Video released of 5 kidnapped contractors

Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to the press. The men - security contractors for the Crescent Security Group based in Kuwait - appeared separately on the edited video. Three of them said they were being treated well. They were kidnapped Nov. 16 when suspected militiamen in Iraqi police uniforms ambushed a convoy of trucks being escorted by Crescent Security on a highway near the southern border city of Safwan.

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[AdoreYouInAshXI]

@BenAliGtor Chasing whose tail? All I did was congratulate you on being captain obvious, which is kind of a mistake since the definition of a mercenary is a "professional hired to serve in a foreign army". Most contractors are hired by American contractors to do American contracts. In the end what does it matter, they are risking their lives and are more of a man than a pathetic armchair commando like you could ever hope to be.

[mooseknuckle9411]

get the book "Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq" . Awesome book about the story behind each of these individuals. R.I.P BROTHERS.

[BenAliGtor]

@AdoreYouInAshXI Obviously it got a little pinhead like you chasing his tail so, yeah, I feel great!

[AdoreYouInAshXI]

@BenAliGtor Way to state the obvious you fuck head. You feel better now?

[carmineA1]

Fuck man getting beheade is to fucked up

[thehotshirtguy2008]

Didn't know Josh but I remember when his body came back to Redding. We were both in Fallujiah in 2004. I was with 1/16 INF Big Red One and he was with the USMC. RIP

[SeeQMD]

R.I.P. J.Cote.

[BenAliGtor]

"Security contractor" is a pleasant euphemism for "mercenary".

[slayermilly]

oh and paul reuben was on oficer in minneapolis..

[slayermilly]

wow john cote? to bad he died... i read about him in a book