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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — In a video released Sunday by al-Qaida, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group’s demands.
“My life is in your hands, Mr. President,” Weinstein said in the video. “If you accept the demands, I live; if you don’t accept the demands, then I die.”
Weinstein was abducted last August in Lahore, Pakistan, after gunmen tricked his guards and broke into his home. The 70-year-old from Rockville, Md., is the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a Virginia-based firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors.
In a video message posted on militant websites in December, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri said Weinstein would be released if the United States stopped airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. He also demanded the release of all al-Qaida and Taliban suspects around the world.
White House officials met this week with envoys from the Muslim Brotherhood, in the latest sign that the Islamist group is returning to prominence in post-Mubarak Egypt after years in political exile.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said representatives from the organization met with "mid-level" officials from the National Security Council in Washington.
The meeting was held Tuesday, though it's unclear whether they met at the White House or elsewhere in the capital.
The Obama administration cast the decision to meet with Brotherhood representatives as a reflection of political reality in the country, since the group will play a "prominent role" in Cairo going forward.
Originally posted by type0civ
What can I say? We must get our man home safely. These kinda deals should be done out of our view but this is all political postering. That poor mans life depends on psycopaths...domestic psycopaths.
Originally posted by emberscott
Mossad. Mossad.. mossad.. mossad. Cia. Cia.. cia .. cia.
If they found osama bin laden, they can find this man. You would think would you not?
You Read It Here First: Muslim Brotherhood Help President Negotiate Release of American Held by Al-Q
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by phantomjack
You Read It Here First: Muslim Brotherhood Help President Negotiate Release of American Held by Al-Q
No I didn’t,
What I read was a prediction, you have zero evidence presented in your thread that the Muslim Brotherhood are actively negotiating the release of this hostage on behalf of America, your title is misleading. Your thread is also in the wrong forum I suspect because this is a forum to discuss terrorism what you have done hear is attempt to make a prediction. Your title does not match the content of your thread.