MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops and tanks advanced toward a jungle stronghold of al-Qaida-linked extremists after a deadline expired Tuesday for the beheading of one of three Red Cross hostages in a critical juncture of the 10-week crisis.
Officials redeployed government forces near the Abu Sayyaf camp in Indanan township on southern Jolo Island and put the predominantly Muslim region under a state of emergency after talks for the safe release of the hostages became bogged down and the militants threatened to behead them by 2 p.m. Tuesday.
There was no immediate indication that any of the Swiss, Italian and Filipino hostages, who have been held since Jan. 15, were killed after the deadline expired.
More than 1,000 marines, police and militiamen, who have surrounded the militants for weeks, pulled back from around the Abu Sayyaf stronghold last week to prod the gunmen to make good on their pledge to free one hostage. But the militants reneged on their promise and insisted that troops withdraw from 15 Jolo villages — a demand rejected by the government.
"We've given them everything but they didn't budge," Jolo Gov. Sakur Tan said. "The troops are returning there."
On Tuesday, tanks and truckloads of marines rolled out of a Jolo camp toward Indanan to try to surround the gunmen in a hilly jungle, Tan said. He refused to say if a military rescue was imminent or if the troops were being brought back to force the militants to resume negotiations.
"We'll make sure that these bandits cannot kidnap again," Tan said.
The Longchamp was loaded with liquefied petroleum gas when it was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on Jan. 29. It is registered in the Bahamas and managed by Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.
The company said the ship was released at about 0600 GMT (2 a.m. EDT) on Saturday. It had 12 Filipino crew members and an Indonesian second engineer on board.
Bernhard Schulte spokesman Cor Radings declined to comment on how the release was achieved.
A statement from the company said it "would like to thank the many parties, agencies and professionals involved for their outstanding efforts in achieving the safe release of the crew and vessel."
Radings declined to elaborate, and would not say what happened to the pirates.
The ship was en route from Norway to Vietnam when it was hijacked, and the company said it would now head toward its original destination.
The kidnappers of five Britons held in Iraq for nearly two years claim to have reached a deal over their release, according to an unconfirmed report.
The Guardian claims a statement from the hostage-takers said Britain and the US had agreed to trade one hostage for 10 detained Sadrist militants.
The statement is from a Shia group called Leagues of the Righteous.
The Foreign Office refused to comment on the Guardian's story but said it was doing all it could to release the men.
The Leagues of the Righteous spokesman said one of the hostages would be freed soon, along with up to eight men, all Sadrist loyalists, currently being held by the US army in Iraq, according to the Guardian.
Pirates have hijacked two chemical tankers near the Somali coast, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has said.
Cyrus Mody, an IMB spokesman, said a Panama-flagged ship, was taken on
Wednesday, and a ship registered in the Bahamas was taken on Thursday.
The US 5th Fleet, which patrols the Gulf of Aden, confirmed both hijackings had taken place within the past 24 hours.
The Panama-flagged vessel is said to be the Greek-owned 9,000-ton Nipayia, manned by 19 crew members. It was attacked 720km off Somalia.
The second vessel is the Norwegian-owned Bow Asir and far larger at 23,000-tonne.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked a yacht from the Seychelles with two men on board, a maritime official said on Wednesday.
The yacht left the Seychelles in February en route to Madagascar but disappeared soon after, Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said.
He named the two men on board as Gilbert Victor and Andre Conrad, both from the Seychelles.
"The ill-fated yacht is presently under tight security, anchored next to Garacad, Somalia," he said.
The two women are undergoing "intense interrogation" by North Korean investigators, who are looking for signs they were spying on military installations, an unnamed intelligence official told the South Korean JoongAng Ilbo newspaper.
The US, which does not have diplomatic relations with North Korea, has confirmed that it is in contact with officials in Pyongyang to try and secure the release of the two reporters.
According to reports, they were arrested on March 17 by North Korean soldiers after they strayed into North Korean territory by crossing the frozen Tumen River, which marks North Korea's border with China.
