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October 02, 2005
Al-Qaeda is claiming that it has two US Marines being held hostage and that they will be executed within 24 hours unless female Sunni Muslim prisoners are released. Reuters "Al Qaeda soldiers succeeded in kidnapping two Marines ... and Al ...
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September 09, 2005
Roy Hallums is aboard a plane and headed back to the US. Welcome home Roy! KESQ Roy Hallums, the American businessman who was freed in Iraq this week after being held hostage for 10 months, is on his way back ...
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September 07, 2005
Roy Hallums, who was taken hostage November 1, 2004, has been rescued along with an Iraqi by coalition forces in a small farm house south of Baghdad. The first sign of Hallums still alive was in a video released ...
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June 22, 2005
Last November, Filipino accountant Robert Tarongoy was abducted in Iraq and held captive. Today, he was released under circumstances that haven't been explained. From The Manila Times:Robert Tarongoy, the Filipino accountant held captive in Iraq since November, has been ...
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May 30, 2005
Top: Marie Jeanne Ion;Center:Sorin Dumitru Miscoci;Bottom:Ovidiu Ohanesian An American, Mohammed Monaf, has been indicted in Romania for being complicit in the hostage taking of three Romanians on March 29, 2005. It seems it may have all been a plot ...
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May 27, 2005
The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has posted a video on its website of what they claim is Akihiko Saito's dead body. They claim Saito, a Japanese security guard taken hostage on May 9, 2005, died from wounds sustained during ...
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May 11, 2005
Update: (May 28, 2005 12:22AM PST) The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has released a video of what they claim is the dead body of Akihiko Saito. See Army of Ansar al-Sunnah Claims Japanese Hostage Akihiko Saito Is Dead [ Update ...
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April 30, 2005
Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist taken hostage in Iraq, has made claims that the car they were in after she was freed March 4, 2005 was travelling at a normal rate of speed when it approached a US checkpoint and ...
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April 12, 2005
An American contractor working on reconstruction projects in Iraq has been taken hostage near Baghdad. The hostage's name has not yet been released. FOX News A U.S. Embassy spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said the American contractor was abducted ...
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A diplomat working for the Pakistani embassy in Iraq was taken hostage by a group calling itself Omar bin Khattab who are most likely looking for ransom payment. Thanks Philippines and Italy. Washington Post "Mr Javed is absolutely safe," Foreign ...
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April 11, 2005
May 8, 2004 the body of Nicholas Berg was found dangling by a rope around the ankles from a highway overpass in Baghdad. Nick Berg was one of the first beheaded by the terrorists. Four photos have recently surfaced of ...
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March 29, 2005
Top: Marie Jeanne Ion;Center:Sorin Dumitru Miscoci;Bottom:Ovidiu Ohanesian Three Romanian journalists have been taken hostage in Iraq. Details are currently sketchy and it is not known which group has taken them. It could be a kidnap for ransom -- thanks ...
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March 13, 2005
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has now promised President Bush the Italians will no longer pay ransom for hostage. A little late in coming for my tastes. I wonder if this will be tested by the terrorists by taking another ...
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March 11, 2005
The terrorist group Jeish al-Mujahideen, which is holding hostage Roberto Tarongoy, has apparently lifted a deadline they set to murder the hostage. Initially the group said if their demands of $10 million and the pullout of 6,500 Filipino's by ...
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Roberto Tarongoy appeared on al-Jazeera March 7 in an orange jumpsuit at which time his hostage takers said he will be executed by Friday if their demands are not met. President Arroyo of the Philippines is reported by a ...
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March 07, 2005
Here's a few little updates on the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena. The Car Giuliana Sgrena Claims Was Shot 3-400 timesThe Car Bonnie And Clyde Died InBoth Were Shot Over 50 Times In An Ambush First we have the car (pictured ...
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March 06, 2005
Giuliana Sgrena, the freed Italian Journalist who was being held hostage in Iraq by terrorists, claimed that US forces deliberately targeted her for attack. The car she was in was speeding towards a checkpoint at Baghdad airport when the checkpoint ...
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March 04, 2005
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena who has been held hostage by terrorists in Iraq since February 4, 2005 has been released. It did not go smooth however and the car she was in sped towards a checkpoint without stopping. The ...
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February 18, 2005
Kahraman Sadikoglu, a Turkish Businessman taken hostage December 16, 2004 in the port city of Umm Qasr, has been released after paying $500,000 in ransom to the hostage takers. The hostage takers were former Iraqi soldiers of Saddam Hussein who ...
