Breaking: 1st American hostage has been beheaded (Iraq)

[xyboymil]

One of the 3 American hostages has been beheaded:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_AMERICAN_HOSTAGE?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME

Truly sad. This is escalating further and further out of control.

But don't tell that to *, he is convinced were making progress. :mad: :mad:

[funkybutt]

1. maybe this should go in Breaking News

I hope it's not true...but it wouldnt surprise me if it is true.

[Roland99]

9. There's already a thread in there about it.

[hlthe2b]

2. Whatever can one say. My sympathies to the family..........

and renewed prayers that Kerry can both win and get us out of this hellish situation. I'd like to think a first step would be convening all potentially influential Arab leaders of the region and developing some backdoors plans for effectng a solution.... Better a secular regional Arab coalition government, than one put in place by Americans.....

[michigandem2]

3. but "freedom is on the march"

you know they showed him campaigning today in NH and he said that stupid line "do I take the word of a madman, and do I forget the events of sept 11? blah blah blah" he admits NO CHANGES...its disgusting...

it gets worse everyday and "freedom is on the march"

[Myrina]

4. Which Madman was he referring to ? Cheney ??

:nuke:

[bigtree]

5. And,

"America and the world are safer."

[David Zephyr]

6. This Will Not Get 1% of the Coverage With CNN That the CBS Story Is.

CNN has been a criminal participant in working up the American people to go to war in Iraq to covering up the horror and civil war that is unfolding there.

From Wolf "NeoCon Blitzer to Aaron Brown's "great fun, great fun" cheer leading the bombs dropping on the first night of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, CNN has been an accomplice with the Bush Administration.

So the beheading of an American will not get the coverage that the Karl Rove mandated assault on CBS will. Not even 1%

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Yet CNN International's international viewers are getting Walter Rodgers

almost nonstop right now, reporting the horror in detail, reporting with great passion and deadly seriousness. He's also reporting about the militants' motives, other hostages held, methods of kidnapping, etc.

Dear God, this poor man, this poor man, and this poor family. I am ill.

[rumguy]

7. Horrible for the family - and for the families of the remaining two

hostages! God - I can't imagine what it must be like....

[Connie_Corleone]

8. "Freedom isn't Free."

Just keep telling yourself, "We're spreading freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people. We will stay the course. We will not waver. The terrarisss will not win. Not on my watch!"

:eyes:

[npincus]

11. send the Bush twins

[rumguy]

12. comments of a freeper who saw the video

"DO NOT WATCH THIS video if you get the chance. I have seen the others and this one was 10 times worse. I just had to go take a drink, get a breath of fresh air. For a minute I thought I might actually vomit.

I feel nauseuous after watching this. I strongly recommend you DONT watch this, it's that horrible. I pray the family does not watch this.

84 posted on 09/20/2004 12:56:17 PM PDT by finnman69"

I saw the Berg video - I'm not going to watch this one - I'm sure it'll be all over the web in no time.

[democratreformed]

14. WHY would anyone want to watch these?

I haven't watched one yet and don't intend to. I absolutely CANNOT do it.

[rumguy]

16. I think a lot of us watched the Berg video as a reality check

But not again....

[democratreformed]

17. I think it would affect me so deeply that I really wouldn't know what to

do. Just reading about it is bad enough. I just read the article. And, Lord, now I don't even know what to do or what to think. It is so terrible.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. "Bring 'em on!", he said with a smirk.

Unfortunately, they took him at his word and are bringing it on.

[Nicholas_J]

15. Anyone aware of the history

Of the Algerian Fundamentalist Muslim Groups.

They viewd all citizens of Algeria who worked for the government, or didnt resist it as enemies of Islam and their preferred method of execution was to have their hostages their hostages throats slit and then beheaded by a Muslim halal butcher.

This is nothing new, but it struck a great deal of terror into the citizens of Algeria during the period that the Algerian secular government lost elections to the fundamentalists, and then declared the election void.