July 06, 2005

Zarqawi's al Qaeda Threatens to Murder Egyptian Ambassador


A communique today released by Abu Musab al Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq has threatened to murder the Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq. The group also posted images of Ihab el-Sherif's identification cards.

According to another statement, Sherif has been sentenced by a Sharia (religious law) court for apostasy because of Egypt's alliance "with Christians and Jews." The statement claimed Sherif had been turned over to al Qaeda fighters "to carry out the punishment of apostasy against him." The punishment for apostasy under Islamic law is death. The group often beheads it's victims after forcing them to confess to various crimes under Islamic law.

Al Qaeda routinely murders Muslims who work with the Iraqi government, which they consider an 'apostate' regime. The group also videotapes the murders and posts them on the internet.

Yesterday, al Qaeda had claimed responsibility for Saturday's kidnapping of Sherif.

Al Qaeda in Iraq also released a new audio tape of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi which reluctantly calls on women to join the jihad because of a lack of enough man-power and announced the formation of a new al Qaeda wing to fight Shia militias in Iraq.

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July 05, 2005

Abu Musab al Zaraqawi's al Qaeda Claims Abduction of Egyptian Ambassador

Evan Kohlmann e-mailed and wants every one to know that al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed the kidnapping of the Egyptian ambassador Ihab Sherif. Evan's post is here. more...

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July 04, 2005

Hostages in Iraq

Here is a list of hostages in Iraq I have compiled from various sources. Dozens of others are also missing, but we have no information as to their names. On this day that we remember our liberty, let us not forget those who's liberty has been taken from them.

USA
Roy Hallums Nov 1 2004
Radim Sadiq (aka, Dean Sadik) Nov 2 2004
Jeffrey Ake April 11 2005
Tim Bell April 9 2004

CANADA
Mohammed Rifat April 8, 2004

BRAZIL
Joao Jose Vasconcelos Jr. Jan 19

EGYPT
Ihab el-Sherif July 2
Sayed Abdel KhalekJan 13
Nabil Tawfiq Sulaiman March 19
Mitwali Mohammed Qassem March 19

TURKEY
Ali Abdullah June 7

LEBANON
Ghazi Abu Hamzeh Nov 13
Mustafa Abdul-Rassul Hussein Aug 8, 2005

JORDAN
Wael Mamduh April 12
Khalifa al-Breizat Sept 14

KUWAIT
Saad Saadoun June 5

SOMALIA
Ali Ahmed Mousa July 29

SUDAN
Noureddin Zakaria Oct 30
Mohammed Haroun Hamad March 9
Maher Ataya March 9

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