Peace activist get an up close look at the enemies of peace in Iraq
Kidnappers threatened to kill four Christian peace activists seized in November unless authorities released all prisoners held in Iraq, according to a report aired Saturday on Arabic television.Has it dawned on "peace activist" that they are never held in captivity by US forces or threatened with death if someone else does not do something their capors want.? Do they comprehend who the real enemy of peace is? Do the Germans realize how paying ransom has made their citizens a cash cow for the terrorist?The four gaunt-faced men appeared exhausted but unharmed in a grainy, silent video dated Jan. 21 and broadcast on the al-Jazeera network. The channel's news reader said that their captors, from the Swords of Righteousness Brigade, a little-known group, were giving U.S. and Iraqi authorities a "last chance" to release all prisoners in their possession. Otherwise, they said, the captives' "fate will be death."
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Members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams released a statement on their Web site saying they were "grateful and heartened" to see the four men.
"This news is an answer to our prayers," the statement said. "We continue to hope and pray for their release."
The kidnappers' new demand came a day after the broadcast of another silent video showing two Germans abducted Tuesday near the northern city of Baiji. In that video, al-Jazeera reported, the captives asked the German government to help secure their release.
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