QandO

April 09, 2004

Americans reported captured
Posted by McQ

It gets nastier and nastier. Recently reported by Reuters:

Iraqi insurgents said they had seized four Italians and two Americans on the western outskirts of Baghdad on Friday. A Reuters journalist saw two captive foreigners, said by the insurgents to be Italians, in a mosque in a village in the Abu Ghraib district. One was wounded in the shoulder. Both were weeping.

U.S. soldiers in a tank in the area near the village of al-Dhahab al-Abyad said they knew some Americans had been taken hostage, but had no details.

Of course couple that with the 3 Japanese who insurgents are threatening to burn to death if Japan doesn't withdraw and you have a very nasty situation.

To Japan's credit they're refusing to be intimidated by the hostage taking.

Look for this to develop into a much worse situation, especially if its true American's have been captured.

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