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March 13, 2008

Crap

This is bad.

Severed fingers of 5 hostages delivered to U.S. officials in Iraq

BAGHDAD _U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq , U.S. officials said Wednesday.

The FBI is investigating the grisly development, and the families of the five kidnapped contractors have been notified, American officials said on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the case publicly.

Authorities confirmed that the fingers belonged to hostages Jonathon Cote , of Gainesville, Fla. ; Joshua Munns , of Redding, Calif. ; Paul Johnson Reuben , of Buffalo, Minn. ; Bert Nussbaumer of Vienna, Austria ; and Ronald J. Withrow , an American who was kidnapped separately from the others.

The only upside is that it suggests they are still alive.

Posted by Ken S. at March 13, 2008 09:15 AM

Comments

Bunch of goddamned animals.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at March 13, 2008 09:58 AM

Oh, how horrible.

(I cannot think of any kind of coherent or useful comment about the event - I'm just too disgusted.)

Posted by: ricki at March 13, 2008 10:12 AM

"Goddamned animals" is too kind.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at March 13, 2008 10:36 AM

Now, now... they just want to be able to exercise in the pool separately from the infidels. You can see the slogans now: "We take your fingers today, so we don't have to take our daughters lives tomorrow!"

Such enlightened, peaceful little bastards.

Posted by: nightfly at March 13, 2008 10:52 AM

Well, fortunately Obama will be able to talk kindly to them himself soon, and all these misunderstandings twixt their culture and ours will be resolved to their satisfaction.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 13, 2008 11:54 AM