The narrow river is a frequent escape route for refugees fleeing North Korea, which was the subject of a documentary being filmed by the pair.
The two diplomats, including the U.N. special envoy for Niger, are still being held after their abduction in December.
Al-Qaida's North Africa branch, an Algeria-based group, has claimed it is holding the two Canadians, along with four tourists — two Swiss citizens, a German woman and a British man — who were kidnapped in January in the desert near the border in neighboring Mali.
Soumana Mounkaila, who is employed by the U.N. Development Program, was released in Mali's capital, Bamako, over the weekend and has been recounting his experiences in talks with U.N. officials.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement Monday praising the cooperation of local governments and individuals whose negotiations helped Mounkaila gain his freedom.
Ban again called on the kidnappers to free the two remaining U.N. hostages: Ban's U.N. special envoy for Niger, Robert Fowler, and Fowler's aide, Louis Guay.
Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa has not issued demands for the hostages' release. But in past kidnappings in the Sahara, the world's largest desert, it has obtained ransoms for Western tourists.
North Korea said Saturday it was investigating two Americans it detained Tuesday for "illegally intruding" into its territory after crossing the border from China.
A brief dispatch from the North's official Korean Central News Agency gave no other details, but it was apparent confirmation of reported arrests of two female U.S. journalists reporting on North Korean refugees in the border area.
South Korean media and a South Korean missionary identified the two detained Americans as Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's San Francisco-based media outlet Current TV.
A U.S. official said Saturday that the U.S. has been in touch with North Korean representatives about the journalists and is awaiting a reply. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the issue, said the U.S. doesn't know where the North is holding them.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Sunday, in a report from the Chinese city of Yanji, that it is highly likely that they were sent to Pyongyang to be investigated for their alleged border intrusion.
The video shows one hostage, Peter Moore, saying the five are being treated well, Channel 4 News said. He calls for their release.
The video was shot eight days ago and has not been released to the media.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman did not give details but said it was a "significant development".
The leader of Abu Sayyaf rebels, Albader Parad, made the threat in a radio interview Wednesday, saying he would harm one of three Red Cross workers being held. He made the comment after clashes that killed at least three soldiers and two militants.
The Red Cross is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Mary Jean Lacaba, Eugenio Vagni, and Andreas Notter, who were taken hostage on January 15. A statement says Red Cross staffers are “extremely worried” about the safety of the hostages.
The head of the local Red Cross, Philippines Senator Richard Gordon, said he spoke with Parad on Wednesday. He said Parad told him the three hostages are alive and unharmed, but very tired.
On Tuesday, a military spokesman, Gaudencio Pangilinan, said troops recovered tents and other equipment belonging to the three captives.
Abu Sayyaf gunmen have asked the Philippines military to withdraw from the area before they would enter into negotiations for the aid workers’ release.
Philippine media said the kidnappers have demanded a $1 million ransom. The government has said it will not pay.
ATHENS (AFP) — A Greek cargo ship with a 24-man crew has been seized by Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden, the Greek merchant marine ministry said.
The St. Vincent-flagged cargo ship Titan is currently heading for the Somali coast following its capture, the ministry said on Thursday.
It has a cargo of iron and was sailing from the Black Sea to Korea.
Somali pirates have attacked more than 130 merchant ships in the region last year, including several Greek-owned vessels.
Two American television journalists have been detained by the North Korean army at the Tumen River area near Yanji, China. The State Department confirmed to ABC News that the pair were in China when they were detained and brought into North Korea.
"We are aware through reliable channels on the morning of March 17, that two American citizens were taken into custody across the Tumen River from China into North Korea by what appeared to be North Korean border guards," said State Department spokeswoman Julie Reside.
"We are working with the Chinese government in the area to get information on the whereabouts and welfare of the Americans in question. We have also been in touch with North Korean authorities to express our deep concern about this situation. We have also been in touch with our protecting power, the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang," she said.
