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| UN hostages in Afghanistan freed |
| 2004-11-22 |
| THREE foreign United Nations workers kidnapped and held hostage in Afghanistan for three weeks have been released, according to Afghan police and officials. A senior police official said UN staffers Annetta Flanigan and Shqipe Hebibi and Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan, were released early today. The trio, who had been helping oversee Afghanistan's first democratic elections, were snatched in downtown Kabul by armed men on October 28. All three are now at Camp Warehouse, receiving medical examinations but appeared to be well and unharmed, diplomats and sources close the case said. It remained unclear exactly how the hostages had been freed. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 jeez AP - that sounds semi-barbaric. I'd go for full-barbaric and take out their extended families too |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-22 11:02:02 PM |
| #1 I guess that the kidnappers felt that holding the hostages was more of a liability than an asset, heh heh. I hope that our forces determine who the hostage takers are and take them out, and anything within a 500 ft radius is turned to dust. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-22 11:00:05 PM |