Buried deep in a story about how Franco-American journalist Micah Garen was to be freed because of the relentless efforts of the peace-loving Muqtada al Sadr (future Nobel Laureate), I found a single paragraph about a Turkish company caving to demands that it leave Iraq or one of their employees would be beheaded.

The only good I can see coming out of this is that at least this poor guy won't die. And, at least it was a private corporation--not a government (I'm looking in your direction Spain and Phllippines). Record-Journal:

Also Thursday, a Turkish company announced it was withdrawing its employees from Iraq in an effort to save the life of a worker taken hostage by Iraqi militants. Turkish media said the kidnappers have threatened to kill the hostage if the company didn't leave within three days.

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UPDATE 9/13: Another murdered hostage, this one Durmus Kumdereli from Turkey, was released today. News, pics, and video here.

Another one. Murat Yuce was the name of the Turkish hostage executed last month. He was shot, rather than beheaded.

Al Jazeera:

A Turkish television channel aired footage of a Turkish hostage in Iraq who said that his captors had given two Turkish companies 72 hours to quit the country in exchange for his life.

The NTV news channel identified the man as Aytullah Gezmen, who went missing in Iraq last month together with another Turk, Murat Yuce.

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Pakistan released it's list of most wanted terrorists today. Below is a picture. In the top center slot is Amjad Hussain 'Farooqi', wanted for the grizzly beheading execution of Daniel Pearl. Not shown is center square, Whoopi Goldberg.

PS-'Beheading is un-Islamic'

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Yawn. I've heard this one before. Will somebody wake me up when Sadr is dead please?

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Is it better to be loved or feared? Remember, John Kerry thinks the former, G.W. Bush the latter. Pakistan helps us because they fear us. VOA:

Pakistani police say they have arrested a suspected Arab al-Qaida member following a shootout in the western city of Peshawar.

PS-(OT)Llamma Butchers (that ought to put you back onto the TTLB Ecosystem)

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Two from Turkey kidnapped today. One American Journalist (with dual French citizenship) and his Iraqi Translator also nabbed.

Luckily, two more Lebaneese hostages were released--they were both truck drivers.

In other hostage related news, India is frantically negotiating with terrorists. And a woman, held hostage in the Muslim state of Kashmir relates her story of torture and rape by the Religion of Respecting the Dignity of Womanhood.

Posted at Jeff Quinton's terrorism round-up and at James Joyner's daily Traffic Jam.

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Another delegation goes to negotiate with Muqtada al-Sadr?? Are you kidding me? Is this the most insane idea you've ever heard? Two lessons in life you should have learned in kindergarden: 1) Germans love David Hasselhoff. 2) Muqtada al-Sadr uses negotiations to buy time to rearm and reposition himself. Letting him leave is just letting him regroup in another city is not what we want. We want him dead. This is FUBAR. more...

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Via Dr. Chaos, this link to a Washington Times piece that suggests that Iraqi WMD have been moved to Syria. Just to give props where props are due, Dr. Chaos has been convinced that WMD are in Syria for months. I remain skeptical.

Washington Times:

Two defense sources told The Washington Times that the ISG has interviewed Iraqis who told of Saddam's system of dispatching his trusted Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) to the border, where they would send border inspectors away.

The shift was followed by the movement of trucks in and out of Syria suspected of carrying materials banned by U.N. sanctions. Once the shipments were made, the agents would leave and the regular border guards would resume their posts.

Also on the case: In the Bullpen, Power Line

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Last, some good news via Wretchard that all reporters were ordered out of Najaf. Let the bombing begin! I will sleep better tonight.

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"Today, among the 13th Jewish tribe, there are those who say that the Jews are Aryans."---Milhem Karam, president of the Lebanese Editors' Association on why he is not an anti-Semite.

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Fool me once: shame on you. Fool me twice: shame on me. Fool me forty-seven times: business as usual at the State Department.

What numbnut bureaucrat thought holding peace negotiations with Moqtada al Sadr was a good idea? Reuteres:

Talks to end the conflict in Najaf between U.S. and Iraqi forces and radical Shi'ite militiamen have collapsed, Iraq's national security adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie said Saturday.
"The talks have failed. All efforts to end this have not succeeded," he told reporters.

