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    May 07, 2012

Al-Qaida Video Shows US Hostage

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   In this picture, taken off the video, shows US captive Warren Weinstein
   telling US President Barack Obama to answer demands or he will be
   killed, May 6, 2012.
   Photo: AFP
   In this picture, taken off the video, shows US captive Warren Weinstein
   telling US President Barack Obama to answer demands or he will be
   killed, May 6, 2012.

   Al-Qaida has released a video showing an American hostage saying he
   will be killed if President Barack Obama does not meet the militant
   group's demands.
   Monitoring groups said al-Qaida's media arm posted the nearly
   three-minute video of Warren Weinstein on jihadist forums Sunday.
   Weinstein directs a message at Obama, saying, "If you accept the
   demands, I live; if you don't accept the demands, then I die."
   He also tells his wife he is in good health.
   Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a December video that
   Weinstein would not be released until the United States halts its
   airstrikes in Muslim countries. He also demanded the release of
   al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners.
   The 70-year-old Weinstein was snatched from his home in Lahore,
   Pakistan last August after eight gunmen overpowered his security
   guards.
   He served as director in Pakistan of a U.S.-based development
   consulting company, J.E. Austin Associates.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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