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Paul Johnson beheaded...........
« on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 12:40pm »

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...CBS is now breaking in to tell us this sad news. He was beheaded. How sad for him and his family. Pray for his family to get through this terrible ordeal.

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« Reply #1 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 2:02pm »

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U.S. hostage Johnson apparently beheaded
Web site posts photos believed to be body of man held in Saudi Arabia
Friday, June 18, 2004 Posted: 2:41 PM EDT (1841 GMT)

(CNN) -- Three chilling photographs on an Islamist Web site appear to show the beheaded body of American hostage Paul Johnson, who was kidnapped a week ago by Islamic militants connected with al Qaeda.

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, Kenneth Scroggs, on the same day on behalf of a group called the Al Falluja Squadron.

On Tuesday, he threatened to kill Johnson in 72 hours unless the Saudi government released al Qaeda prisoners and all Westerners got out of the Arabian Peninsula.

A statement posted on the Web site, translated from the Arabic, said: "We slaughtered the American hostage Paul Johnson after the deadline we gave to the Saudi tyrants."

Johnson was an employee of Lockheed Martin, working on Apache helicopters in Saudi Arabia.

The statement that the group wanted Johnson to "taste a bit of what the Muslims have been suffering from Apache helicopter attacks." The statement said Johnson had been "working on maintaining and developing the electronic systems of these planes."

The statement also said the killing was "a lesson for them to learn for whoever comes to our country, this will be their punishment."

Muslim friends of Johnson -- including some clerics -- also pleaded for his release. But the militants were not swayed.

Lockheed Martin spokesman, Tom Jurkowsky, said the company is "dealing with the family."

"All we can say is we're very distressed, very disheartened," Jurkowsky said.

Earlier Friday, Al Arabiya as well as CNN had aired an emotional appeal from Johnson's Thai wife, Noom.

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, had been kidnapped Saturday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. He helped maintain the U.S.-built Apache helicopter gunships for the Saudi military.

The State Department has urged all Americans to leave Saudi Arabia, but Johnson's sister, Donna Mayeux, said in a CNN interview that 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."

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« Reply #3 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 4:25pm »

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How on earth are we going to stop this! Angry

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« Reply #4 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 4:39pm »

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This is a very sad thing that has happened, again.

Insaine ask's how are we gonna stop this?

dont think we can stop it, if you step back and try to put yourself in the place of the rebels you will still find it hard to understand why they do what they do. I do feel for the irq's that are rebels, I feel for those that have lost family members through bombing. I feel bad for the afganistan familes that were killed by bombing raids on what was thought to be military districts.

But we live on the other side of the world from them, we also live in North America, not a third world country.

Most of all I feel for the families of the americans that are being kidnapped.

War= not good
heres a thought, I heard that there has only been a total of three years of absolutly no war in the last 200 years! wow

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« Reply #5 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 5:37pm »

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I agree that this is a huge tragedy. But similar tragedies occur every day in our own country. Day after day we have to wake up to what our own countrymen do that is just as foul to accept, both locally and nationally. Who are we to judge the insanities of those overseas? We have our own crazies walking around out there every day. Sad

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« Reply #6 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 5:41pm »

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Good Point LL

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« Reply #7 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 7:13pm »

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so true LL, so true.

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« Reply #8 on: Jun 18^th, 2004, 9:26pm »

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Like the President or ANY political leaders says no negotiations otherwise they will do it more often knowing they will get want they want.

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« Reply #9 on: Jun 19^th, 2004, 11:13am »

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Oh I have no problem judging those who torture and murder the innocent! I dont give a rats ass whats going on in this, that or whatever country...Ill judge them because anyway you slice it what they did was evil and wrong, no excuse will do as far as I am concerned!

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your right kelby.. there is no excuse at all..none for what they did to that innocent man none. kathy

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« Reply #11 on: Jun 19^th, 2004, 6:42pm »

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I agree, Kelby.

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But the terroists dont give a **** about what they do, how many people they kill even in their own religion it is condemned so they probably dont even give it a second thought

But there are guerillas that are just because a group of them strictly follow their religion

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« Reply #13 on: Jun 21^st, 2004, 9:23am »

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My prayers are with this man's family. He did nothing to deserve this and it was a very sad day for me when I heard this news.

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« Reply #14 on: Jun 21^st, 2004, 12:00pm »

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Addams, it totally sent me into a depression for the day. Tears flowed.
How sad, for I can still see the image of hs son on TV pleading for his Dad's life.

These kinds of horrid actions are not human!

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