Militants loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been battling U.S. and Iraqi forces in the sacred city of Najaf for 10 days in fighting that has killed hundreds and sent thousands of protesters to the streets.

A truce has held since Friday but tensions remain high.

Thousands of Sadr supporters flock to Najaf....

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Hmmm. It must be those evil Americans again just shooting at civillians for the heck of it. Or maybe another Zionist plot?

ESPN:

Iraq's Olympics chief said he survived an assassination attempt when attackers threw grenades and fired automatic weapons at his car in Baghdad after a roadside bomb failed to kill him.

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Vee have our vays of making you talk! Remember, this is the same guy who's mother claimed he had to be innocent because he was so quiet, well mannered, and religious. Because, as we know, terrorsts are usually atheists. And Himmler--very loud chap, or so I hear.

USA Today:

A newly arrested al-Qaeda operative is providing valuable insight into the inner workings of Osama bin Laden's network as the United States remains on alert for attacks, U.S. officials and a diplomat in Africa told The Associated Press.

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian wanted in the deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, has much to say. His life has tracked al-Qaeda's evolution from a tightly organized network assaulting prominent U.S. targets to a looser group struggling to maintain momentum.

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UPDATE: For latest news, information, images, and links to video on the hostage situation in Iraq PLEASE GO TO THE MAIN PAGE BY CLICKING HERE than scroll down.

Update 9/20/04: American Hostage Eugene Armstrong Beheading Video here.

Graphic pics posted in extended entry. In the Bullpen has graciously offered to host the video. Go HERE for video.

AP:

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — An Islamic Web site posted still pictures Friday that purportedly show Iraqi militants beheading an Egyptian man they claim was spying for the U.S. military.

The victim and the alleged proof that he was wired.

More below, including graphic pics. Please do not proceed if you do not want to see how horrible our enemies our. These are sick bastards we are fighting.

Also on the case: Jeff Quinton, Gordon, James Joyner, In The Bullpen more...

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1 Is it even plausable that there is a man seeking the presidency who believes that we need a more sensitive approach to dealing with these people? Are there any limits to Democrat self-hatred?

Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 13, 2004 12:04 PM (ZlQcy)

2 Unfortunately, we remain so "sensitive" we think it is a worse sin to honestly represent this material on television than to allow it to happen through our continued half-hearted approach to this fight. It is a bizarro world morality than prevents us from broadcasting this stuff on the evening news for fear it would enflame an entirely righteous rage. But then the lives of the victims matter less to the "sensitive" crowd than the preservation of their fantasy world.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at August 13, 2004 12:18 PM (26FRg)

3 You should have broken up the first clip in two pieces. Gawd, I hate these people. The man knew he was going to be killed, so how come he didn't move or react or anything like that? He wasn't even blindfolded. Remember they have immediate access to computers since they carry laptops and pda's and stuff around with them so whatever we read, they see as well. That's the scary part. I know of a site who would be happy to host videos like these. Someone's been stealing from them without linking back and changing the whole thing and we know both those sites. ~C

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 13, 2004 06:22 PM (t0rjm)

4 FBA - IN Chechnya, Jihadis adopted the practice of drugging hostages to be beheaded as to eliminate much of the thrashing around that makes decaptiation difficult.

Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 16, 2004 10:43 AM (9X/fX)

5 I am a muslem from Iran. Sitting here cold and horrorstricken after seeing these horrified pictures of beheading a Egyptian man! I apologise to human race regardless of their religion, color or their nationality in the name of Millions of true and decent Muslems around the world.

Posted by: Homayoun at August 23, 2004 06:20 PM (vNn03)

6 I have 2 words for these middle eastern bastards...NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST...wipe'em all out, men, women, children...it doesnt matter who we capture or kill, there will always be another waiting in line to rant their bullshit religious fanaticism. They're like cockroaches, you need to eliminate them at the source. Nuke the Holy Land back to the stone age and let the batsards start again. Keep in mind....the Mighty Japanese Empire no longer casts a threat.

Posted by: Troy at September 14, 2004 05:40 PM (jpUNT)

7 There is no room in this world for these kind of f-----g animals. I hope all the animals foregive me. There actualy worse than animals.

