Gaza clan admits holding BBC reporter
'Army of Islam' demands Britain free Muslim prisoners
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Posted: May 9, 2007
12:24 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A group controlled by a family clan in the Gaza Strip today announced it is holding kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, posting a photo of his identity card and demanding the release of an Islamic cleric who is being held in a British jail after being accused of supporting terrorism.
The Army of Islam, headed by the powerful Gaza-based Dugmash clan, released a recording demanding the British government immediately free "our prisoners and particularly Sheik Abu Qatada the Palestinian in exchange for Johnston."
Abu Qatada, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is accused of having links to terror groups and is currently awaiting deportation to Jordan from Britain.
WND first reported last month senior Palestinian security officials believed Johnston was being held by the Dugmash clan.
The Dugmash statement released today included an al-Qaida-style diatribe against the West, posting a slideshow of images from the war in Iraq, Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Western soldiers praying before a cross. Islamic music plays in the background, and pictures glorifying Abu Qatada are shown repeatedly.
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