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| Iraqi PM rejects kidnapping deal |
| 2004-07-24 |
| Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has called on Egypt not to bow to kidnappers who seized an Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad. "The only way to deal with terrorists is to bring them to It sounds like Allawi has been reading "The IDF Guide to Terrorist Negotiations." Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb was abducted by gunmen as he left a mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday. A militant group said it took Mr Qutb hostage in response to Egypt's offer of security aid to Iraq's government. A BBC correspondent says Cairo has offered equipment and training for Iraqi security troops. However, since the hostage-taking Egypt has been insisting that it has not offered to deploy troops in Iraq. It sounds like Egypt has been reading "The Handbook of Spanish Military Doctrine" (Revised edition, now with special Philippine afterword!) In a fresh kidnapping, the director of a state-owned Iraqi construction company was seized by gunmen as he drove to work on Saturday, an interior ministry spokesman said. 'Close ranks' Mr Allawi told reporters in Damascus: "The only way to deal with terrorists is to bring them to Don't get your hopes up, old bean. The interim prime minister visited Cairo this week and discussed the possibility of using Egyptian troops to train Iraq's forces. But Egyptian officials have stressed that no deal was struck. "Egypt sending any forces or military personnel to Iraq was not a matter that has been proposed at all," the country's official news agency Mena quoted Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit as saying Isn't that the same "Allah" you Egyptians revere? Sorting out just what and who you Arabs worship gets more than a little confusing at times. Keep this sh!t up and maybe outsiders are going to completely give up on trying to discern any difference at all. Deadline extended In a separate development, the captors of seven foreign truck drivers - including an Egyptian hostage - issued a new deadline to the hostages' Kuwaiti employer. In a video broadcast on the Arabic satellite TV station al-Jazeera, the kidnappers apparently issued a fresh, 48-hour deadline for Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport to shut its operations in Iraq. The "deadlines" only mean anything to people who are willing to negotiate with terrorists. Otherwise, they're just psy-ops window dressing, that's all. In the tape, the Black Find the kidnappers and kill them. There is no other solution. Any compliance with their demands should be accompanied by both condemnation and severe economic penalties, be they sanctions, boycotts or appropriation. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #1 Note that Al-Jazeera once again has Perhaps this requires fighting fire with fire. Kidnap all family members of the suspected jihadis. Make a deal that the hostages will be returned "as is" when proof of either surrender or suicide of the jihadis is received. Else, return a 1pound piece of hostage every day (only the very best surgeons will be used to insure maximum survival of the hostages) |
| Posted by: Brutus 2004-07-24 10:24:48 PM |