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| Afghanistan |
| S.Korea denies ransom payment to Taliban captors |
| 2007-09-01 |
| The South Korean Presidential Office denied Friday news reports alleging that the government had paid a hefty ransom to Taliban in return for the recent release of South Korean hostages, Yonhap News Agency in Seoul said. "We didn't pay any ransom. There is no secret agreement with the Taliban other than the already announced conditions for the hostage release," Cheon Ho-seon, Preident Roh Moo-hyun's spokesman, told a media briefing. News media have raised speculation about a possible ransom trade between the South Korean government and Taliban, with some putting the figure at as much as GBP 20 million (USD 40.4 million). |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 Another article earlier today reported 60 Terrorists Killed in the same area as the hostages were held. Who cares if SKOR paid, the Baddies won't live to spend it.(YEA) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-09-01 14:10 |
| #4 In other Bizarro World news, the ROK acts like wussies when confonted by terrorists. Never thought that would happen based on what little I know of the Korean national character. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-09-01 11:48 |
| #3 Em makes the heavy lulz. |
| Posted by: Throper Ghibelline9098 2007-09-01 03:43 |
| #2 I like KUNA as a source, because yes, they are biased, but they often provide better straight reporting than most Western media. I rarely have to cut out giant chunks of 'analysis' from a KUNA story, whereas AP and Rooters always tosses in clunky crap like this: "In a move widely understood to represent the mewling death-throes of what some analysts say was the worst shoura council ever assembled in the history of the Ummah since the benevolent rule of the blessed Prophet (PBUH)..." Plus they get good quotes from Newsmakers, again avoiding nonsense like: "Sheikh Yerbouti, dressed in last season's thobe and with his eyes darting relentlessly around the room, stepped to the microphone and said..." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-09-01 03:03 |
| #1 There it is, right there in the Kuna. You see it, now BELIEVE! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-09-01 02:13 |