Posted by: Robert Rush at September 20, 2004 05:39 PM (BkiEO)

8 They are no worse animals than the ones running this country. To stop the killings, remove all potential victims. Bring our boys and girls home and put them on border patrol. Stop the mofos from comming in and flush out the sleepers here. Protect us from another 9/11 first. There will always be someone saying their religion is better than the others. It has been going on since before religion was a word. It's not right to kill someone because of something they believe in. Bush has been wasting so much time and money destroying and rebuilding the middle east he has forgotten about the "sleeper" problem here. Cockroaches can't be killed at the source because there is no source. You have to start from the outside and drive them in. Starting at the "root" of the problem just scatters them into smaller and smaller groups. Once the groups start to breed then you have a bigger problem than you started with. This war is as backwards as they come. the son restarting something the father couldn't finish.

Posted by: Kool Wizzard at September 20, 2004 07:24 PM (F9Upy)

9 the Muslims are really sub-human creatures that came about as the result of their prophet fucking a camel

Posted by: Dave at September 21, 2004 11:35 AM (OcbBc)

10 these bad people is going to hell for shour . it true. the no room for people that kill people like that. what next ? are thay going to try to kill the son of God Jesus again . thay cant the to powerfull for thay unGodly people. no sleep for the bad.

Posted by: superstar & star at September 22, 2004 07:44 PM (w8PEs)

11 Dave? Dave are you in there? I think you've hit on the perfect phrase to recite for the video camera just before one of these extremist sub human scum (no offence to scum intended) hacks your head off with a dull steak knife....and be sure to tell the guy hacking your head off that he was the result of the camel f*#$ing his mother....which he'd take as a compliment since the "prophet" f@#!ed the camel.... better say pig, I hear they're not fond of pigs... that'll sure piss him off... But surely you can't believe that the actions of these few is representative of the whole Islamic world?... I sure as hell hope not.

Posted by: Dr. B Evil at September 23, 2004 01:30 AM (vce7d)

12 What these terrorist have done is inhuman. America cant run away from these devilish acts against MAN! America has to show these sons of bitches that we will not F***ing mess around with their dumb ass demands. No nation is going to retreat out of Iraq just because they have one of their citizens. So.. I say a city for every head... ThatÂ’s right you heard me. So if they cut off a head... well then goodbye city with all the citizens. (I say donÂ’t even give them warning) That will stop those Smelly little terrorist. VOTE FOR BUSH!!!!!

Posted by: Miles at September 29, 2004 09:29 PM (O9siL)

13 Hmm, here is what I think... You are acting irrationally if you think that a nuclear war is going to help. These are terrorists, not common Iraqi or Egyptian citizens. My solution would be to try and gain as much intelligence on their actions and movements as humanly possible (which, I guarantee is what the U.S. is doing now). Factions upon factions of these terrorists are running around, kidnapping, killing at will, and making the U.S. look unable to handle the situation. Like Sadam, they will eventually fall, and now that Iraq has been liberated, the threat of more Iraqi terrorists in future generations has starkly diminished. The same tactics must be implemented worldwide if anything is going to change.

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15 same old shit!!here's the fact, BUSH IS THE ONE BEHIND THOSE MASK!hiding himself.he's just fooling the americans around to push through his career. so you dumbasses who loves war are just a bunch of fools who only knows how to stink other peoples' lives. i felt sorry that your momma only fed you chicken shit when you are still young which makes your mind smaller than the chicken has right now. a bunch of morons you are!!use your tiny mind for once you suckers!! you racist dont know what really likes to be a human, like those army of al sunna whatever their name is, who believed that they are the best creation.......you're the worst ya hear that!! you know nothing but to make other people suffer.. karma will set your fates assholes...killers don't have a place on earth!!! i've even read one comment from BOOGEYBALL? OH, BOOGEYMAN, IM SORRY I MISSPELLED YOUR NAME YOU ASSHOLE!! so what if you are a pure white american? you sucker had a lot of fucking frickles on your ringworm sorrounded white skin i supposed, much more on your boogey ball sack hehe!!!.pure white is not a "to die for color or race right now and way back then you moron!! or..maybe you are an albino idiot minded born person? yeah thats it!!". you don't have anything to make you a superior kind of person..coz you know nothing....no one is afraid of you but yourself...stinky ass!!! you're the one who has to be ashamed of yourself.. you and all those dumbasses who thinks like you are the ones who must have been sent on iraq, surely you're so called white ringworm sorrounded balls will jump right through your mouth because of fear... you cocksucking shit.ya know nothing on war bitch!

