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(16 Jun 2004) 1. Logo 2. Johnson's name, nationality and age written on screen 3. Johnson's job description written on screen 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Johnson, Hostage: "Paul, Marshall Johnson Junior. I'm American from the United States. I work on Apache helicopters." 5. Johnson blindfolded, talking into a tape recorder 6. Masked, armed man reading statement, (the name Abdul Aziz bin Isa al-Muqrin (Abu Hajir)) appears on the screen (Translation to follow) 7. Logo STORYLINE: An Islamic website showed video on Tuesday of a blindfolded American hostage in Saudi Arabia, and said abductors threatened to kill him within 72 hours unless Saudi authorities free al-Qaida prisoners. Paul Johnson, 49, of Stafford Township, New Jersey, was abducted on Saturday by a group calling itself al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. A hooded man read a statement on the tape. As he was reading, a subtitle on the screen identified him as al-Qaida's chief in the kingdom, Abdullah-aziz al-Moqrin. His statement was similar to a printed message on the website that carried the name of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. It said the group gave Saudi authorities 72 hours to release "mujahadeen" militants or it would kill the hostage. The tape, which was first aired by CNN, showed Johnson sitting in a chair with his profile to the camera, a large tattoo on his left arm. It displayed his Lockheed Martin identification card. Johnson was employed by the American defence giant and worked on Apache helicopters. The statement is dated June 15, so the deadline is June 18. Addressing Muslims all over the world, the statement continued: ''We have made a promise to ourselves to defend you. We will not let you down, and you should know that the treacherous tyrants who have helped the Americans against you, and shared your blood with them, do not represent the Muslims of Saudi Arabia. They are our enemies as much as they are your enemies. They are the enemies of God and his prophet.'' Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi security forces arrested a militant north of Riyadh as they stepped up their presence in and around the Saudi capital in a hunt for Johnson's kidnappers. The day he was seized, Islamic militants shot dead another American, Kenneth Scroggs, from Laconia, New Hampshire, in his garage. Scroggs was the third Westerner killed in a week, after the shooting death of an Irish cameraman for the British Broadcasting Corporation on June 6 and another American who was killed in his garage June 8. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...