Uncle of abducted U.S. soldier says video not enough
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The uncle of a U.S. soldier kidnapped in Baghdad nearly five months ago said on Wednesday a video of his nephew was encouraging but not sufficient proof he was still alive.
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The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
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"Our thoughts, of course, are with Alan in his present predicament. We earnestly request his abductors to release Alan unharmed in any way"  LONDON: The family and colleagues of Alan Johnston, a BBC reporter kidnapped by Islamists in Gaza, urged his captors yesterday not to harm him after he appeared in a video wearing what he said was an explosives ... via China Daily
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When Staff Sgt. William Edwards feels hungry after a combat patrol, he can stop by his brother's trailer to see if he has any gumbo on the hot plate. If he wants to check up on two of his nephews, they live across from each other, just a few yards away on this base near Baghdad's airport.
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Giving voice to his nation&#039;s anguish, the father of a kidnapped Israeli soldier begged Tuesday for a sign his son is alive.
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When U.S. Marine Raul Bravo Jr. died in Iraq last year, his family joined thousands of other Americans who have suffered the tragedy of seeing a loved one killed in the war.
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Margaret Hassan, a 59 year old Dublin native recently abducted by terrorists in Iraq was shown on a new videotape released today. The video was considered &#39;too graphic&#39; by the independent Al-Jazeera network which actually refused to air the tape.
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DUBLIN, Ireland A new videotape of a high-ranking aid worker kidnapped in Iraq sets some deadlines and is reportedly too graphic for one TV station to broadcast.
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The uncle of a U.S. soldier who disappeared after a firefight in Iraq lashed out at the government Tuesday after learning two bodies had reportedly been found not far from where his nephew and another soldier were last seen.
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The Palestinian family of a Jordanian hostage threatened with death in Iraq appealed on Sunday for his release, saying he was a father of seven who did not collaborate with Iraq's "occupier."
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Liverpool - The family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news on Friday of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.
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KILLEEN, Texas -- Hollie Keahtigh had hoped until Thursday that her husband, an Army captain in Fort Hood's First Cavalry Division, would be home from Iraq to spend Christmas with her, their 5-year-old son, and 2-year-old daughter.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese-American businessman and militants released a tape yesterday showing the beheading of an Iraqi officer as a warning to those who deal with &quot;the infidel&quot; Americans.
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Militants in Iraq produce a video apparently showing the ID cards of two missing US soldiers, reports say.
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CAIRO -- Video posted yesterday on a militant Islamic website showed what it claimed was a Japanese captive kidnapped by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, and threatened to behead him within 48 hours unless Japan pulls its troops from Iraq.
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Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, who became the face of the American military effort in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, begs the armed services to let troops blog and post to YouTube. But Army rules squeeze military bloggers hard and military nets ban the video site.
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JERUSALEM -- ``I am a soldier in the Israeli army," a bearded and gaunt-looking Captain Ron Arad tells his captors in the grainy, black and white video shot by Hezbollah nearly two decades ago.