Militants in Iraq threaten hostage deaths ( Iraq Nat'l Conf postponed)

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=1&u=/afp/20040729/ts_afp/iraq_worldwrap

Militants in Iraq threaten hostage deaths, Al-Qaeda warns mooted Muslim force

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraqi hostage crisis deepened with two beheadings and the threatened execution of further captives, as an Al-Qaeda affiliated group warned it would attack an Arab or Muslim force mooted for Iraq .

A national conference seen as a milestone towards democracy was delayed from Saturday to mid-August at the request of the UN, which wanted more time to pull in groups reluctant to attend, officials said.

The postponement had nothing to do with the worsening security situation in Baghdad and around Iraq, where more than 120 people died Wednesday in bombings and attacks and abductions have become a virtual daily occurrence, an organizer of the event said. <snip>


A shocked Pakistan condemned the decapitation of two of its nationals by militants in Iraq, with President Pervez Musharraf describing the act as a crime against humanity that had damaged Islam.


Distraught relatives and opposition parties faulted Islamabad for refusing to rule out sending troops to Iraq, a reason cited by the men's captors for holding them. <snip>

[David__77]

1. Pakistan must rule out occupation troops.

This is dirty, bloody, viscious occupation. Patriotic Pakistanis want no part of this. The neo-conservatives can scrape up fifth column dregs like dictator Musharraf, but the people think differently.

[Beetwasher]

2. The postponement had nothing to do with the worsening security situation i

Yeah, RIGHT!!