Tazmaniac
01-03-07, 09:30 PM
Do they release these videos to instill fear in all of us?
http://www.onelocalnews.com/newhopecourier/ViewArticle.aspx?id=39697&source=2
New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq
2007/1
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.
"My name is John R. Young," one captive in a blue and white sweat suit said in the video. "I‘m 44 years old. I‘m from Kansas City, Missouri. The date is 21 December, 2006. I‘m well, my friends are well, we‘ve been treated well."
The captives were dressed in civilian clothes and spoke in a flat, impassive tone. Several had their hands folded in their laps.
The kidnappers were not seen or heard in the video, which lasted one minute and 40 seconds and was digitally stamped with the dates Dec. 21 and Dec. 22, 2006. It began with an image of a Quran and a map of Iraq over a green background, changing to a title that read, "The National Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The Furkan Brigades. The captivity operation was done in the Safwan district in Basra."
Four of the captives were seen sitting alone and cross-legged on a carpet, with a black sheet hanging behind them. The video only showed the upper body of the fifth man, who identified himself as Paul Johnson Reuben of Buffalo, Minn., which is near Minneapolis. Reuben said the date is Dec. 22, 2006, and that he wanted his family to know he was being treated well.
Another captive identified himself as Josh Munz, 23, of Redding, Calif.
Another video of the captives surfaced last week and was reported by McClatchy Newspapers. That video was believed to have been recorded two weeks after the men were kidnapped.
She said her faith in God has helped to get her through the difficult last few weeks since her son was reported missing.
Reuben‘s sister-in-law, Jennifer Reuben of New Richmond, Wis., said: "I was just glad to see him. That‘s all I can say."
Harz said the parents of Nussbaumer, 25, had been informed about the existence of the video and its contents.
Last week, an audiotape containing a statement from Nussbaumer appeared to be authentic, the Foreign Ministry said after an expert analysis.
© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
http://www.onelocalnews.com/newhopecourier/ViewArticle.aspx?id=39697&source=2
New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq
2007/1
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.
"My name is John R. Young," one captive in a blue and white sweat suit said in the video. "I‘m 44 years old. I‘m from Kansas City, Missouri. The date is 21 December, 2006. I‘m well, my friends are well, we‘ve been treated well."
The captives were dressed in civilian clothes and spoke in a flat, impassive tone. Several had their hands folded in their laps.
The kidnappers were not seen or heard in the video, which lasted one minute and 40 seconds and was digitally stamped with the dates Dec. 21 and Dec. 22, 2006. It began with an image of a Quran and a map of Iraq over a green background, changing to a title that read, "The National Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The Furkan Brigades. The captivity operation was done in the Safwan district in Basra."
Four of the captives were seen sitting alone and cross-legged on a carpet, with a black sheet hanging behind them. The video only showed the upper body of the fifth man, who identified himself as Paul Johnson Reuben of Buffalo, Minn., which is near Minneapolis. Reuben said the date is Dec. 22, 2006, and that he wanted his family to know he was being treated well.
Another captive identified himself as Josh Munz, 23, of Redding, Calif.
Another video of the captives surfaced last week and was reported by McClatchy Newspapers. That video was believed to have been recorded two weeks after the men were kidnapped.
She said her faith in God has helped to get her through the difficult last few weeks since her son was reported missing.
Reuben‘s sister-in-law, Jennifer Reuben of New Richmond, Wis., said: "I was just glad to see him. That‘s all I can say."
Harz said the parents of Nussbaumer, 25, had been informed about the existence of the video and its contents.
Last week, an audiotape containing a statement from Nussbaumer appeared to be authentic, the Foreign Ministry said after an expert analysis.
© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.