CBC wrote:BAGHDAD - An Iraqi militant group issued a statement Sunday denying it has murdered U.S. marine Wassef Ali Hassoun.
The denial was posted on the Ansar al-Sunna Army website, leaving the fate of the corporal unclear.
The group's site said it did not authorize reports on two other Islamic websites claiming it had beheaded the man.
The U.S. military in Baghdad continues to list his status as "captured."
Last weekend, Arabic television al-Jazeera broadcast footage of Hassoun wearing a blindfold. Militants held a sword over him.
Hassoun, a 24-year-old American of Lebanese descent, disappeared in Iraq on June 21.
The original claim of having kidnapped the Marine was issued in the name of "Islamic Response," the security wing of the "National Islamic Resistance - 1920 Revolution Brigades," rather than the Ansar al-Sunna Army.
Well if their not going to kill him, and they haven't made any demands in exchange for him. Then what the hell did they capture him for? Shits and giggles?
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Cause more unrest in the US maybe. Continue to erode support for the administration and provide ample negative press for the media to report on. That's my guess.
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Wassaf Ali Hassoun is a muslin name. He must be a muslim. The insurgents should not execute a fellow muslim by beheading him. I hope he is alright and not dead.
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
Do you really think they give a shit if he's muslim or not? They are terrorists.
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GySgt. Hartman wrote:Do you really think they give a shit if he's muslim or not? They are terrorists.
There are people, however, in the Muslim world who will care. Killing Jews and infidels is just fine and dandy, killing Muslims especially in such a highly-public way is something else.
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I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
He's a Muslim US soldier, so they could think of him as a traitor.
"If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon,
you will be a minister of death, praying for war." - GySgt. Hartman
"God has a hard on for Marines, because we kill everything we see." - GySgt. Hartman
Though it seems they made him promise not to go back to the Marines when they release him.
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Can't blame him on promising not to return to his marine unit.
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ArmorPierce wrote:Can't blame him on promising not to return to his marine unit.
I would imagine that you would say damn near anything to get out of that situation. However if he actually meant it, well the Marines might have a thing or two to say about that.
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