﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Army of Islam news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more Army of Islam stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/2461/army-of-islam.html</link><image><url>http://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gif</url><title>Army of Islam news stories on Newser</title><link>http://www.newser.com/</link></image><copyright>2012 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:54 CDT</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/3866/johnston-tells-of-appalling-terrifying-ordeal.html</guid><title>Johnston Tells of 'Appalling,' 'Terrifying' Ordeal</title><dc:creator>Wesley Oliver</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10354&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034304' border='0' /&gt;Alan Johnston's 16 weeks in captivity were an "appalling" experience that made him feel "buried alive," the BBC reporter tells the Evening Times of Glasgow. Johnston, freed yesterday, said he dreamed of freedom "but always woke up in that room." In Jerusalem yesterday after being released in Gaza, he said...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10354&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034304" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">British Broadcasting Corporation reporter Alan Johnston speaks to the media during a press conference at the British consulate in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 4, 2007. Johnston was released Wednesday after nearly four months in captivity in the Gaza Strip, saying it was "fantastic" to be free after an "appalling" ordeal in which his life was threatened. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/3866/johnston-tells-of-appalling-terrifying-ordeal.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:00:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/3845/bbc-reporter-freed-in-gaza.html</guid><title>BBC Reporter Freed in Gaza</title><dc:creator>Caroline Miller</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10253&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034313' border='0' /&gt;Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter held by an Islamist faction in Gaza for 114 days, was released early today, saying it was "fantastic" to be free. The reporter was handed over to officials of Hamas, now in control of the Gaza Strip, by his captors, a militant splinter group called...</description><media:content url="http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10253&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034313" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">BBC reporter Alan Johnston waves as he leaves the Israeli side of the Erez Border crossing, Wednesday, July 4, 2007. British reporter Alan Johnston, looking gaunt and walking stiffly, was released Wednesday after nearly four months in captivity in the Gaza Strip, saying it was "fantastic" to be free after an "appalling" ordeal in which his life was threatened. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/3845/bbc-reporter-freed-in-gaza.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:28:42 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/3492/captors-threaten-to-kill-kidnapped-bbc-reporter.html</guid><title>Captors Threaten to Kill Kidnapped BBC Reporter</title><dc:creator>Sam Gale Rosen</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=8924&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034457' border='0' /&gt;A newly released video shows kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston wearing an explosive belt that his captors say will be detonated if a rescue attempt is made. The video deflates hope that Hamas would be able to negotiate Johnston's release after taking control of the chaotic Gaza strip. Johnston's family...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=8924&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034457" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">This undated frame grab image taken from a video posted on a Web site that has been used by militant groups in the past, and made available Sunday June 24, 2007 by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, purports to show kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston wearing an apparent explosives belt of the type suicide bombers use. The video was made by the Army of Islam, a shadowy group with apparent al-Qaida links that has claimed responsibility for snatching Johnston, a correspondent with the British Broadcasting Corp.  (AP Photo.IntelCenter)</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/3492/captors-threaten-to-kill-kidnapped-bbc-reporter.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:15:52 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/2724/abductors-release-video-of-kidnapped-bbc-reporter.html</guid><title>Abductors Release Video of Kidnapped BBC Reporter</title><dc:creator>Sam Gale Rosen</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=6446&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034839' border='0' /&gt;In a video posted on the Internet today, a captured BBC reporter says he is in good health and has been well treated. It is unclear when the footage of a beleaguered-looking Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza City March 12, was taken. Toward the end of the footage,...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=6446&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401034839" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">This image provided by the Ramattan News Agency in Gaza City Friday June 1, 2007,  claims to show kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston speaking in a video which was posted on an Islamic Web site Friday. It was the first sign of life from Johnston since he was abducted on March 12. The Associated Press has no way of independently verifying the content, location or date of the image.  The Arabic in the logo at right reads Army of Islam." (AP Photo/Ramattan News Agency, HO)</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/2724/abductors-release-video-of-kidnapped-bbc-reporter.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:37:06 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
