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| 'Qatar Paid Ransom For Release Of Fijian Peacekeepers' |
| 2014-09-14 |
| [Ynet] Syrian opposition sources said on Saturday that Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... paid bully boyz from the Nusra Front in Syria a ransom of $20 million in return for the release of the 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers, the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported. The report comes a day after the Qatari Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it had helped to secure the release of the peacekeepers following "the request of the government of Fiji". "The efforts of the State of Qatar led to the successful release of the Fijian soldiers... who had been held for two weeks," the Gulf emirate said in a statement. Qatar said it had acted on "humanitarian" grounds, and that did not hesitate to mobilise all its means and diplomatic channels to save lives". A UN front man previously said the abductors had made no demands to secure their release, "and there were no concessions". The Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper further reported that Qatar had paid the Islamist organization $1 million for the release of each soldier. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... an official confirmation regarding this information has yet to be obtained. On Thursday, the IDF spokesperson confirmed that the 45 Fijian peacekeepers that had been captured by al-Nusra Front rebels in the Syrian Golan had been released and crossed into Israel safely. A day earlier, the head of Fiji's army said the Islamist Death Eater group had dropped all of its demands to free the hostages, but at least slightly back-pedaled later in the day as the situation appeared to deteriorate. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 I'd quite forgotten that part, Procopius2k. Thank you for the reminder. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-14 17:47 |
| #5 taxed for a quarter of the value of their property Mamma mia, now that'sa TAXATION! |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-14 15:19 |
| #4 Actually, that was other 'Christian' rulers who copped Richard on his return from the Crusade. On his way to the territory of his brother-in-law Henry of Saxony, Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192 near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria, who accused Richard of arranging the murder of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat. Moreover Richard had personally offended Leopold by casting down his standard from the walls of Acre. ... On 28 March 1193 Richard was brought to Speyer and handed over to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who imprisoned him in Trifels Castle. Henry VI was aggrieved by the support the Plantagenets had given to the family of Henry the Lion and by Richard's recognition of Tancred in Sicily.[79] Henry VI needed money to raise an army and assert his rights over southern Italy and continued to hold Richard for ransom. In response Pope Celestine III excommunicated Henry VI, as he had Duke Leopold, for the continued wrongful imprisonment of Richard. Richard famously refused to show deference to the emperor and declared to him, "I am born of a rank which recognises no superior but God".[81] Despite his complaints, the conditions of his captivity were not severe. The emperor demanded that 150,000 marks (65,000 pounds of silver) be delivered to him before he would release the king, the same amount raised by the Saladin tithe only a few years earlier,[82] and 2–3 times the annual income for the English Crown under Richard. Eleanor of Aquitaine worked to raise the ransom. Both clergy and laymen were taxed for a quarter of the value of their property, the gold and silver treasures of the churches were confiscated, and money was raised from the scutage and the carucage taxes. - Wiki |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-14 08:40 |
| #3 Kidnapping has been a fabulous fundraiser for them, as it has been everywhere jihadis operate. And it's a practice that goes way back -- I seem to recall Saladin holding King Richard Lionheart until England was stripped of her wealth for his ransom. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-14 08:28 |
| #2 Penguin, I think you are spot on. |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2014-09-14 03:29 |
| #1 Qatar was going to give them the money anyway. This way it is easier and faster, and they don't have to try to hide it. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2014-09-14 01:28 |