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The Rev. Chun Ki-Won, a human rights activist leading the Seoul-based Durihana Mission, told ABC News by telephone from New York that three journalists working for Current TV, a cable television network based in California, were in northern China to do a story on human trafficking of North Korean refugees.
He says he was informed that Laura Ling, a Chinese-American, and Euna Lee, a Korean-American, were detained in North Korea with their guide who is ethnic Korean of Chinese nationality. Current TV journalist Mitch Koss is reportedly safe.
"They came to me and I helped them find a group of North Korean refugees who have been kidnapped, enslaved and traded in the notorious black market in China," said Chun, who has helped thousands of North Korean refugees seek asylum in South Korea and the United States.
MANILA, Philippines — Officials said Wednesday that three Red Cross hostages survived two days of fierce jungle clashes that killed three Marines and up to seven al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf captors in the southern Philippines.
Police Chief Superintendent Bensali Jabarani said the Italian, Swiss and Filipino aid workers, their hands tied, were seen running with their captors toward a mountain after the militants fought with marines near Indanan on southern Jolo Island.
Sen. Richard Gordon, who heads the local Red Cross, said he spoke with Abu Sayyaf commander Albader Parad by mobile phone and was told the hostages, who have been held for more than two months, were unharmed.
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Three foreign aid workers and a Somali employed by the United Nations were freed Monday, hours after being kidnapped by local militiamen in southern Somalia, elders and UN staff said.
The four were snatched from their car by armed men on their way to an airstrip in Wajid, a food aid hub 340 kilometres (210 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, early in the morning.
"Efforts to secure their release were conducted by local elders and officials from the Shebab movement. These efforts have finally succeeded and the hostages are free," a local UN employee said on condition of anonymity.
Four kidnapped aid workers - a Canadian nurse, an Italian doctor, a French field worker and a Sudanese staff member - are still being held in Sudan despite earlier reports that the team had been freed, a Sudanese Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.
"They are still not released, the government is making its utmost efforts and is coordinating with the concerned authorities," said Ali Youssef Ahmed, head of protocol at Sudan's Foreign Ministry. "I can assure you that they are well, everybody is safe and sound. We're expecting their release in the next few hours."
Doctors Without Borders - the organization under which the four were working in the African country - said in a statement Friday that it had been informed of the team's possible release. The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed such reports.
``We have not yet seen our colleagues, nor have we had a chance to speak with them since we heard that they were being released,'' said the statement.
For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and
degradation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
We pray for the protection and rescue of:
Judith Tebbutt, kidnapped in Somalia
37 construction workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
8 Danes, including 3 children, kidnapped in the Indian Ocean
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Dover
Colin Rutherford, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Irene SL
The 43 crewmembers of the MV Savina Caylyn
The 27 crewmembers of the MV Blida
The 26 crewmembers of the FV Shiuh Fu No 1
The 8 crewmembers of the MV EMS River
9 security guards kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 27 crewmembers of the Thor Nexus
Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz, kidnapped in Somalia