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February 16, 2005
A video tape of Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, who was taken hostage Feb 4, 2005, was released this morning by the terrorists who are holding her hostage. In the video she is pleading in French and Italian for all ...
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February 10, 2005
The saga of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena continues. Just days after a terrorist group claimed to have executed her, her employer, Il Manifesto, now says it has contact through a third party who has seen her multiple times. The exact ...
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February 08, 2005
The Mujahedeen Brigade In Iraq has claimed to have executed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena. This is the third group to have claimed having taken hostage Sgrena. The first was The Islamic Jihad Organization then on Feb. 6 The Jihad Organization ...
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February 07, 2005
The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has released the video execution of an Iraqi interpreter, Safad Mohammed Hassan, they took in the city of Mosul. The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah does not seem to like beheading like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and ...
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The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has shot dead 7 Iraqi's it claims to have captured near Abu Ghraib. The video of the murders is available at Terrorist Media (free registration, but donations are encouraged) The Jawa Report (where there are ...
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It has been announced by the terrorist group the Jihad Organization that an Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena, 56, is to be released in "the next few days". Sgrena was ambushed and taken hostage Feb. 4, along with 3 Iraqi's, in ...
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February 06, 2005
Two separate groups are claiming they have Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena. The first group, the Islamic Jihad Organization, set a 72 hour deadline for Italy to remove it's troops from Iraq. The second and latest group, the Jihad Organization, says ...
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If I was being held hostage in Iraq I would welcome any help, even that of Jesse Jackson. As long as Jackson doesn't screw up the whole situation I see no harm in this. Yahoo/AP The Rev. Jesse Jackson will ...
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February 04, 2005
Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian Journalist working out of Iraq for the Rome daily Il Manifesto was taken hostage. She was seized while in her car with two Iraqi reporters and a driver, who were all later released. The terrorists took ...
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February 01, 2005
Terrorists tried to pass off a GI Joe doll as a hostage. As you can see in the photo to the right (click to enlarge) it is pretty obviously some sort of doll by the head alone. The blogosphere ...
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January 27, 2005
A secretary to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was shot to death on a video released on an islamic website. The group is said to be that of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda in Iraq although it could not be verified. ...
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Moammar Gadhafi has responded to the recent Roy Hallums taped plea asking for Arab leaders, and in particular Gadhafi, to intervene in his hostage situation. The terrorists are demanding $12 million dollars in ransom. Yahoo/AP Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on ...
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January 25, 2005
Roy Hallums, who was taken hostage November 1, 2004 with another hostage still being held, Filipino Roberto Tarongoy, was seen for the first time today in a video released from his terrorist captors. In the video Hallums is seen ...
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January 24, 2005
These daylight executions seem to be all the rage these days as the terrorists are trying to find the most shocking thing they can do right before the upcoming January 30, 2005 Iraqi elections. A few days ago there ...
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January 23, 2005
A video of two Iraqi's being beheaded was released onto the internet yesterday. In the video the two men, Ali Hussein Jassem Mohammad al-Zubaidi and Ahmad Alwan Hussein al-Mahmadawi who are truck drivers, are made to confess for working with ...
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January 22, 2005
China bowed to the demands of the terrorist group Nuamaan Brigade of the Islamic Resistance and issued a statement that all Chinese should stay out of Iraq. The terrorists said they would free the 8 Chinese hostages if China issued ...
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January 21, 2005
Two slaughter houses, used by terrorists, were destroyed near Baghdad yesterday by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers. I covered the discovery of slaughter houses in Fallujah back in November, 2004. On November 24th, 2004 I managed to acquire some pictures from ...
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January 20, 2005
A Japanese engineer was taken hostage after his two Iraqi bodyguards were killed in an apparent planned attack. The identity of the engineer is not yet known. Yahoo/AP The engineer, who worked at a power station in the city of ...
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January 19, 2005
Eight Chinese workers in Iraq were taken hostage by an unknown terrorist group calling itself Nuamaan Brigade of the Islamic Resistance. They have threatened to kill the hostages if China does not make its intentions clear within 48 hours. ABC ...
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January 18, 2005
Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, who was taken hostage January 17, 2005 has been freed by his captors. The hostage takers had demanded $200,000 for the release of the Archbishop, but the Vatican is claiming he was released without ...
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Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has taken claim for the kidnapping of 15 Iraqi National Guard Troops on January 14, 2005. Hindustan Times The 15 guardsmen had been pulled from a bus on Friday near their base in the town of ...
