Originally published on 3/6/2007 by Jihadist Websites -- OSC Summary in Arabic
Terrorism: Participant Advocates Kidnapping US Soldiers in Iraq, Tape their Torture to Swing Public Opinion
On 6 March, a jihadist website posted a message "advising the mujahidin in Iraq to kidnap US soldiers and tape their severe torture, to swing public opinion against the American administration and force all countries to withdraw from Iraq, as happened in Somalia in 1993."
The following is a summary of the message:
The participant started his message by "reminding everyone of the power of pictures and videos, particularly the sight of the four American dead soldiers being dragged in the streets of Somalia during the time of the Clinton administration in 1993, and the swift response from the American people and Congress in demanding, and obtaining, the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Somalia." But he said that "when four American soldiers were dragged in Al-Fallujah and two of them were hung up on a bridge, [President] Bush declared the end of main battles in Iraq, which absorbed the severity of the pictures." He theorized that "now with other countries pulling out of Iraq, increasing losses, and the lack of victories except for the assassination of Zarqawi, the American public is questioning the usefulness of the army in Iraq, especially with the new Democratically controlled Congress, so now is the time for a decisive and powerful hit to embarrass the American administration. Therefore, I suggest that the mujahidin in Iraq capture a group of American soldiers, tape them while being tortured severely, and then distribute the pictures widely, and that will, no doubt, force the American administration to admit its failure and pull out of Iraq."
He warned that "the sight of the soldiers being tortured is much more effective than the sight of blowing up tanks and armories, and will accelerate the defeat of the enemy."
At the end of his message, he asked "brothers to post these videos as soon as possible."
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