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| Gunmen demand $12 mln ransom for Israeli hostage in Nigeria |
| 2008-08-31 |
| (SomaliNet) An Israeli embassy source said on Friday that gunmen in Nigeria have demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate kidnapped earlier this week at his home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt. The 60-year-old project manager, who works for Israeli construction firm Gilmor Engineering Limited, was abducted by four gunmen late on Tuesday who fled by stealing his vehicle. Speaking on conditions of anonymity, the embassy official, said the gunmen did not give a deadline for the ransom payment. More than 200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry, since early 2006. Almost all have been released unharmed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I'd bet my last dime there will be some "strangers" walking around Port Harcourt within the next two weeks, if they're not already there. Innocuous looking, well-behaving strangers that can shoot the eye out of a sparrow at 500 yards. I do think the "gunmen" have bitten off more than they can chew. I hope my predictions come to pass - Israel doesn't need to be "at war" with every group of thugs in the whole world. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-08-31 13:59 |
| #1 The Israeli government placed an especially large "Kidnap Me" sign on the back of every Israeli when they made the murderers for corpses exchange with Hizb'Shaitan. This deal can't even be blamed on the usual Olmert incompetance because, remarkably, it reflected the wishes on the majority of the population. |
| Posted by: Odysseus 2008-08-31 11:50 |