Another American Hostage
From My Way News:
An Islamic Web site showed videotape Tuesday of a blindfolded American hostage in Saudi Arabia, and said abductors threatened to kill him unless Saudi authorities free al-Qaida prisoners within three days.
Paul Johnson, 49, of Stafford Township, N.J., was abducted Saturday by a group calling itself al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The organization is believed to be headed by al-Qaida's chief in the kingdom, Abdullah-aziz al-Moqrin, who was identified as speaking on the tape.
"My name is Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr.," the seated hostage says in the tape, an elaborate tattoo on his left shoulder. "I am an American. ... I work on Apache helicopters."
A U.S. official said the threat should be taken "very seriously" because the posting appears to be credible and militants have used the site before. "It has been a good indicator in the past," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Matt's Chat
Why are we following the Geneva Convention if our enemies aren't? We're handicapping ourselves in the fight for civilization... Will Dan Blather or Tom Brokejaw express outrage at Osama bin Laden for not playing by the rules? Or are we supposed to believe that these "militants" (I call them terrorists) aren't representative of al Qaeda? I think we all know better...Mark's Remarks
My thoughts and prayers are with the hostages and their families.
