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Yemen kidnap deal fails
A deal for the release of a former German politician and his family fell through after officials of the tribe that kidnapped them backed out of the agreement. The hostages were being driven to the negotiating site in the Rafadh district of Shabwa province in eastern Yemen, where the abduction occurred, when the deal fell apart, according to Nasser Ba'oum, the provincial deputy governor, early on Saturday. There was no information on when negotiations might resume or where the hostages had been taken to spend the night.
Now *there's* a slide show to bore the relatives with at the next BBQ...
The agreement had called for Yemeni negotiators to exchange themselves, according to Sheik Awadh Bin al-Wazir, a member of parliament and a member of the negotiating team. After the deal fell through, he could not be reached for comment. Al-Wazir had said the exchange was expected on Friday night. The tribesmen, who abducted Juergen Chrobog, his wife and their three children as they toured the mountains of eastern Yemen on Wednesday, demanded the release of five members of their al-Abdullah bin Dahha clan who are in jail awaiting trial for the alleged murder of two members of a rival tribe in October. Ba'oum said the tribal leaders were now also calling for the arrest of members of a rival clan.
This clown was actually the German Ambassador to the US for six years. Dummkopf.

Posted by: Fred 2005-12-31
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=138685