A Four-Pack of Hostages
November 29th, 2005 at 4:22 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesAs usual, Rusty is first on the scene with video and images of four hostages taken in Iraq.
Rusty has a good roundup of images from the video as well as a translation of the rambling nonsense that dribbled out of the mouths of the impotent captors.
Suitably Flip does a little more digging regarding the “Sword of Righteousness” mentioned in one of the translations. What he finds isn’t promising.
Slightly chilling, given the context.
I’m always surprised at the complete lack of common sense shown by these “peacemakers” no matter how pure their intentions. And these four have already identified themselves as Christians. I guess if they were Jooooooos, they would have already been beheaded by now. So they’ve got that going for them.
One could always hold out hope for a Hallums-style rescue. You can count on Dr. Shackleford to stay on top of this one.










November 30th, 2005 at 7:42 am
Tom Fox, James Loney, Harmeet Singh Sooden and Norman Kember Taken Hostage In Iraq By The Swords Of Righteousness Brigade, Video Released
A group calling itself The Swords Of Righteousness Brigade has taken 4 people hostage in Iraq and released a video of them. Those taken hostage are American Tom Fox, 54; Canadian James Loney, 41; Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32; Britain…