Islamic State of Iraq Posts New Video on 3 US Soldiers (updated)

By Jeffrey Imm

Islamist web sites used by Al Qaeda have announced the release of a new video regarding three kidnapped US soldiers who went missing in May, with claims that its militants killed three U.S. soldiers after capturing them last month in Iraq.

"God willing, after some hours the Furqan Institute will present the clash and the detention of three Americans," the Web sites said, without giving further details. Furqan issues videos of attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq, and serves as the media committee of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella insurgent group comprised of al-Qaeda and others.

The SITE Institute and Laura Mansfield have stated that they have a copy of the 10:41 minute video.

Update: Video Link (Laura Mansfield web site)

According to the SITE Institute, the video titled "Clash and Capturing Three Americans in the Governorate of Baghdad", states that the three US soldiers were killed. The narrator in the Al Qaeda video states: "Dreading that the occupying army will continue searching for its citizens futilely, which causes harm to our Muslim brothers, the women, children, and elderly; fearing that, therefore, they [the Islamic State of Iraq] decided to settle the matter and announced the news of their killing to cause bitter results upon Allah's enemies, with these three soldiers, from being live prisoners to dead bodies. And as you refused to deliver the bodies of our killed people, we will not deliver the bodies of your dead people, and their end will be underneath the ground, Allah willing."

According to the SITE Institute, "Other portions of the video include the field commander of the brigade explaining the plan of attack, footage of the nighttime attack, and the response of the U.S. military in conducting a search for the captured as reported by al-Jazeera Arabic television. Items allegedly taken as plunder and personal effects from the soldiers from the scene of the attack include a pistol, VISA and Mastercard, fifty-dollar bills and Iraqi currency, clippings, and other identification. The final scene shows the identification cards of Pvt. Fouty and Spc. Jimenez with text written above reading: "Bush is responsible for the captured'. "

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