Two of my friends, accompanied by a third guy that I hardly knew, were kidnapped by Al-Qaeda about 25 days ago. S & A used to work in a small IT company that had to send them from Baghdad to Mosul to install an Internet system for a customer there. Few kilometers before reaching Samarra, a bunch of gunmen emerged out of now where and took about 10 cars off the road. Another very close friend of mine was with them but not in the same car, he was in another car right behind them. But he was lucky enough to go through without being caught. Few of the cars were taken away directly, and the Qaeda people spoke to the people in the others cars, and let some of them pass and the rst were taken in too.

The biggest problem in the whole situation is that both of my friends are Shiite. So, their survival rate is way below zero. They do have forged IDs with Sunni names, but under the toucher, they might even claim the responsibility of the German Holocaust.

It has been 25 days already, and no one called their parents, no one asked for ransom, and there was not a bit of news about them. And every day I watch the news and think they might be in the bodies found in Baquba, or Samarra that day.

They were nothing but good friends, and we had so many good times together. I have known you guys for about ten years now, and I can say nothing but that I will miss you both.

My heart goes to their families, and may God be with you if you are still alive, and may God bless your souls if you are dead. You will not die in our hearts.

And may Al-Qaeda rot in hell.  And I pray to God that Al-Qaeda be punished for what they do and burn in hell for every soul they took. For every tear a mother shed, for every sigh a father endured, for every drop of Iraqi blood you shed. You may rot in hell.