by Kathy at Mister Politics
(06/04/2007) An insurgent group that claims responsibility for the seizure of three American soldiers in an ambush in Iraq last month has made a video related to the attack, including images of identification cards belonging to the two soldiers who are still missing.
Preliminary Analysis from Laura Mansfield site:
I have listened to this video a number of times now and wanted to update subscribers on an update to my earlier posting..
Although the video says that the Islamic State of Iraq is announcing the deaths of the soldiers, it has provided no evidence to verify their claim. Historically, the Islamic State of Iraq has not hesitated to show executions of captives, so it is doubtful that this omission is out of any sense of decorum. The video also makes the claim that they will not return the bodies but have buried them. This is also inconsistent with the previous documented behavior of the Islamic State of Iraq.
Just last June, ISI kidnapped two American soldiers. A video showing the desecration of their bodies was later released by the group.
The absence of any photographs of the captive soldiers is curious. Perhaps the soldiers wounded in the attack.
As of now, other than the photos of the ID cards and personal effects of the missing soldiers, ISI hasn’t released any footage indicating that they actually ever had these two missing men in their custody.
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I pray this assessment is correct and the release of these two remaining soldiers will be imminent.
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