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2005-06-14 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi Blogger: Chirac's Gov Pays $75 Million for release of Journalist

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Posted by RG 2005-06-14 16:19|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chirac gives Al Qaeda $75,000,000.00. Lets invade France...

Posted by RG 2005-06-14 16:31|| 2005-06-14 16:31|| Front Page Top

#2 More from Yahoo news:

n a news conference often interrupted by laughter over her ironic account, Aubenas said her kidnappers made her wear a T-shirt reading "Titanic" and asked her for the email address of French President Jacques Chirac. Aubenas said she could not comment on the conditions leading up to her rescue but only talk about her time in captivity.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-06-14 16:31|| 2005-06-14 16:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup, them's our friends, the French...

Posted by Raj 2005-06-14 16:32|| 2005-06-14 16:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't trust the French any farther than I can throw them (and with my bad back that's not too far) but $75 million is too large a ransom to believe. This sounds bogus.

Posted by Captain Pedantic 2005-06-14 16:43|| 2005-06-14 16:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Agree... some money probably exchanged hands but certainly not 75 million.
You might not think much of the French press but this would be out there and it would NOT be good for Chirac.
And whatever, Chirac as no chance to be elected again... he's as lame as a duck can be.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-06-14 17:22|| 2005-06-14 17:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe 75 million francs? What'd that be - about $1.98?

Posted by Bobby 2005-06-14 17:31|| 2005-06-14 17:31|| Front Page Top

#7 WHAT THE F***!
Yeah lets give money to the terrorists to fund their cause. And to encourage them to kidnap MORE folks. How stupid is that.
GEEEEEZZZZZ. Is this for real?
This only reinforces how glad I'm American and not French.

Posted by Jan 2005-06-14 17:53|| 2005-06-14 17:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Reporter without borders reported that the kidnappers had asked for a 15 millions dollars ransom, this seems more believable.

Note that money is not important here, the main concessions were probably political and done in favor of the syrian power and/or Hezbollah (you can expect France to oppose to the Hezbollah's disarment even more than before...).

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-06-14 18:16|| 2005-06-14 18:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Just when it seems the Phrench couldn't be more contemptible, they manage to sink even lower.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-14 20:34|| 2005-06-14 20:34|| Front Page Top

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