Militants: 12 Nepalese 'executed'....
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| Tue, 08-31-2004 - 9:20am |
An Islamic Web site has posted gruesome still images and videos of what it says is the execution of 12 Nepalese hostages by a militant group in Iraq.
Footage posted on Tuesday showed one beheading and 11 others apparently shot from an assault rifle at the back of the head.
The video shows a masked man in desert camouflage apparently slitting the throat of a blindfolded man lying on the ground, The Associated Press reported.
The blindfolded man moans and a shrill wheeze is heard, then the masked man displays the head to the camera before resting it on the decapitated body.
CNN is working to confirm the authenticity of the images. The still images appear to have been taken from the video.
"We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalese who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians ... believing in Buddha as their God," said a statement on the site by Jaish Ansar al-Sunna.
The claims came as another Islamic group held two French journalists hostage, threatening to kill them unless the government of France revokes a law banning Muslim children from wearing headscarves in public schools. (Full story)
The Web site statement vowed to keep fighting the Americans in Iraq.
"America today has used all its force, as well as the help of others, to fight Islam under the so-called war on terror, which is nothing but a vicious crusade against Muslims," the statement said.
At the end of the four-minute video, a man reads another statement off-camera, vowing to fight the Iraqi government.
"We will work on exterminating them until the last fighter," he said.
Iyad Mansoor, director-general of the Morning Star Company, a Jordan-based services firm which had contracted the 12 Nepalese workers for jobs in Iraq, said he had no information on the beheading of the Nepalese captives.
"I'm shocked to hear such news," he told AP. "The last I heard was that the Nepalese government was in contact with Iraqi clergymen and others in an effort to set the 12 men free."
Jaish Ansar al-Sunna said on August 23 it had kidnapped 12 Nepali citizens "for their cooperation with the United States in fighting Islam and its people" and described them as working for a Nepalese company that works under a Jordanian firm doing business in Iraq.
Last week a videotape was aired on the Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera purportedly showing the 12.
Nepalese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat said then that his government had asked Al-Jazeera to help it establish a relationship with the militant group behind the abductions.
In that video, a masked man wearing military fatigues aimed a machine gun at the men.
More............ http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.html


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"And these are the animals that the left wants us to appease."
Why post something so asinine?
Why stop now, possibly???
This post was a by Meels2004 under "Are you watching the conv?" thread. I took the liberty of copying it under this thread. Thank you. Meels.
This just came in from a friend of mine watching the R.N.C. from Nepal. A little slice of life from an American experiencing the war up close and personal:
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Well, I write this letter this morning with a city in massive turmoil. This is not a safer world according to what I see on the streets of Kathmandu today. As a result of the Nepali hostages being killled in Iraq, this country is in anger and frustration for what has happened. We are not in immediate danger, but the streets are all blocked off with fires burning and all of the Muslim temples are surrounded by angry protesters. A number of mosques have been destroyed or partially destroyed by angry mobs. Innocent Muslim people have been caught in a backlash of senseless violence toward them and their temples as a result of what is happening in Iraq.
If Mr. Bush thinks that the world is safer and somehow better, I invite him to witness the chaos and the innocent people being caught up in the violence on the streets of Kathmandu. The spill over from Iraq is just one more thing "they did not plan for". I am extremly angry to see what I am seeing today in this country. The spill over of anger and frustration in a very poor country and not totally understanding the reasons why. We are hearing that some Muslim homes have been burned down and the reports are not encouraging. We currently are working on what we will do with the students who got to school today and how to get them home safely. One of our buses is at an American recreation compound and cannot get to school. They are waiting it out.
I find it ironic to be watching the Republican convention (and to be fair the Democratic convention) with all the thoughts that the Iraq war was justified and has made the world somehow safer. When I see what I am seeing today firsthand it is not a safer world as a result of going into Iraq. It is not that simple. There are ramifications that this administration or anyone who supported the war in Iraq doesn't seem to understand. Yes, I am angry!
For those of us living overseas, we are not being admired for being American.
In addition to this new twist of events, the Maoist have now issued warnings against agencies or companies that are connected with American funding or support. This is a result of the American policy to label them "terrorists" and freezing all financial assets. There is a price to be paid as a result of this action by the U.S. State Department. The in your face, tough guy approach by the U.S. government does not enhance good will in the world. Mr. Bush may think it implies that he is a no nonsense strong and decisive leader, but there is a lacking of wisdom in his approach.
Ghandi once said that "an eye for an eye approach, blinds the whole world".
There is an estimated 17,000 Nepalis in Jordan or Iraq who were led to believe they were going to get employment with good pay in the "reconstruction" of Iraq. American tax payer money being spent by the billions to prop up a democray. It is not only the poor of Nepal who jump at the chance for a job that offers them a chance to earn money and send home to their families, but other poor people as well. Despite the dangerous conditions these people are willing to risk their lives for the "opportunity" to send home money to their familes. It is a much bigger issue than just Iraq as the abuse of these workers is a world wide issue. But the killing of these workers brings it to the front of the news. Thousands of these workers are being taken in by companies that promise them jobs; they pay a fortune to the company to get them there with indentured type conditions; they have no understanding of what they are getting into and often end up with jobs that are dangerous or low paying or abusive employers. In some cases they are smuggled into the country without the proper work permits or visas.
I just learned that the head of one of these companies in Kathmandu had his house and all the belongings destroyed by a mob of angry people. They are looking for him.
There is no question that the poor are being exploited to "get the job done".
When George W. said some time ago "bring it on" as a response to the Iraq resistance, I do not know if he knew what that all meant. No, he did NOT know.
I will get back to you later on how things progess over the next days.
The people of Nepal are angry. Just think how angry they would be if terrorists had caused a tragedy there equal to the 9-11 tragedy in our country. (We were calm in comparison.) They would have faced something eventually on a larger scale if we had not been fighting terrorism. As long as terrorists are appeased, they get bolder and bolder. Even the French appeasers were not spared from it. They thought that they were safe because they were friendly to the terrorists, but their journalists it turned out were in just as much danger as any other non-terrorists.
This is a world wide problem. No country was safe from it. The sooner every country comes to grips with it, the sooner we end the problem.
Well to bad your idol alienated most of the other countries in this wonderful world with his arrogance and "go it alone" additude. What will he do when Blair is booted out of office and he really will be going it alone??? Here's to hoping that enough of the voting population in this country wake up and he gets the boot.
"So this is somehow *President Bush's* fault?"
Is that what you garnered from this excellent post.
FYI Bush & his handlers did start the war.
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