March 11, 2007	Sunday	Safar 21, 1428

DUBAI: A little-known Iraqi Islamist militant group said on Saturday it would kill two hostages, a German woman and her son, in 10 days if Berlin did not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

The Arrows of Righteousness group posted a video on a website used by militant groups, including Al Qaeda, showing a weeping Hannelore Marianne Krause, 61, urging Germany to heed the militants’ demands.

“We give the German government 10 days from the date of this statement to announce and start the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan, otherwise ... they will not even see the bodies of these two agents,” said a masked man, reading a statement on the video.—Reuters