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2004-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

Rebels threaten to kill Briton (and 2 Americans)

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Posted by .com 2004-09-19 12:50:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Rebels threaten to kill Briton"

We're talking about murder. Murderers threaten to kill Briton or Rebels threaten to murder Briton would be accurate headers. I know what the hostages would call it.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-09-19 8:15:00 AM|| 2004-09-19 8:15:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Murderous, camel-jockey, raghead bastards threaten to kill Briton?

Posted by Howard UK 2004-09-19 9:24:51 AM|| 2004-09-19 9:24:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the guerrillas are getting desperate. In Chechnya, kidnapping sprees coincided with money problems. Another problem the guerrillas have is inflation. They are now having to ask for serious sums of money just to cover expenses. Kidnapping alone doesn't do the trick - it's something that has to be done over and over again to generate income. And once an area has encountered an instance of kidnapping, everyone is much more alert, and bodyguards are hired.

Despite all the press attention to these events, only about a hundred kidnappings, at most, have actually occurred. And many of these are actually instances of convoys being intercepted rather than people being snatched from their homes. Instead of killing the people in the convoys, they are keeping them alive as counters in their continuing battles against the coalition.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-19 10:56:46 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-19 10:56:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Like your reassuring tone ZF, but I think these lads have been nabbed by Zarqawi's mob whose thirst for blood seemingly outweighs political savvy.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-09-19 12:21:53 PM|| 2004-09-19 12:21:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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