Schulz taken hostage, murdered for detainees and compensation

Today Al Jazeera broadcasted a video of a hostage Ronald Schulz, who had been abducted by Iraqi insurgents. The US security contractor is the second American abducted in the last two weeks. The kidnappers will claim that he is a spy. They will threaten to kill him unless all Iraqi detainees are freed, and compensation is paid to Anbar province for US attacks since last year.

On 14 January 2006, a memorial service will be held for him at St. John's Lutheran Church, the same church where Schulz was baptized.