Holy Jihad Brigades Release Statement & Video and Identification Cards of Captured Fox Journalist Steve Centanni and Cameraman Olaf Wiig

August 25, 2006

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The Global Islamic Media Front distributed as a communiqué to a password-protected al-Qaeda-affiliated forumtoday, Thursday, August 24, 2006, materials from a group calling itself the “Holy Jihad Brigades” [Kutab al-Jihad al-Muqadis], containing a statement, 1:48 minute video and identification cards of Fox News reporter Steven James Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig. The pair was captured in Gaza City by Palestinian militants ten days ago. The statement and video, which were sent and broadcast by media channels yesterday, contains caustic words directed at the Western nations and leaders, describing actions perpetrated in Afghanistan and Iraq that failed to bring down the states, and selling Palestine at an unacceptable price. Most importantly, the group grants a period of 72 hours starting from Wednesday, August 23, at noon, for the American government to release Muslim prisoners in their jails in exchange for the journalists, else they will wait until “Allah gives His Order”.