穆斯林也太XX了，要活烧日本人质。(three would be burned alive)
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.missing/index.html
http://news.sina.com.cn/z/japkit/index.shtml
Death threat to Iraq hostages
Thursday, April 8, 2004 Posted: 1613 GMT (0013 HKT)
Al-Jazeera showed video footage of the Japanese hostages.
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(CNN) -- Three Japanese citizens were among a number of civilians taken hostage in Iraq, where fighting between insurgents and coalition troops has escalated in recent days.
A previously unknown group calling itself the Mujahedeen Squadrons issued a statement Thursday saying the three would be burned alive unless Japan pulled its troops from Iraq.
Seven South Korean missionaries who were detained earlier Thursday were later released, news agencies, quoting two South Korean television stations, said.
However in Seoul the Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the reports from the SBS and YTN stations.
Meanwhile Iranian TV aired footage of two Arab residents of Jerusalem, reportedly kidnapped in Iraq, and the British government was hunting down a citizen who has been missing since Monday.
The Arabic-language news channel Al-Jazeera Thursday aired video showing three kidnapped Japanese citizens in Iraq.
There are conflicting reports about the occupations of those being held. There is at least one journalist among them. Japanese media reports say one is a non-government worker and the other is an aid worker.
They were shown with knives held to their throats in the video, and were sometimes blindfolded.
The Japanese government is meeting in a crisis session. An official, Yasuo Fukuda, said the government is trying to confirm the report, but noted that there is no reason for self-defense forces to withdraw from Iraq.
"If those innocent people were taken hostage, it would be unforgiveable and we will feel very strong anger and we demand their immediate release," Fukuda said.
"We will do our utmost for those people to be released unharmed."
The names of the three -- seen on passports in news footage are Koriyama Soichiro, who has a press card issued in Jordan for Weekly Asahi, and Imai Noriaki -- both males. The third is a woman, Takato Nahoko.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry confirmed that seven South Korean civilians -- pastors on a missionary trip to Iraq -- were abducted.
They were in two jeeps when they were stopped by armed guards at a checkpoint about an hour and a half outside of Baghdad.
A pastor who escaped alerted the Korean ambassador to Iraq.
Later South Korea's SBS news and YTN news, both reporting from Iraq, said the missionaries had been freed.
Fukuda is demanding the immediate release of the Japanese hostages.
The British Foreign Office said Thursday one of its civilians is missing.
The man, Gary Teeley, was in Nasiriya before he disappeared, a spokesman with the British Foreign Office said.
Officials did not say whether they believe Teeley was kidnapped.
His family has been contacted. The office said they were made aware that he was missing on Monday. The Foreign Office is working with the coalition to find Teeley.
Israeli media reported Thursday that two Arab residents of Jerusalem were kidnapped in Iraq. Israeli government and Foreign Ministry officials did not immediately comment.
In the interview, the two said their names: Nabil Razuk, 30, and Ahmed Yassin Tikati, 33.
Razuk's uncle, Samir, told Israeli TV that his nephew has been in Iraq for two months.
Nabil Razuk was working for the U.S. Agency for International Development, a position he got "through the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv," the uncle said.
According to Israeli media, Iranian television broadcast footage of the two, along with identifying documents.
Haaretz, the Israeli daily, said the Iranian report showed "two identity cards, a Maccabi HMO card, an Israeli driver's license and a supermarket chain discount card."
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.missing/index.html
http://news.sina.com.cn/z/japkit/index.shtml
Death threat to Iraq hostages
Thursday, April 8, 2004 Posted: 1613 GMT (0013 HKT)
Al-Jazeera showed video footage of the Japanese hostages.
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Audio Slide Show: Resurgent violence in Iraq
Interactive: Coalition facing tough resistance
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• Arab aid workers among hostages
• U.S.: No control in two cities
• Rumsfeld: U.S. on the offensive
• Uprising challenges U.S. allies
• Ukrainian troops pull out of al Kut
• Zarqawi tape 'probably authentic'
• Kerry on 'arbitrary' deadline
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(CNN) -- Three Japanese citizens were among a number of civilians taken hostage in Iraq, where fighting between insurgents and coalition troops has escalated in recent days.
A previously unknown group calling itself the Mujahedeen Squadrons issued a statement Thursday saying the three would be burned alive unless Japan pulled its troops from Iraq.
Seven South Korean missionaries who were detained earlier Thursday were later released, news agencies, quoting two South Korean television stations, said.
However in Seoul the Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the reports from the SBS and YTN stations.
Meanwhile Iranian TV aired footage of two Arab residents of Jerusalem, reportedly kidnapped in Iraq, and the British government was hunting down a citizen who has been missing since Monday.
The Arabic-language news channel Al-Jazeera Thursday aired video showing three kidnapped Japanese citizens in Iraq.
There are conflicting reports about the occupations of those being held. There is at least one journalist among them. Japanese media reports say one is a non-government worker and the other is an aid worker.
They were shown with knives held to their throats in the video, and were sometimes blindfolded.
The Japanese government is meeting in a crisis session. An official, Yasuo Fukuda, said the government is trying to confirm the report, but noted that there is no reason for self-defense forces to withdraw from Iraq.
"If those innocent people were taken hostage, it would be unforgiveable and we will feel very strong anger and we demand their immediate release," Fukuda said.
"We will do our utmost for those people to be released unharmed."
The names of the three -- seen on passports in news footage are Koriyama Soichiro, who has a press card issued in Jordan for Weekly Asahi, and Imai Noriaki -- both males. The third is a woman, Takato Nahoko.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry confirmed that seven South Korean civilians -- pastors on a missionary trip to Iraq -- were abducted.
They were in two jeeps when they were stopped by armed guards at a checkpoint about an hour and a half outside of Baghdad.
A pastor who escaped alerted the Korean ambassador to Iraq.
Later South Korea's SBS news and YTN news, both reporting from Iraq, said the missionaries had been freed.
Fukuda is demanding the immediate release of the Japanese hostages.
The British Foreign Office said Thursday one of its civilians is missing.
The man, Gary Teeley, was in Nasiriya before he disappeared, a spokesman with the British Foreign Office said.
Officials did not say whether they believe Teeley was kidnapped.
His family has been contacted. The office said they were made aware that he was missing on Monday. The Foreign Office is working with the coalition to find Teeley.
Israeli media reported Thursday that two Arab residents of Jerusalem were kidnapped in Iraq. Israeli government and Foreign Ministry officials did not immediately comment.
In the interview, the two said their names: Nabil Razuk, 30, and Ahmed Yassin Tikati, 33.
Razuk's uncle, Samir, told Israeli TV that his nephew has been in Iraq for two months.
Nabil Razuk was working for the U.S. Agency for International Development, a position he got "through the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv," the uncle said.
According to Israeli media, Iranian television broadcast footage of the two, along with identifying documents.
Haaretz, the Israeli daily, said the Iranian report showed "two identity cards, a Maccabi HMO card, an Israeli driver's license and a supermarket chain discount card."