The crewmembers of the Orna
The 24 crewmembers of the Renuar
The 23 crewmembers of the Panama
The 26 crewmembers of the Jaban Moni
The 23 crewmembers of the Albedo
The 29 crewmembers of the Yuan Xiang
The 9 crewmembers and 20 passengers of the Aly Zulfacar
The 24 crewmembers of the Polar
The crewmembers of the al-Nassar
The 2 crewmembers of the Choizil
The 17 crewmembers of the York
The 43 crewmembers of the Golden Wave
The 15 crewmembers of the Asphalt Venture
The 22 crewmembers of the MV Suez
2 UN peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
Said Moalim Bashir, kidnapped in Somalia
The 18 crewmembers of the Olib G
The 18 crewmembers of the MT Motivator
The 9 crewmembers of a Yemeni ship hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
A French tourist kidnapped in Niger
3 Thai fishing ships with 77 crewmembers hijacked in in the Indian Ocean
5 UN workers missing in Afghanistan
8 aid workers kidnapped in the Congo
The 7 crewmembers of the al-Dhafari
The 24 crewmembers of the Tai Yuan 227
The 23 crewmembers of the Rak Afrikana
The 14 crewmembers of the Jin-Chun Tsai
5 fishing ships with about 75 crewmembers hijacked in the Indian Ocean
The 24 crewmembers of the MV Iceburg 1
The 9 crewmembers of the MSV Abdul Razak
The 6 crewmembers of the Socotra 1
9 aid truck drivers kidnapped in Somalia
40 Central African Republic villagers kidnapped by Ugandan rebels
7 employees of Radio Farsi charged with espionage in Iran
The 13 crewmembers of the Nesaya
The crewmembers of the Laxmi Sagar
The crewmembers of the Al Hilal
Christians under attack in Nigeria
5 crewmembers kidnapped from a Lithuanian ship in Nigeria
A French security advisor kidnapped in Somalia
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The British and French Embassy workers on trial in Iran
Anthony S., Johannes and Sabine Hentschel, and their infant son Simon, kidnapped in Yemen
Laura Archer, Raphael Meonier, and Mauro D’ascanio, kidnapped in Sudan
4 crewmembers of a ship hijacked in Nigeria
Felix Batista, kidnapped in Mexico
5 musicians and an election worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
Awale Jama and Muktar Said, kidnapped in Somalia
The 644 hostages being held captive by pirates in Somalia
The estimated 700 remaining hostages in Columbia
Abderahman Yusuf Arale
Dr. Abdul Rab
Abdul Hafiz
Murray Watson
Patrick Amukhuma
Alan McMenemy, kidnapped in Baghdad
Sinan Krause
Robert Levinson
Andre Durant
Callie Scheepers
Johan Enslin
Hardus Greef
Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie
All hostages known only to God
We give thanks for the release of:
Gilad Shalit
Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattel, charged with espionage in Iran
Stephane Tapponier, Herve Ghesquire, and 3 Afghan assistants kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 31 crewmembers of the Hannibal II
The 20 crewmembers of the Izumi
Marcos Baquero, kidnapped in Columbia
The 22 crewmembers of the Marida Marguerite
The 23 crewmembers of the Eleni P
Peter Oosterhaus, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 24 crewmembers of the Samho Dream
The crewmembers of the MT Nisir Al Saudi
Paul and Rachel Chandler, kidnapped in Somalia
Frans Barnard, kidnapped in Somalia
The 11 crewmembers of the Al-Barari
The 19 crewmembers of the Golden Blessing
The 21 crewmembers of the Voc Daisy
The 24 crewmembers of the Pramoni
Sarah Shourd, charged with espionage in Iran
Albert Vilalta and Roque Pascual, kidnapped in Mauritania
The 15 crewmembers of the Al-Mahmoudia 2
Bowie Attamah, kidnapped in Nigeria
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Talca
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Yasin C
The 24 crewmembers of the QSM Dubai
The 24 crewmembers of the MV Syria Star
The 21 crewmembers of the MV Frigia
2 German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
The 16 crewmembers of the MV Sakoba
The 21 crewmembers of the UBT Ocean
A Swiss aid worker kidnapped in Chad
The 25 crewmembers of the Asian Glory
The crewmembers of the MV Rim
