Pray ... Pray Hard

An al-Qaida front group that claims it has captured American soldiers warned the United States on Monday to stop searching for them and suggested it attacked the U.S. convoy as revenge for the rape and murder of a local teenager last year.

The U.S. military also said for the first time it believes the three missing soldiers were abducted by al-Qaida-linked militants after an attack that included three roadside bombs.

"What you are doing in searching for your soldiers will lead to nothing but exhaustion and headaches. Your soldiers are in our hands. If you want their safety, do not look for them," the Islamic State of Iraq said on a militant Web site.

As Drudge Headline reads: Find Them!

Michelle has a lot of information. 4,000 troops are looking for these three men going house to house. Don't except to see video footage, the insurgents (Al-Qaida included) have learned that the videos hurt their cause. But they have said before that they wanted to kidnap US Soldiers in an effort to pressure President Bush and Congress to withdraw.

I'm a day late on this one ... but please, please, pray for the safe return of these men. And the safety of the men and women looking for them.