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Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was taken hostage in outside of his church in Mosul. A witness said a car drove up, grabbed the Archbishop and threw him in the trunk and drove away. No group has claimed the ...
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December 16, 2004
A formerly unknown terrorist group calling itself Islamic Movement of Iraqi Mujahedeen has claimed to have killed an Italian hostage. Salvatore Santoro, 52, of the southern Campania region near Naples has claimed to have been killed by the group. ...
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November 10, 2004
A terrorist group calling itself Ansar al-Jihad has taken members of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s family hostage. They have threatened to behead them within 24 hours unless troops are pulled out of Fallujah. So far Allawi has rejected ...
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November 01, 2004
Well at least they killed one of the terrorists in the attack, but this is sad news. It seems rather stupid that of the four guards three were off eating leaving one to stand guard alone. Haven't they heard of ...
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October 30, 2004
A man who identified himself on a video broadcast by Al-Aribiya as Noureddin Zakaria of Khartoum, was taken hostage in Ramadi by the terrorist group the 1920 Revolution Brigades. He was working as an interpreter for Titan Corporation of San ...
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October 25, 2004
Getting a little desperate, the terrorists are now taking individual children hostage and demanding ransom for them. The latest hostage is a seven year-old Lebanese boy. Obviously this has nothing to do with any ideology and is simply a demand ...
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October 19, 2004
In an unprecedented move the crack troops at Google infiltrated a group of terrorists in Iraq and set free Australian Hostage John Martinkus. Martinkus, a journalist, was accused by the hostage takers of being a CIA agent. After watching the ...
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October 15, 2004
A Turkish truck driver identified as Ramadan Elbu has been shown beheaded on a terrorist website. the terrorists are saying they are the Qaqa Brigade claiming to be part of the Zarqawi's al-Qaeda group, Tawhid and Jihad. However the video ...
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October 11, 2004
A Turkish contractor and Iraqi translator have been beheaded for "working with Americans". Reuters A militant Iraqi group said it had beheaded a Turkish contractor and his Iraqi translator as punishment for working with U.S. forces in Iraq, television channel ...
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October 06, 2004
A video has been released of an Italian-Iraqi and a Turk being executed with shots to the back of the head. How anyone can still be saying we're doing the wrong thing by trying to take out these terrorist thugs ...
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October 02, 2004
A new video of an Iraqi hostage being beheaded has been released by the terrorist group The Army of Ansar al Sunnah. This is the same group that murdered 12 Nepali hostage back in August. This group has beheaded several ...
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October 01, 2004
Simona Torretta, one of the two Italian hostages released days ago, has called for the pull out of Italian troops from Iraq. AP Reuters ... [she] said guerrillas there were right to fight U.S.-led forces and their Iraqi "puppet government." ...
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After the first release of the French hostages on September 2nd, there is now an announcement that they are to be released again. Christian Chesnot and George Malbrunot, two French journalists where taken hostage August 20th. France has used it's ...
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September 29, 2004
There are numerous reports floating around that Italy paid a $1 million ransom for the release of the two hostages, Simona Pari And Simona Torretta, who were taken hostage September 7th and released on September 28th. Reuters Gustavo Selva, ...
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A new video of hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading for his life was released. The al-Qaeda terrorist group, Tawhid and Jihad, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi released the video. Ap Yahoo A British hostage pleaded for his government to save his ...
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September 28, 2004
Could this possibly be accurate? Al Jazeera is reporting that the two Italian women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, being held hostage in Iraq have been released. Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been released and ...
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September 26, 2004
Jane at Armies of Liberation has tipped me off to an article at Xinhuanet. The article refers to a story in Al Ray Al-Aam, Kuwait's top newspaper, claiming the Italian aide workers, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, are in good ...
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The indicted kidnapper and beheader of Daniel Pearl was gunned down while charging Pakistani law enforcement officers with grenades in Nawabshah, a southern town in Pakistan. Amjad Hussain Farooqi, a suspected top al-Qaida operative, is seen dead in this handout ...
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September 23, 2004
I saw this headline last night when Rusty posted it and I was walking out the door to my kids Back to School. It pretty much put a damper on everything for me and was a sullen night. I came ...
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September 22, 2004
I have decided to start linking to the videos of these disgusting beheading videos. Why? Because after watching these it shows you the barbaric nature that these terrorists are taking, and will take, if given the chance in our own ...
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Northeast Intelligence Network Tawhid wa Jihad releases video of Briton begging for his life In an 11 minute and 5 second video just released, British hostage Ken Bigley begs for his life. The video, released by Zarqawi's Tawhid wa Jihad ...
