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| Turkey Rejects Demands on Fate of Iraq Hostages |
| 2004-06-27 |
| Al-Rooters; EFL Turkey rejected Sunday the demands of militants threatening to behead three Turks held hostage in Iraq during President Bush’s visit to Turkey and on the eve of the formal start of Iraqi self-rule. Militants loyal to suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said in a statement to Al Jazeera television on Saturday that the three hostages would be executed within 72 hours unless Turks stopped working with U.S.-led forces in Iraq. "Militants" huh? "Turkey has been fighting terrorist activity for more than 20 years," Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul told reporters in Istanbul. "They ask many things, they demand many things. We never consider them with seriousness." I need to remember that line, that’s great! Jazeera showed footage of the three hostages crouching in front of masked gunmen and holding up their passports. Turkey is not part of the U.S.-led force in Iraq but many nationals work as drivers and support staff for U.S. forces. As has been said before here - killing other Muslims will be remembered as AQ’s biggest, and fatal, mistake |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 Murat, if you're around, I'm keeping your countrymen and their families in my thoughts today. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-27 10:29:13 PM |
| #5 As Buffy once said to the First, "OK I get it, you're evil." |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-27 4:37:01 PM |
| #4 Al-Zarqawi has not always agreed with OBL.He has even said so.I think he has his own agenda. |
| Posted by: rich woods 2004-06-27 1:56:05 PM |
| #3 Because they are doing Allah's will and Allah doesn't make mistakes? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-27 12:40:22 PM |
| #2 I still cannot believe that Al-Zarqawi and crew are that stupid. Why would they continue using a strategy that it is clealy backfiring on them? Desperation, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-06-27 12:34:18 PM |
| #1 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may be establishing his own strategy outside and independent of AQ's. |
| Posted by: rich woods 2004-06-27 12:24:03 PM |