December 16, 2005
Norman Kember of England, American Thomas Fox, and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden were taken hostage by an unknown group calling themselves 'The Swords of Righteousness Brigade'. 'As first revealed at The Jawa Report, The Swords of Righteousness Brigade' has been linked to the Islamic Army in Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq is an al Qaeda linked Salaafist jihadi group that has murdered foreign hostages in the past.
Curiously, the Islamic Army in Iraq website has been silent on the fate of the four hostages. Even more curious is the fact that although the group claimed responsibility for the murder of American hostage Ronald Schulz at an online forum frequented by jihadis, the Islamic Army in Iraq website has made no mention of it nor have they released the usual hostage snuff video.
The fact that the negotiator sent in to obtain the release of the four hostages may have been taken hostage himself is a bad sign. Hope for the best, pray for a miracle, but be prepared for the worst.
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Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 16, 2005 04:48 PM (0yYS2)
/smartass mode
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at December 16, 2005 05:04 PM (JQjhA)
Kinds of reminds me of something?
oh! yes:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
Posted by: dave at December 16, 2005 05:13 PM (CcXvt)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 16, 2005 05:25 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: hondo at December 16, 2005 05:46 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 16, 2005 06:35 PM (oC6D4)
Posted by: Sairah Khan at December 16, 2005 07:08 PM (mjsuO)
Posted by: hondo at December 16, 2005 07:11 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 16, 2005 07:14 PM (0yYS2)
I have a dog in the fight. More specifically, and more respectfully, I mean Norman Kember. It's gotten pretty frustrating to wait without any news. In a sense that's a good thing because the lack of murder videos and statements of responsibility implies that the hostages are still alive. I will continue to join people like Sairah Khan and many others in prayer.
Posted by: Uncle Ben at December 16, 2005 07:22 PM (g4Hi+)
I mean when they kill someone they show it and in the case of Schulz in the first video of his abduction the video cuts out the people around him and no video on his so called murder ??? just makes no sense.
Anyone with ideas on it ?
Posted by: chase at December 16, 2005 07:24 PM (kTKtl)
Posted by: hondo at December 16, 2005 07:27 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Agent Smith at December 17, 2005 05:31 AM (oC6D4)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 17, 2005 09:22 AM (0yYS2)
Posted by: Jester at December 17, 2005 01:59 PM (0zfa5)
Maxie has an excellent point. You can tell an enemy to go fuck himself; or you can tell a friend to go fuck himself - same word/expression but two different meanings in context.
Dr Rusty would consider this a prime example of irony.
I consider it a testament to the versatility of the english word - fuck.
Posted by: hondo at December 17, 2005 03:04 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: greyrooster at December 21, 2005 03:18 AM (pSK/I)
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