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December 6, 2005
Iraq Video Claims to Show Captive American (Updated with video)
Topics: Iraq
Al-Jazeera broadcast a video Tuesday claiming insurgents kidnapped a U.S. security consultant, and the militants displayed a blond, Western-looking man sitting with his hands tied behind his back.
The video (hat tip - Ogrish) also bore the logo of the Islamic Army in Iraq and showed a U.S. passport and an identification card. If true, the man would become the second American taken hostage in the last two weeks.
Reuters is reporting that the captors are threatening to kill him in 48 hours unless Washington frees all Iraqi prisoners, and that the video showed an American passport and an Arabic identity card bearing the name Ronald Allen Schulz of North Dakota.
According to Reuters, Al Jazeera said it could not verify the authenticity of the tape, and that the man worked as a security consultant for the Iraqi housing ministry. Al-Jazeera is reported to have said that the militants were also demanding the U.S. government pay compensation to Iraqis affected by military offensives led by U.S. troops against militants in the Sunni Muslim-dominated Anbar province, which comprises the restive towns of Ramadi and Falluja.
Update: You can see the video here (hat tip - Jawa Report, Ogrish).
Related - Bush Rules Out Ransom for Captives in Iraq
Other coverage: Jawa Report (hat tip), In The Bullpen,
Additional resource - Islamic Army of Iraq.
Posted by Richard at December 6, 2005 10:26 AM
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