A group loyal to insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened Friday to execute two Bulgarian hostages if the U.S. military did not release all Iraqi detainees within 24 hours, according to a videotape broadcast on the Al-Jazeera television station.

    荆楚网综合消息 据外电报道,根据阿拉伯半岛电视台播放的一盘录像带显示，伊拉克一武装组织绑架了两名保加利亚人质，威胁说如果美国军队不在24小时内释放所有伊拉克囚犯，就将杀死人质。该武装组织属于基地老三扎卡维领导。

The Tawhid and Jihad group sent Al-Jazeera a video showing the two unidentified Bulgarians sitting with their hands cuffed, flanked by three masked men, two carrying rifles and one carrying a rocket propelled grenade launcher. On the wall behind them was their group’s black flag with a golden circle.

 该录像带显示，两名保加利亚人质双手被绑，坐在三蒙面绑架者前，其中两名绑架者手持步枪，另一人手持火箭发射器。他们身后的墙上挂着一面有金色圆圈的黑色旗帜。

One of the men read a statement, though his voice could not be heard. Al-Jazeera’s newsreader said the group demanded the release of all Iraqi prisoners within 24 hours.

 其中一绑架者读了一份声明，但是并不能听到他的声音。半岛电视台的新闻广播员说该组织要求24小时内释放所有的伊拉克囚犯。

The group had previously claimed responsibility for the beheading of U.S. businessman Nicholas Berg and South Korean translator Kim Sun-il. It was also believed to be behind a series of attacks on police and security forces in Iraq that killed 100 people in the days leading up to the coalition forces’ handover of power to an Iraqi interim government last month.

 该组织先前宣称对美国商人博格和韩国翻译金善逸的斩首事件负责。该组织也被认定在上月伊拉克权利交接时制造对警局和伊安全机构进行了一系列袭击，造成100多人死亡。

An editor at Al-Jazeera’s newsroom in Doha said the channel received the tape Thursday