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Video of kidnapped Czechs demands release of jailed Pakistani
[Pak Daily Times] PRAGUE: A video message on Wednesday purporting to show two Czech women hostages in Pakistain demanded the release of a Pak national tossed in the slammerBook 'im, Mahmoud! in the United States in return for their freedom. Antonie Chrastecka and Hana Humpalova, both 24, were kidnapped in Pakistain in March. They speak in the video against a background of photographs of  Aafia Siddiqui...American-educated Pak cognitive neuroscientist who was convicted of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. In September 2010, she was sentenced to 86 years in jug after a three-ring trial. Siddiqui, using the alias Fahrem or Feriel Shahin, was one of six alleged al-Qaeda members who bought $19 million worth of blood diamonds in Liberia immediately prior to 9-11-01. Since her incarceration Paks have taken her to their heart and periodically erupt into demonstrations, while the government tries to find somebody to swap for her... , a neuroscientist who was given an 86-year sentence by a US court in 2010 for shooting at FBI agents and soldiers in Afghanistan The video showed close-ups of the two women's passports and a sign saying: "Our Demand is only: release Dr Aafia." "We appeal to our families and our president and all Czech people and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... to make every effort for cooperation," Humpalova reads in the video, saying it was shot on April 16, a day after the Boston Marathon bombings. "Our health is in good condition but our life in risk." It made no mention of the identity of the kidnappers. Rooters could not verify the authenticity of the video. The Czech Foreign Ministry said it had seen the tape and was analysing it. "We are concerned about their health and safety," the ministry said. "We demand their immediate release and support all efforts of both their families in this direction." Czech television station TV Nova said it was given the video by a person calling herself Orna Moshe. It was also posted on a Facebook page that was set up under that name on Sunday. The two women were kidnapped in Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , near the Afghan border. There had been no news on their fate since they disappeared and no group grabbed credit for the abduction. Kidnapping for ransom is relatively common in Pakistain, and snuffies occasionally take foreigners hostage. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-27 |
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