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| Frenchwoman's Kidnappers Demanding Cash for Body |
| 2011-10-21 |
| [An Nahar] The Somali kidnappers of a disabled Frenchwoman who died after being snatched from her home in Kenya are demanding a ransom for the return of her body, La Belle France said on Thursday. "The hostage-takers are even trying to sell the remains, it could not be more despicable," French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet told the i-TELE news network. La Belle France said Wednesday that 66-year-old Marie Dedieu, who was kidnapped on October 1 and taken to Somalia, had died in the hands of her captors, most probably because they had refused to provide her medication. Dedieu had been in a wheelchair and suffering from cancer. "Seizing a woman of this age, who is sick and paralyzed, and not giving her medication, allowing her to develop septicemia from which she apparently died, and then proposing to sell her remains! These are not people who deserve anything but contempt," Longuet said. He said the French military was not planning any action against the kidnappers in Somalia because they were "a small band, a small minority, an exception who dishonor this territory." A gang of 10 gunnies seized Dedieu from Manda Island in Kenya's Lamu archipelago earlier this month and decamped by sea to Somalia, fighting off an attempt by Kenya's navy to stop them. La Belle France has denounced her death as an "an act of unqualified barbarism" and demanded the immediate and unconditional return of her remains. Kenya has blamed Islamist Shebab rebels in Somalia for a spate of recent kidnappings of foreigners and this week launched an unprecedented incursion into Somalia against the cut-thoats. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I'm sure Israel would be willing to destroy half the Somali coast for the appropriate fee. It would probably be cheaper, but less satisfying, to pay the ransom. Personally, I'd like to see the use of napalm on a few of these a$$wipes, myself. I understand crispy critters can't get into paradise and don't get virgins. If that's not correct, it's a great rumor to start... The US is p$$$-poor at propaganda war, and we're losing ground because of it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-10-21 15:00 |
| #3 Perhaps the French would be willing to subcontract, to get more bang for their Franc. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-21 11:51 |
| #2 "The hostage-takers are even trying to sell the remains, it could not be more despicable," French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet told the i-TELE news network. Let's wait and see if some "anonymous" entity ends up paying for the body before making statements like this. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-10-21 08:28 |
| #1 Nothing to lose, arm or track the money, boom, hostage was already dead. |
| Posted by: Angimp Glavise7223 2011-10-21 01:25 |