Lydia and Anna H., kidnapped in Yemen
The 23 crewmembers of the St. James Park
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Moscow University
The driver for the French tourist kidnapped in Niger
4 peacekeepers missing in Darfur
Sergio Cicala,kidnapped in Mauritania
3 fishing ships hijacked in the Indian Ocean
Issa Salomi, kidnapped in Iraq
Gauthier Lefevre, kidnapped in Darfur
The 28 crewmembers of the MV Theresa VIII
2 French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic
Alicia Gamez
Philomene Kabouree
Alexander Effong and Nick Greyling
The 25 crewmembers of the Thai Union 3
The 19 crewmembers of the Navios Apollon
Pierre Kamat, kidnapped in Mali
The 29 crewmembers of the Win Far 161
The 26 crewmembers of the Al Kahliq
Laurent Maurice, kidnapped in Chad
The 22 crewmembers of the Filitsa
The 28 crewmembers of the Maran Centarurus
The 29 crewmembers of the MV Shahbaig
Peter Moore
The 21 crewmembers of the Kota Wajar
The 25 crewmembers of the De Xin Hai
The 11 crewmembers of the Bosphorus Prodigy
The passengers and crew of a yacht hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
Crew members of a Thai fishing ship
3 crewmembers of an Indian fishing ship
The crewmembers of the Delvina
2 UN peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
The 9 crewmembers of the Charelle
5 British sailors detained by Iran
The 18 crewmembers of the Al Mizan
Amanda Lindhout
Nigel Brennan
The 24 crewmembers of the Ariana
A Japanese aid worker kidnapped in Yemen
The 36 crewmembers of the Alakrana
Fr. Michael Sinnott, kidnapped in the Philippines
2 aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
23 crewmembers of the Horizon-1
3 aid workers kidnapped in Kenya
Crew members of a Chinese cargo ship
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Irene
Gilbert Victor and Andre Conrad, hijacked in the Seychelles
1 of the French security advisors kidnapped in Somalia
A French tourist kidnapped in Pakistan
The crewmembers of the Arctic Sea
The crewmembers of a Yemeni tugboat
The 13 crewmembers of the Shugaa-al-Mahdi
The 18 crewmembers of the Momtaz 1
Danka Panchova and the other 5 aid workers from Action Against Hunger who were kidnapped in Somalia
The 16 crewmembers of the Buccaneer
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, sentenced to 12 years hard labor in N. Korea
The 24 crewmembers of the Hansa Stavanger
The crewmembers of the Masindra 7
The 19 crew members of the MV Capt. Stephanos
The 10 crewmembers of the Victoria
11 crewmembers of an Indian cargo ship
A Scottish oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria
Werner Burco-Greiner, kidnapped in Niger
Eugenio Vagni, kidnapped in the Philippines
12 landmine removers kidnapped in Afghanistan
The crewmembers of the Pompei
The 18 crewmembers of the Marathon
David Rohde
The 7 crewmembers of the Indian Ocean Explorer
Matthew Maguire, kidnapped in Nigeria
400 students and teachers kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan
Rafael Mayonada, Quizon Freirez and Jeannette delos Reyes, kidnapped in the Philippines
The 17 crewmembers of the MV Patriot
Robin Hughes, kidnapped in Nigeria
Roxana Saberi, convicted of espionage in Iran
The 19 crewmembers of the Nipaya
The 24 crewmembers of the Malaspina Castle
Claire Dubois and Stéphanie Jodoin, kidnapped in Sudan
2 aid workers from Doctors Without Borders, kidnapped in Somalia
22 crewmembers of the Saldanha
Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, kidnapped in Niger
Gabriella Burco Greiner
Marianne Petzold
Andreas Notter
17 crewmembers of 2 Yemeni fishing ships
The crew members of the Sea Horse
24 crewmembers of the Titan
24 crew members of the Tanyo No. 8
A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen
Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama
Chloe and Colin Lemacon and the 2 passengers of the Tanit
The 28 crewmembers of the Bow Asir
The 20 crewmembers of the Maersk Alabama
John Solecki, kidnapped in Pakistan
Mary-Jean Lacaba
5 Kenyan teachers kidnapped in Somalia
13 crewmembers of the MV Longchamp
