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November 29, 2005

German Woman Taken Hostage in Iraq

UPDATE: The Jawa Report has learned that the name of the woman is Susanne Osthoff. More on Osthoff here.

A German woman has been taken hostage in Iraq. The image right shows the woman and her driver as they appeared in a hostage video. The woman's name has not been released. We will publish her name and the name of her driver as soon as they are known.

According to ADNKI the woman was an archeologist and was abducted with her driver near Ninevah.

Further:

The kidnappers sent a video to the broadcaster's offices in Baghdad in which they showed the hostages and threatened to kill the woman if the German government does not suspend every form of cooperation with the Iraqi government.
The video shows a woman and a man blindfolded and on their knees. Nearby are three armed men with their faces covered. The woman has a chain around her neck, with her passport attached to it.
The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the archaeologist and her driver have been missing since Friday. "We are doing everything possible to guarantee the safety of the woman," a spokesman said. "We are in contact with all the offices of the government of Iraq to confirm what has happened."

So, archeology is considered "collaboration" by the salaafist jihadis these days?

Hat tip to Dread Pundit Bluto who has more.

Developing........

Posted by: Rusty at 08:47 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 Is he going to shoot the hostages with an RPG?

Posted by: dcb at November 29, 2005 08:57 AM (8e/V4)

2 Actually, the RPG looks like it's pointing at the guy reading the statement. Maybe he didn't conjegate his verbs properly and this really pissed the other guy off?

Posted by: Rusty at November 29, 2005 09:12 AM (JQjhA)

3 If they execute her, I doubt they will broadcast it. Just like the senseless killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan.
They probably did not release that due to not wanting to give another reason for moderate Muslims to turn against them.

Is it me, or does the guy holding the RPG seem to look Syrian?
If that is the case that is _very_ bad news, those are the type of radical "dirka-dirka Mohammed" Jihadi's that are the hardliners, no problem doing beheadings, suicide bombings, murder, abduction etc.

Posted by: dave at November 29, 2005 09:18 AM (CcXvt)

4 I'm not sure why you would think he's Syrian. Maybe it's the sweat pants?

Posted by: Rusty at November 29, 2005 09:58 AM (JQjhA)

5 I'm trying to imagine her thoughts that led to this moment: "Hey, let's go pottering around a warzone full of headchopping savages! They won't dare hurt me, because I hate America as much as they do!"
I see it's working out well for her.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 29, 2005 10:08 AM (0yYS2)

6 Right now that America-hating German has a head full of fantasies about American GI's blazing away at her captors and wisking her away to safety. That, or she's hoping some Euro-dhimmi pays them a bribe.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 10:22 AM (8e/V4)

7 I hope her hatred of America comforts her during the gang-rape sessions and eventual decapitation.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 29, 2005 12:07 PM (0yYS2)

8 Rusty:

I was basing it upon how slender he is, along with the fact that he has a much darker skin color I think I actually meant sudanese.

I tried to find a picture of what I was thinking :
http://www.geo cities.com/kaninislam/jihad4.jpg

I think I stumbled on another Jihadi website, go to the:
http://www.geo cities.com/kaninislam/j
(remove the spaces)
and check out the United States of Islam map along with the title "The dream of 20th Century Muslims will be REAL in the 21 century"

Posted by: dave at November 29, 2005 12:22 PM (CcXvt)

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