A terror group in the embattled Iraqi town of Fallujah issued an Easter threat to begin killing Christians and destroying churches if the U.S.-led coalition forces didn’t lift the siege of the city.
In addition, kidnappers of a presumed American citizen in Iraq have threatened to kill him, the Al Jazeera satellite television station reported yesterday, showing footage of the hostage.
The Brigades and Mujahideen called on Pope John Paul and the United Nations to stop the U.S. siege. Al Jazeera said the threats came in a fax it received from a group in Fallujah called "Saraya wal Mujahideen," which translates to Brigades and Mujahideen.
It was not clear if it was the same group as the one holding Japanese hostages in Iraq.
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