4 UN workers kidnapped in Somalia
Sr. Caterina Giraudo and Sr. Maria Teresa Oliviero, kidnapped in Kenya
The 28 crew members of the Blue Star
A 9 year old boy kidnapped in Nigeria
A Chinese engineer kidnapped in Pakistan
Crew members of a Japanese cargo ship
21 crew members of the Faina
4 hostages released in Colombia
30 crewmembers of the Biscaglia
A sailor kidnapped from a fuel tanker in Nigeria
The crew of an oil tanker hijacked in Nigeria
A German engineer and two Yemeni gas workers kidnapped in Yemen
2 aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
14 crew members of the Karagol
21 crew members of the African Sanderling
Peter French, James Grady and the other 23 crew members of the Sirius Star
The 9 crew members of a French cargo ship
Jose Cendon and Colin Freeman
Dany Egreteau, the French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
3 members of a German family kidnapped in Yemen
Crew members of a Yemeni freighter
The 25 kidnapped crew members of the Santauri
The hostages rescued in Mumbai
33 crew members of the MT Stolt Valour
10 oil workers kidnapped in Cameroon
Lebanese engineer kidnapped in Nigeria
Andrea Kloiber
Wolfgang Ebner
Tour group and guides kidnapped in Egypt
Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
Bernadette Delanne
Jean-Yves Delanne
Hassan Mohamed Ali
Juergan Kantiner
Sabine Merck
Iolanda Occhipinti
Giuliano Paganini
2 French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
8 Colombian hostages
Keith Stansell
Marc Gonsalves
Thomas Howes
Ingrid Betancourt
Crew of the MV Lehmann Timber
Two Swedish aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
Richard Butler
CBS Iraqi interpreter
Fr. Mazen Ishoa
Fr. Pius Affas
Rudolf Blechschmidt and his 4 Afghan co-workers
An Italian soldier kidnapped in Afghanistan
Ali Shakeri
Parnez Azima
Kian Tajbahksh
Haleh Esfandiari
Christina Meier and her unborn baby
Hannelore Krause
Kim Kyung-ja
Kim Yun-yeong
Lee Sun-young
Seo Myung-hwa
Cha Hye-jin
Seo Kyung-seok
Ko Se-hun
Kim Ji-na
Yoo Jung-hwa
Je Chang-hee
Lee Joo-yeon
Yoo Kyung-sik
Song Byung-woo
Lee Young-kyung
Han Ji-young
Kim Yun-young
An Hye-jin
Lee Sung-eun
Unidentified Korean hostages
Alan Johnston
Eric Damfreville
Celine Cordelier
15 British sailors and Marines
Daniele Mastrogiacomo
8 Ethiopians kidnapped with the Embassy workers
5 British Embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia
Jaime Razuri
Fr. Doglas al-Bazy
Fr. Samy al-Raiys
Gianmarco Oronato
Claudio Moroni
Roberto Vila
Emilio Morenatti
Gabriele Torsello
We mourn the loss of:
35 construction workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan
Jean and Scott Adam,Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, killed by pirates on the Quest
2 French tourists kidnapped in Niger
Linda Norgrove, kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan
10 aid workers kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerod Newlove, kidnapped in Afghanistan
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNealey, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The captain of the QSM Dubai
Michel Germaneau, kidnapped in Niger
3 crewmembers of the Win Far 161
The captain of the MV Theresa VIII
Alec Maclachlan
Serhiy Vartenkov
Jason Creswell
Jason Swindlehurst
The 7 aid workers killed in Yemen
Edwin Dyer
Florent Lemacon
An 11 year old girl killed trying to save her brother from kidnapping in Nigeria
5 hostages killed in Mumbai
Ehud Goldwasser
Eldad Regev
Byron Fouty
Alex Jimenez
Jonathon Cote
Matt Maupin
Bert Nussbaumer
Joshua Munns
Paul Reuben
John Young
Ronald Withrow
Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho
Cyd Mizell
Abdul Hadi
John Granville
Italian soldier kidnappped in Afghanistan
Ruediger Diedrich
Shim Sung-min
Bae Hyung-kyu
Joseph Anzack
Adjmal Nakshbandi
Sayad Agha
Johnathon Millican
Shawn Falter
Jacob Fritz
Brian Freeman
Bryan Chism
Arthur Laguna and 4 other Blackwater employees
2 interpreters killed in Basra
Defend them, deliver them, and in thy compassion protect them, O Lord, by thy grace.
Lord, have mercy.
