Monday, March 24, 2008

FBI: Bodies Of Two Contractors Held Captive In Iraq Found


Bad news here. The FBI is reporting that two of the U.S. contractors in Iraq that were being held captive by jihadists have been found. Dead. From the article from CNN:


The bureau identified the two as Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, abducted on January 5, 2007, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, who was captured on November 16, 2006.
Withrow worked for Las Vegas, Nevada-based JPI Worldwide Inc., and Young worked for Crescent Security Group.

This is a bit reminiscient of the U.S. Army captives that were found after a long search. The bottom line is that more than likely the jihadists who captured these contractors intended to get some money payments for them or some of their own released but my guess is that from day one they could never find a safe quiet place to hold these guys - and more than likely, the jihadists had to be out of the dodge quick and killed these innocent men.

Hopefully, the killers of these men will be found and dealt with - at the same time, it certainly does not look good for the remaining contractor hostages in Iraq.


FBI: Bodies of kidnapped U.S. contractors found

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq have been found, FBI officials said Monday.

The bureau identified the two as Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, abducted on January 5, 2007, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, who was captured on November 16, 2006.
Withrow worked for Las Vegas, Nevada-based JPI Worldwide Inc., and Young worked for Crescent Security Group.
The FBI said it had notified the families of the contractors.

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