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Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill Japanese Hostages
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News Date | Thursday, April 8, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill Japanese Hostages
Reuters
Iraqi militants put knives to the throats of three Japanese hostages and threatened to kill them unless Japan's troops leave the country, in a video aired on Thursday. "We tell you that three of your children have fallen prisoner in our hands and we give you two options -- withdraw your forces from our country and go home or we will burn them alive and feed them to the fighters," a statement with the video said. "You have three days from the date of this tape's airing," said the statement by the hitherto unknown group called Saraya al-Mujahideen (Mujahideen Brigades). Parts of the tape were shown on Arab television Al Jazeera and other parts of what appeared to be the same tape were shown on U.S.-funded Arabic television Al Hurra. The Al Hurra tape showed abductors putting knives to the throats of the hostages. "Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest)," shouted the abductors. A woman hostage could be heard screaming as she covered her face. The hostages screamed "No Koizumi!" as they were forced to denounce Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The statement said Japan had betrayed Iraqis by supporting the U.S.-led occupation. |
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