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2003-05-14 North Africa

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-05-14 04:04 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The last sentence was mine, Fred.

Posted by Bulldog 5/14/2003 4:10:41 AM|| 5/14/2003 4:10:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Guardian reports: "Algerian state radio today said the kidnappers were outlawed Islamist militants, Reuters reported. Quoting an armed forces statement, the radio station said the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat - also known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat - was responsible. The group is suspected of having links to the al-Qaida network and is waging a bloody war against Algerian authorities."

Posted by True German Ally 5/14/2003 9:45:19 AM|| 5/14/2003 9:45:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The last sentence was mine, Fred.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-05-14 04:10:41|| 2003-05-14 04:10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Otto Schily is about as anti-terrorist as John Ashcroft. You can safely forget about any money for terrorists.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-05-14 04:22:42|| 2003-05-14 04:22:42|| Front Page Top

#5 You'll have to forgive me TGA, but I don't beleive you. Otto, or no Otto, Germany has a reputation for giving terrorists with hostages exactly what they want. (At least when the hostages are Jews on German soil)Otto doesn't run the show, Shredder does. This isn't intended as an insult. Hey. we got the same thing here. Just because Rummy would dropp the hammer without even letting the French know it was happening, it doesn't mean Bush isn't going to play diplo-games with the UN for 6 months.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-05-14 07:04:41|| 2003-05-14 07:04:41|| Front Page Top

#6 German press (Spiegel) reports that the hostages were not "found" but freed in an attack by Algerian forces (I bet the GSG 9 is in Algeria but this will be denied because of diplomatic reasons).
Mike N, if you are referring to Munich 1972, this isn't very fair. Terrorism was new then and people weren't trained to deal with it properly in Germany. Munich led to the creation of the GSG 9 and they did a damn good job in Somalia 1977 (and later, with less publicised actions).
When it comes to terrorists, Schily runs the show and it's zero tolerance with him.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-05-14 07:39:27|| 2003-05-14 07:39:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Stern (article is in German) also reports there were possible casualties among the hostages. The operation took several hours and at least nine of the kidnappers were killed.

Posted by Dar 2003-05-14 09:28:43|| 2003-05-14 09:28:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Guardian reports: "Algerian state radio today said the kidnappers were outlawed Islamist militants, Reuters reported. Quoting an armed forces statement, the radio station said the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat - also known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat - was responsible. The group is suspected of having links to the al-Qaida network and is waging a bloody war against Algerian authorities."

Posted by True German Ally 2003-05-14 09:45:19|| 2003-05-14 09:45:19|| Front Page Top

#9 GSG9 are some mean-ass,dedicated mothas.Look at what happen to Bader-Miehoff,and Red Brigades.

Posted by w_r_manues@yahoo.com 2003-05-15 08:51:59|| 2003-05-15 08:51:59|| Front Page Top

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