Irish Examiner: Abducted American faces torture from Islamic militants

[Robbien]

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A purported al-Qaida statement posted on an Islamic Web site claimed the terror group had killed one American and kidnapped another in Riyadh. It threatened to treat the captive as US troops treated Iraqi prisoners – a reference to sexual and other alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The scandal has outraged Arabs and damaged Washington’s already low credibility in the region.

The statement showed a passport-size photo of a brown-haired man and a Lockheed Martin business card bearing the name Paul M. Johnson. The statement said he was born in 1955.

Security officials confirmed a suspicious car found near Imam University belonged to Mr Johnson. Saudi press reports said the car was booby trapped and later caught fire.

The statement also said Johnson is one of four experts in Saudi Arabia working on developing Apache helicopter systems and that the American killed worked in the same industry.

“Everybody knows that these helicopters are used by the Americans, their Zionist allies and the apostates to kill Muslims, terrorising them and displacing them in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq,” said the statement. It said al Qaida would release a videotape later with Johnson’s confessions and its demands.

http://breaking.examiner.ie/2004/06/13/story152115.html

[Southsideirish]

1. This is what Biden was saying - someday they will get even with our

people - that is just one of the reason we shouldn't ever stoop to torture.

[Tellurian]

2. Meanwhile, the SCOTUS will deliberate what the definition of torture "IS"

and what and how much torture can safely be administered by the military within the scope of the Geneva Convention.

Oh, I saw an old guy parachute outofaplane today, twice.
said he wanted to land on the soft desert sand of Iraq.

Pilot must have taken a wrong turn somewhere!
This pilot does do overs!

[hightime]

3. They are learning from the best

The best trained army of torturers on earth.