Kidnapped Britons on videotape The Foreign Office says it is studying a video tape issued by the kidnappers of five Britons held in Iraq.
The tape shows at least one of the hostages, and the Foreign Office says their families have been informed. The five Britons have been missing since they were taken in May. It is the first time the British Embassy in Baghdad has seen the video. Cobra, the UK government's emergency response team, last had a meeting about the missing five two weeks ago. The tape was broadcast on Al-Arabiya television. The Britons - four guards and a computer expert - were kidnapped by Iraqi criminals disguised in police uniforms who initially took them to a Shia suburb. In the tape, filmed in front of a banner with a Shia emblem and dated 18 November, the kidnappers demand the withdrawal of British forces within 10 days - a deadline which has passed. They do not make specific threats about what they would do if there was no withdrawal. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said that, up until now, the Foreign Office has not wanted to discuss the kidnapping because officials do not want anything to get in the way pf their negotiations through third parties to get the men released. The kidnap had been carried out by one of the Shia militia groups in Iraq, our correspondent added. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7127050.stm Published: 2007/12/04 14:33:12 GMT © BBC MMVII --------------- Jusfiq Hadjar gelar Sutan Maradjo Lelo Allah yang disembah orang Islam tipikal dan yang digambarkan oleh al-Mushaf itu dungu, buas, kejam, keji, ganas, zalim lagi biadab hanyalah Allah fiktif. __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! - the World's favourite mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
