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Re: 5 US POWs Shown on Iraqi TV
From: POW-MIA InterNetwork
Date: March 23, 2003
5 Americans in uniform, 4 men and 1 woman, have been shown on Iraqi television. The remains of 4 other US troops, who appear to have been executed POWs, were also shown.
Al-Jazeera, the only 24-hour all news Arabic station, broadcast the images several hours after an Iraqi official claimed US Prisoners had been taken and would be shown on television. The video apparently comes from Iraqi News, which showed its station 'flag' on the microphone used to interview the captive and injured Americans. The Americans were reported to be members of the 507th Maintenance (Corps Support Group.) They were reported to have been captured outside of Nassiriyah in south-central Iraq.
We have seen the footage, it is despicably gruesome. Although names and hometowns were provided in most cases, we will not print them until the DoD confirms their capture after notification of the families.
May God Look Over our POWs and MIAs
May God Grant Strength and Perserverance to the Families Who Wait
May God Bless our Troops and America
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