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| Former hostage hire bounty hunters to go after his kidnappers |
| 2005-06-26 |
| Sydney Morning Herald. Hat tip: Tim Blair. The Viking spirit lives on! A hostage held alongside Australian Douglas Wood in Iraq has hired bounty hunters to track down his former captors, promising to eliminate them one by one. Swede Ulf Hjertstrom, who was held for several weeks with Mr Wood in Baghdad, was released by his kidnappers on May 30. Mr Hjertstrom has since claimed he shared information with US and Iraqi troops about Mr Wood which led to the release of the 63-year-old Australian engineers two weeks ago, after 47 days in captivity. Now, he wants to find those responsible. "I have now put some people to work to find these bastards," he told the Ten Network today. "I invested about $50,000 so far and we will get them one by one." |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #21 There is much danger in a man who everyone believes is patient and quiet without limit. When the dam of urbanity breaks, all that is left is the Viking going berserk. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-06-26 19:46 |
| #20 Not all Swedes are cowards àla Blix. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-06-26 19:43 |
| #19 Grom... nice link. LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-26 19:41 |
| #18 Swedes are generally slow to anger, but when they do get angry, it is best not to be Russian, as it were. Horned helmets and broadaxes and all. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-26 19:21 |
| #17 What's remarkable is that it's a Swede doing it. |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-06-26 18:07 |
| #16 Sweet! - payback is such a bitch! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-06-26 16:59 |
| #15 I watched the piece on channel 10. He came across as a shrewd operator, not given to throwing money away. I also got the clear impression he fully expected to pay up and get value for money. It was part of a hour long piece on the Woods kidnapping. Woods himself made the point several times that he didn't know who was behind his kidnapping. I thought the repeated emphasis strange and IMO he does know and may well be planning something himself. He clearly feels responsible for the deaths of his 2 assistants killed by the kidnappers. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-26 16:40 |
| #14 Re:[quote] I am all for revenge work in this case. Stamping out an islamic kidnap culture before it gets well rooted is a good thing.[/quote] I'm afraid to disappoint you but in this partical case you are quite a few centuries too late. |
| Posted by: Uleling Clavilet7672 2005-06-26 15:20 |
| #13 That's why the posters all say Wanted Dead or Alive. 2b rewards don't get paid until something gets delivered. That is how it works. These are not P.I types. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-26 15:12 |
| #12 How do you know that the $50,000 isn't for bounties paid for scalps already delivered? |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-26 14:45 |
| #11 Ha-haa! Sucker. These "bounty hunters" will take his cash, and then fail to find anyone. "Bounty Hunters" are nothing if not canny, and can milk a |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-06-26 14:42 |
| #10 We could use pictures of both the vikings and Boba Fett on this one... let me look. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-06-26 14:34 |
| #9 Hiring bounty hunters, eh? Doncha just love private enterprise! Hmm, maybe we should take up a collection. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-06-26 13:10 |
| #8 time for that little viking graphic |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-26 13:02 |
| #7 Lol - I know just what ya mean, bro... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-26 12:02 |
| #6 To cool, god I am old. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-26 11:58 |
| #5 SPo'D - For your collection, a blast from the past. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-26 11:41 |
| #4 I am all for revenge work in this case. Stamping out an islamic kidnap culture before it gets well rooted is a good thing. It not just westerners being held and killed by terrorists and as political acts that is going on. There is plent of kidnap for profit and rape. The Chechens have a kidnap culture and it's partialy a reason for it's continued existance as a shit hole. "Have Gun, will Travel. Wire Palidin San Fransisco." |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-26 11:34 |
| #3 Oh jolly good! Remember the US Bounty Hunter Act. If such a practice became common in Iraq, it would go a long way to restoring order. That is, having a class of professional bounty hunters, regulated against doing revenge work, but otherwise free to bring in bad boyz Dead or Alive. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-26 09:56 |
| #2 Here's your man. |
| Posted by: J onn J onzz 2005-06-26 09:30 |
| #1 I can just see the kidnappers paying with cash for something and the capital one vikings running out too get them. Oh, I can't stop grinning! |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-06-26 09:23 |