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September 21, 2004
On September 16th Tawhid and Jihad, a group headed by al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, took hostage two Americans, Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, and a Briton Kenneth Bigley. Yesterday, September 20th, Eugene Armstrong was beheaded. Today the terrorists ...
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Abu Musab al Zarqawi claimed to have personally beheaded hostage Eugene Armstrong on an Islamic website that released the video of the Armstorng beheading. The website has also claimed in the past that Zarqawi beheaded hostages Kim Sun-Il of South ...
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September 20, 2004
These people are vicious and we need to use the same viciousness with taking them on. None of this "We might come and get you soon" bullshit. We need solid action, this is ridiculous. Have we become that wimpy that ...
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September 19, 2004
The Italian women taken hostage in Iraq on Sep. 7th may have been sold to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. That is the latest news from Iraqi Foreign Minister Hamid al-Bayati. San Diego Union-Tribune "From the information at our disposal, ...
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September 16, 2004
The latest on the fate of two French hostages taken hostage on August 29th is still unknown, but the hostage takers have apparently posted a vitriolic attack on the French people saying that the French are not immune to Muslim ...
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According to Middle East Online, two Americans and a Briton were taken hostage from their home. "Two Americans and a British civilian were kidnapped from their house in the Mansur district in Baghdad this morning around 6:00 (0200 GMT)," ministry ...
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September 13, 2004
My God, our brothers in Australia are taking it hard the past few days. First the Jakarta embassy bombing and now reports of two Australian hostages taken by a new group calling itself the Horror Brigades. A statement, purportedly from ...
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Durmus Kumdereli and Mustafa Koksal, Turkish truck drivers, were abducted Aug. 14 outside of Mosul after delivering water to a U.S. base in Baghdad. The Turkish government said they had rescued Mustafa Koksal 4 days later. Today a video surfaced ...
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Friday, Sep.10, a previously unknown group calling themselves the Supporters of al-Zawahri posted an Internet statement claiming to have "details about two kidnapped women aid workers" if all Muslim women held in Iraqi prisons be let go. Now a second ...
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September 10, 2004
The fate of two Italian, pacifist, aid workers who were taken hostage may never be known. Autralian MILITANTS loyal to al-Qaeda's No.2 have given Italy 24 hours to promise to release Muslim women prisoners in Iraq in exchange for details ...
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September 08, 2004
So, the terrorists have sunk to a new low. Directly attacking an aid group out to help the Iraqi people to simply eat, get health care and survive through this turbulent time for them. The aid agency has no ...
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September 06, 2004
As I mentioned in my entry on the French hostage release "French Hostages Released, I Wait For Reports Of A Payoff" my second portion of the title is probably true. From the Telegraph The "higher command" of the Islamic Army ...
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September 02, 2004
Via Globe and Mail Baghdad — A Paris newspaper editor said there had been positive movement in the effort to free two captive French journalists Thursday, while a separate militant group said it had killed three Turkish captives. The kidnappers ...
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August 31, 2004
Anyone who has any doubt that these terrorists are going to stop or are simply targeting people fighting against them cannot deny what happend to twelve innocent victims this morning. Eleven of the twelve hostages were lined up on the ...
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August 29, 2004
The same group that kidnapped and killed Italian Journalist Enzo Baldoni this week has now taken two French Journalists hostage in Iraq. The Islamic militant group calling itself Islamic Army in Iraq claims they are holding the hostages because of ...
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August 26, 2004
The flaming cowards who kidnapped a peaceful Italian reporter off of the street and then killed him are about to taste some serious hatred. I think the world has about had it with these pansy-ass wimps. Every civilian they kill ...
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Not only does Italy produce the finest cooks, inventors, artists, academics, women, graphic novels, musicians, hardest workers and lovers (OK, OK, you got me, I'm mostly Italian) they have now taught those spineless Filipinos a lesson in courage. My poor ...
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July 21, 2004
A militant group calling itself "The Holders of the Black Banners," has taken 2 Kenyans, 3 Indians and an Egyptian Hostage and threatened to behead them unless their countries pull out troops and the company that employs them ceases working ...
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July 19, 2004
In her post Michelle Malkin: THE $6 MILLION CUTTHROAT PAYOFF, Michelle goes over a story found at The Philippine Daily Tribune. The Article alleges that President Arroyo personally authorized to pay the Iraqi terrorists holding hostage filipino truck driver Angelo ...
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