BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas said Wednesday they had seized six more foreign hostages -- three Indians, two Kenyans and an Egyptian -- and threatened to kill them one by one, sparking a new hostage crisis a day after a kidnapped Filipino was freed.
In video footage given to Arabic satellite channel Al Arabiya, masked gunmen said they would behead the captives unless the Kuwaiti company they worked for pulled out of Iraq.
"We announce we have captured two Kenyans, three Indians and one Egyptian. We tell the company to withdraw and close its offices in Iraq," said one of the masked men, from a group calling itself the "Black Banners."
The guerrillas also demanded that India, Kenya and Egypt withdraw their citizens from Iraq. None of the countries are part of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq but many of their nationals work as drivers and contractors.
Well, it appears that Gloria's act of cowardice has given the insurgents the boost they needed. They're taking them in groups now, and making demands of commercial companies!
You can never give into terrorists. It will only ever lead to more terrorism. And so it has...
In video footage given to Arabic satellite channel Al Arabiya, masked gunmen said they would behead the captives unless the Kuwaiti company they worked for pulled out of Iraq.
"We announce we have captured two Kenyans, three Indians and one Egyptian. We tell the company to withdraw and close its offices in Iraq," said one of the masked men, from a group calling itself the "Black Banners."
The guerrillas also demanded that India, Kenya and Egypt withdraw their citizens from Iraq. None of the countries are part of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq but many of their nationals work as drivers and contractors.
Well, it appears that Gloria's act of cowardice has given the insurgents the boost they needed. They're taking them in groups now, and making demands of commercial companies!
You can never give into terrorists. It will only ever lead to more terrorism. And so it has...