Five young Americans captured in Pakistan were being questioned today for possible links to terror groups after their families found a disturbing farewell video saying that Muslims must be defended.

Two years ago, Muslim groups protested when the plot of the hit drama ‘24’ cast Islamic terrorists as the villains who launched a stolen nuclear missile in an attack on America.

A US Marine who appeared in a video singing about killing Iraqis has apologised, saying he wrote the song as a "joke".

A music video posted to the internet, telling a tale about a US Marine killing members of an Iraqi family, is being condemned by an Islamic group and investigated by the Marine Corps.