Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Hostages
The other shoe has dropped: The Swords of Righteousness Brigade terrorists holding four members of the so-called Christian Peacemaker Teams* have threatened to kill them unless all prisoners are released from U.S. and Iraqi detention centers on a video shown on Al-Jazeera. Iraq kidnappers threaten to kill hostages (AP/USA Today) The kidnappers of four Christian peace activists threatened to kill the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 2, 2005 16:38
Video Shows Activists Kidnapped in Iraq
A terrorist group calling itself The Swords of Righteousness Brigade has released a video of four Western peace activists taken hostage in Iraq. Video Shows Activists Kidnapped in Iraq (AP) Al-Jazeera broadcast an insurgent video Tuesday showing four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq, with a previously unknown group claiming responsibility for the kidnappings. The Swords of Righteousness Brigade said the four ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 29, 2005 13:42
American Hostage Roy Hallums Rescued in Iraq
Roy Hallums has been freed, thanks to a daring rescue. American, Iraqi captives freed in Iraq (CNN) Acting on a tip from a detainee, coalition forces rescued two hostages, including an American held hostage since November, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Roy Hallums and an Iraqi man were freed "from captivity in an isolated farm house located 15 miles south ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 7, 2005 14:54
Taliban Claims it Has Beheaded Captured American SEAL
Taliban claims it has killed missing U.S. soldier (Reuters) Taliban guerrillas said on Saturday they had killed a missing American commando they claimed to have captured in Afghanistan. The U.S. military said it had no information to support the claim. "We killed him at 11 o'clock today; we killed him using a knife and chopped off his head," Taliban ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 9, 2005 08:02
