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| Qatar negotiated release of U.S. journalist in Syria |
| 2014-08-26 |
| [The Hindu] A Syrian rebel group closely linked to al-Qaeda has released a U.S. citizen, Peter Theo Curtis (45), after holding him for approximately 22 months, a move that came days after a different Death Eater outfit, Islamic State, beheaded American journalist James Foley and posted a gruesome video of the act on the Internet sparking worldwide condemnation. Captured in 2012 The release of Mr. Curtis, who was captured in Syria in October 2012, by Jabhat al-Nusra was apparently made possible by the direct intervention of the government of 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... , which stepped in to negotiate with the hostage-takers after numerous other efforts by the U.S., United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... and others failed. In a statement, the U.N. said that Mr. Curtis, who is a published author and freelance journalist writing under the name Theo Padnos, had been handed over to its peacekeepers in Al Rafid village, in the disputed Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel in the evening of August 24, 2014. After he received a medical check-up and was found to be healthy, he was handed over to U.S. officials, the U.N. added. Speaking after his release U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said that after the "unspeakable tragedy," of Foleyas killing, there was relief about the fact that Mr. Curtis was coming home. His mother Nancy said, "We appeal to the captors of the remaining hostages to release them in the same humanitarian spirit that prompted Theo's release." Currently at least three more Americans, including one woman, are said to be held hostage in the Syria-Iraq region, and one of them, journalist Steven Sotloff, was seen briefly in the video of Mr. Foley's beheading. The masked executioner was seen warning U.S. President Barack Obama If you have a small business, you didn't build that... that unless |
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