Posted by: asskick at December 14, 2004 02:57 AM (zkW4C)

16 I am a muslim, but i am happy to call these terrorists DICK HEADS, because they put a bad name to our religion. My god 'ALLAH' dosent say to kill innocent. You should only kill people if they have killed your people. But the americans and British armies shoulg go back 2 there own countrys to let IRAQ LIVE IN PEACE. they will leave them alone & so will the iraqis. MAY GOD BLESS THIS WORLD!

Posted by: Adeel at January 27, 2005 09:30 AM (AA1VD)

17 This was the second video I had seen. The first one I saw, I'm not sure what I expected, but I honestly did not expect to see that. I felt sick, I was shaking, and I started to cry. How the hell can these freaks of nature do that? I am still shaking right now as I type. I can't believe that they would do such a thing to another human being. I really think they all deserve the same punishment. SLOW and PAINFUL!!!

Posted by: Horrified at February 11, 2005 12:30 PM (sU+k0)

18 You see how useless and worthless all this bullshit is. We should either bomb the fuck out of Iraq or get the hell out. I'm tired of all of this. I have lost friends to all this senseless shit.

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Posted by: matt at April 11, 2005 06:52 PM (Rssq8)

21 as someone said in the post earlier, bomb iraq, quarantine the whole country - fully nukem.. let them start from scratch, bomb the whole fuckin country. its the only way to get rid of the virus

Posted by: yahya at May 07, 2005 02:27 PM (6uCSG)

22 hi there well being a muslim what i think is ...that In Islam we are not allowed to punish our enemy so badly. We are allowed to take revenge but not in such a way... I will say yeah its the wrong way to kill and show off that ur killing a person. But believe me what happenes is these ppl in the clips are who are showing off are so brutally treated ... there mothers and sisters get raped by so called british and american armies there families are killed infront of thier eyes .... what do u think does it feels good watching ur own family geting killed infront of u .. u cant even imagine how they are treated .. which makes them do this else in Islam its not allowed like this ... well i watched an documentery on tv in pak in which a little boy was standing besides a american solider holding a notice board saying this guy standing next to me raped my sisters and my mother and killed my family isnt he great .... the point is in usa or other countries these documentaries are not shown thats y ppl dont relize that whats happening. yeah ull be told ooohh iraqies killed so many americans and british soliders .. have u even been showed how many afghanis and iraqies are killed how r they killed i saw a picture of a 6 months old baby was shot on his chest .... now tell me what did that six months old baby had to do with politics ..or war did he even abused the killer ? and then what do u think the father of that son whould not be standing there saying ohh u killed my son thats gr8 isnt it ... hes definatly gonna go mad so brov these are the facts which make these ppl do this ... well hope u understand what i am tryin to say Regards

Posted by: Umer at May 28, 2005 12:55 PM (VUfcR)

23 I'm not a muslim but what most of us americans don't understand is that the middle east people goes through a lot of shit worst than our own country. Now me as an american I do love this country, but I will acknowledge the wrongs that our leaders commit in the past has caused these countries to feel they've been kicked in the nuts!! Now you don't have to sympathize with what these people did. They kill these innocent citizens for just doing their job cuz working with the u.s. forces may be the only job they can get, but the most u should do is understand that these countries have wounds caused by the USA that could take years to heal. how can we help a country that has 2 sides? They have people who want us to stay and help, but at the same time they're are people who want us to get fuck out. If you're reading this, whether you are a muslim christian or whatever, just pray cuz is just a matter of time that this war will end and hope that BUSH does not do anything stupid.....AGAIN!!!

