Report: U.S. hostage beheaded Al Arabiya says new video shows killing
Friday, June 18, 2004 Posted: 1:45 PM EDT (1745 GMT)
(CNN) -- An Arabic TV news network said Friday that American hostage Paul Johnson Jr. has been beheaded by his Saudi captors.
Al Arabiya said its bureau chief had been shown the video of the killing.
A Saudi security source said, "From our end, we cannot confirm this. We have not found a body yet."
Earlier Friday, Al Arabiya had aired an emotional statement from the wife of Johnson.
Johnson's wife, Noom, who is Thai, said she hoped the Saudi government "can help my husband."
U.S. and Saudi investigators concluded an intensive meeting Friday, Saudi officials said, as security forces spread all over the kingdom searching for Johnson.
Johnson, 49, a Lockheed Martin Corp. employee, had been kidnapped Saturday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. He helped maintain U.S.-built Apache helicopter gunships for the Saudi military.
Johnson's captors had threatened to kill him by Friday unless the Saudi government released al Qaeda prisoners and Westerners leave the Arabian Peninsula.
Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, the self-proclaimed military leader of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, claimed responsibility for Johnson's kidnapping and the death of another American on the same day on behalf of a group called the Al Falluja Squadron, which says it has ties to al Qaeda.
The State Department has urged all Americans to leave Saudi Arabia, but Johnson's sister, Donna Mayeux, said her brother "always felt safe in Saudi Arabia."
"My brother is an honorable man," she said. "He has always treated people with dignity and respect."
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard. What -- should he have asked out of Game 7? Grady Little had a tough choice to make and botched it, simple as that.
Something tells me I don't want to see the image hairy_pex_standing_doggie.jpg in the/buttfuck/ subdirectory. Anyone unfortunate enough to be able to tell me for sure?
It simply amazes me the longevity, dominance, inovation, and popularity of the Game Boy / GBA. This thing has been viable and fun for more than ten years. Just as amazing is the fact that after overcoming a wave of early competitors (Remember the Lynx?) it has stood alone, virtually unchallenged, and generally loved, for a decade. The addition of wireless capability brings a smile to my face, but isn't really that surprising considering its history. I can't imagine anyone other than the Game Boy leading the pack, and amazingly this has probably bought them another few years.
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Report: U.S. hostage beheaded
Al Arabiya says new video shows killing
Friday, June 18, 2004 Posted: 1:45 PM EDT (1745 GMT)
(CNN) -- An Arabic TV news network said Friday that American hostage Paul Johnson Jr. has been beheaded by his Saudi captors.
Al Arabiya said its bureau chief had been shown the video of the killing.
A Saudi security source said, "From our end, we cannot confirm this. We have not found a body yet."
Earlier Friday, Al Arabiya had aired an emotional statement from the wife of Johnson.
Johnson's wife, Noom, who is Thai, said she hoped the Saudi government "can help my husband."
U.S. and Saudi investigators concluded an intensive meeting Friday, Saudi officials said, as security forces spread all over the kingdom searching for Johnson.
Johnson, 49, a Lockheed Martin Corp. employee, had been kidnapped Saturday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. He helped maintain U.S.-built Apache helicopter gunships for the Saudi military.
Johnson's captors had threatened to kill him by Friday unless the Saudi government released al Qaeda prisoners and Westerners leave the Arabian Peninsula.
Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, the self-proclaimed military leader of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, claimed responsibility for Johnson's kidnapping and the death of another American on the same day on behalf of a group called the Al Falluja Squadron, which says it has ties to al Qaeda.
The State Department has urged all Americans to leave Saudi Arabia, but Johnson's sister, Donna Mayeux, said her brother "always felt safe in Saudi Arabia."
"My brother is an honorable man," she said. "He has always treated people with dignity and respect."
It's -1 Troll because no one around here has the first fucking clue about how to moderate.
Are Jews a race or a religion?
OMFG!!!!!!1 Do you have any idea how much pr0n you could store on these?
This is fucking brilliant! Anyone who modded this down simply doesn't get the joke, and for that I pity them. One of the funniest lines ever spoken.
This is actually a decent twist on the "Soviet Russia" theme, and is worthy of at least a 0.
Good luck! What's the url?
In Soviet Russia... ...your big brother's weiner watches you!
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Halloween f1rst333z?
That's a pretty snappy insult, if you spell it correctly.
You're a fucking disgrace.
This was really funny. I give you all my nonexistant mod points.
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard. What -- should he have asked out of Game 7? Grady Little had a tough choice to make and botched it, simple as that.
I'm so fucking first!
Something tells me I don't want to see the image hairy_pex_standing_doggie.jpg in the /buttfuck/ subdirectory. Anyone unfortunate enough to be able to tell me for sure?
God, this thing's already getting raped. Forget it now. Check back in 72 hours.
Ooh, a rare "1, Troll" mod! I thought it was more Funny than Troll, though. Please mod me to "-1, Offtopic" Thank you.
It simply amazes me the longevity, dominance, inovation, and popularity of the Game Boy / GBA. This thing has been viable and fun for more than ten years. Just as amazing is the fact that after overcoming a wave of early competitors (Remember the Lynx?) it has stood alone, virtually unchallenged, and generally loved, for a decade. The addition of wireless capability brings a smile to my face, but isn't really that surprising considering its history. I can't imagine anyone other than the Game Boy leading the pack, and amazingly this has probably bought them another few years.
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Second?
Is this supposed to be ironic?