(CNN) -- A militant group has threatened to kill three Italian hostages unless their countrymen demonstrate against the presence of Italian troops in Iraq, according to a video aired on an Arabic news channel.
Al-Arabiya said a group calling itself the Green Brigade released the video of three men sitting around a table eating. It said these are the remaining three Italian hostages. A fourth hostage, taken with the others on April 12, was executed.
In a written statement the group released with the tape, it demanded Italian citizens organize demonstrations against the presence of Italian troops in Iraq.
The group gave Italians five days to organize the demonstrations. Otherwise, the statement said, the hostages would be killed.
The news came as two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in a massive explosion in northeastern Baghdad during a raid in which they were looking for a shop-owner suspected of producing "chemical munitions," a military spokesman said.
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Protest 'or Italian hostages die'
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<bleeding_heart>
, Apr 26 2004 04:43 PM
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"Nil Satis Nisi Optimum"
Posted 26 April 2004 - 04:43 PM
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Posted 26 April 2004 - 04:46 PM
doesn't the fact that they're being forced to protest kind of rule against any effect it would have? 
i still vote for social democracy. it's like communism lite! only 1/3 the calories of normal communism!
whoever said "money can't buy happiness" was never poor.
I think there's something innately wrong about most people to inspire alien curiousity.
i'm so proud of this post...
Seriousness is stupidity sent to college. -P. J. O'Rourke
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. -Oscar Wilde
whoever said "money can't buy happiness" was never poor.
I think there's something innately wrong about most people to inspire alien curiousity.
i'm so proud of this post...
Seriousness is stupidity sent to college. -P. J. O'Rourke
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. -Oscar Wilde
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Posted 26 April 2004 - 06:13 PM
These guys are getting pretty desperate...
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Posted 26 April 2004 - 09:40 PM
I agree with you nindarcula, they do appear to be desperate. What I want to know is what is Italy going to do about it?
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Posted 27 April 2004 - 04:32 AM
keeping their fingers crossed and hoping they find out the location of the hostages
cue lots of dead militia:)
cue lots of dead militia:)
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Posted 30 May 2004 - 06:39 PM
While slamming head on desk) WHY! (WHAM!) MUST! (WHAM!) PEOPLE! (WHAM) BE! (WHAM!) SO! (WHAM!) STUPID?!?!?!?!?! (WHAM!)(WHAM!)(WHAM!)(WHAM!)
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Posted 30 May 2004 - 07:31 PM
| QUOTE (chico del nacho @ Apr 26 2004, 05:46 PM) |
| doesn't the fact that they're being forced to protest kind of rule against any effect it would have? |
You're right. It says volumes about these kind of people.
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