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Posted by: called at September 09, 2005 01:00 AM (hRKiG)

26 this shit makes me fucking sick.....im sick and fucking tired of this GOD DAMNED BULLSHIT!!! how tha fuck can u cut the head off of a man, who has either surrenderd or givin up or been fucking kidnapped and say that u did it cuz your religion says too?!?! WELL FUCK YOUR GOD DAMNED RELIGION!!!! i am NOT a racists....in fact i have many muslim friends who believe the exact same thing, along with black people, white people, mexican people, asian people.....i support bush and if u got a fukin problem with it then fucking deal with it! he did what he thought was right to protect this country! i'd rather have a president who's willing to fucking goto war to protect his nation, then having a president whos a fucking pussy and scared to launch an assualt instead of waiting for the war to come to him..... many people probally disagree with me, i respect everybodys opinon... please email me with your thoughts

Posted by: cab00se at September 18, 2005 10:36 AM (weLvo)

27 You're a fool if you support your president, a damn fool. Why do you think these people are being beheaded? For fun? It's people like you, cab00se, who motivate terrorists to resort to this kind of barbarism. Yeah I've got a problem with you supporting Bush, because you're supporting your country's ongoing imperialism over poorer nations. Your country is a joke, cab00se, a ridiculous joke, and the whole world knows it, especially Iraq. Long live Canada. Holler at me cab00se, you poor bastard.

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I've been trying to keep the hostages executed count accurate, but may be off. E-mail me or drop a line in the comments box if I'm missing anyone. Please, I want names. Names are important in remembering the individual dignity inherent in each of these victims. The list only includes hostages/prisoners murdered, not total victims of terrorism. more...

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Via Glenn Reynolds, Hammorabi is blogging from Najaf:

Many Groups of Sadr Militia surrendered to the Iraqi Police and Coalition forces after they gave up their arms. Among them are children less than 12 years old given RPG 7 and Kalashnikovs?....

Iran frustrated by the news of thousands of the militia it trained started to surrender and among them many Iranians, and Arabs. This makes an Iranian top leader to announce that the US will soon face a similar defeat like Vietnam War! A clear sign indicating the involvement of Iran in what is going on in Najaf and the Iraq...

The Iraqi Police arrested in Baghdad Iranians, Palestinians and Saudi criminals today!

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The Old Iraq: Following a defeat for Iraq's football team, star player Sharar Haydar was dragged along a hot pavement, rolled in sand, then forced to leap into a sewage pit so that his wounds became infected.

The New Iraq: Iraq Beat Portugal!

Maybe Kos should watch more ESPN: The new Iraq looks just like the old one....We replaced one brutal dictatorial regime with another brutal dictatorial regime.

Yup, Just like it.

UPDATE: Kevin summarizes the opening ceremonies nicely:

Regardless of the outcome in their respective events, the Iraqi Olympic delegation are winners since they no longer face torture or death upon their return home.

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Notice they're called The Green Brigade. I assume it has something to do with the sacred color of the Religion of Peas. More below.

UPDATE: Just as I posted this I found another story from the Hindustan Times:

One Islamic Web site carried the video with the headline: "Beheading an Egyptian agent of the CIA."

One commentator on another forum cited reports of the beheading of an Egyptian spy and asked if this was the same man. ....

On the tape, a man was heard telling the captive in Arabic "put down your hand, this is the last time, next time I will gouge your eyes out." Then in English, he tells the captive, "open your eyes, open your eyes."

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The headline is Palestinian PM Criticizes Militant Car Bombing, but what qualifies as criticism in Tattooine?

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, in a rare criticism of Palestinian militants, has denounced a car bombing that caused both Israeli and Palestinian casualties.

Mr. Qureia told reporters in Ramallah Thursday that the bombing was not beneficial to the Palestinian people.

Such operations at this time and under these circumstances are not good for the Palestinian people. On the contrary they will negatively affect the Palestinians

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Forget Charlie--like you've never seen rain before--this is news. Pray that this is the beginning of the end.

Update: Unfortunately, Sadr wasn't home. (via Command Post)

Update II: 1,200 SOBs captured!!!!!

Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces in Najaf have captured weapons and about 1,200 militiamen as they battle with insurgents loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al- Sadr for an eighth day, Iraqi defense and interior ministers said in a televised press conference in Baghdad.

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