Reply #5: They have 30 hostages so far [View All]

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In a tape shown on Qatar- based al-Jazeera last night, the kidnappers revealed Hamill in front of an Iraqi flag. 'Our one request is to break the siege of the City of Mosques during the 12 hours from six o'clock on Saturday evening,' a voice said. 'If not, he will be dealt with worse than those who were killed and burnt in Falluja.'

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The spiralling threat of kidnapping against foreigners in Iraq became more apparent when a group calling itself the 'Marytr Ahmed Yassin Brigades' in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, claimed to have 30 hostages from a variety of countries.

In a film shown on Arabic television, a masked man representing the group said: 'We have Japanese, Bulgarian, Israeli, American, Spanish and Korean hostages. Their numbers are 30. If America doesn't lift its blockade of Falluja, their heads will be cut off.'

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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1189963,00.html