Keith Maupin’s Remains Identified
The body of Staff Sergeant Keith Maupin, the American soldier who was captured and murdered nearly four years ago, has finally been officially identified. Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son. Their efforts included trips to the Pentagon and even meeting with President Bush, but they ended in disappointment Sunday: ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 31, 2008 13:07
12 Year Old Taliban Boy Beheads Man on Video
A few years back, the horrific videos of Islamic terrorists sawing off the heads of kidnapped hostages on video had the Internet abuzz. Eventually, though, the tactic lost its shock value and it seemed to backfire, causing disgust among the Muslim populations who had otherwise been sympathetic to the Islamist cause. Indeed, there were so many that I'd forgotten the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 16, 2008 08:58
Hostage Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie Video Released
A video of American hostage Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie has been released. A Shiite militant group has issued a video of an Iraqi-American soldier who was kidnapped nearly four months ago while visiting his wife in downtown Baghdad, a U.S. television network reported Wednesday. The U.S. government has offered a $50,000 reward leading to the recovery of Iraqi-born American Army translator Ahmed Qusai ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 14, 2007 10:07
Al Qaeda Orders UK Kidnappings and Beheadings
Al Qaeda has ordered "a series of kidnappings and beheadings" in the UK, David Leppard reports for the Sunday Times. The “strategic” assassination instruction was issued by Al-Qaeda’s leaders in Pakistan and Iraq to dozens of their followers in this country. It was uncovered by MI5 last autumn, senior security sources say. As a result police are on standby ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 4, 2007 11:43
Kidnapped FOX News Journalists Centanni and Wiig Freed
Kidnapped FOX News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig have been released unharmed. Two Fox News journalists were released Sunday, nearly two weeks after being seized by militants, ending the longest-running drama involving foreign hostages in the Gaza Strip. American correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig of New Zealand were dropped off at Gaza City's Beach Hotel, hours after appearing ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 27, 2006 07:14
Centanni and Wigg Kidnappers Likely Zarqawi Inspired
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.Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 24, 2006 17:04
U.S. Soldiers Beheaded by al Qaeda (Video/Images)
An al Qaeda faction has released a video showing the murder of two soldiers captured June 19. SITE reports: The Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq issued today, July 10, 2006, a 4:39 minute video that shows the mutilated corpses of the two American soldiers the group stated to have captured on June 19, 2006. The extremely graphic footage is preceded ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 10, 2006 19:45
Four Russian Diplomats Murdered (Video, Photos)
Four Russian diplomats were murdered yesterday by Muslim terrorists. CNN: A group linked to al Qaeda said it has killed four Russian diplomats it had held hostage, according to a statement and video on a Web site Sunday. The group -- the Mujahedeen Shura Council -- said it had beheaded three of the men and shot one to death. A video also ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 26, 2006 12:11
Still More Police Beheadings
Three cops and an American resident too. But not much press attention. Why? Maybe because it didn’t happen 6000 miles away in Baghdad, but 25 miles away in Rosarito Beach, Baja California Norte (BCN), Mexico (near Tijuana, and in the same municipality/municipo). The LA Times reports Mexican authorities discovered the decapitated bodies of three police officers and a fourth man Wednesday ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 23, 2006 04:42
New Beheading Video Released by Iraqi Terrorists (Photos, Video)
An al Qaeda-linked Iraqi terrorist group released a new hostage beheading video yesterday, presumably in an attempt to regain momentum after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's assassination. Insurgents signaled the fight is still on after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, posting an Internet video Saturday showing the beheading of three alleged Shiite death squad members in revenge for killing Sunnis. The video — ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 11, 2006 08:34
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
