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2007-07-23 Afghanistan

Military forces surround Taliban holding South Korean hostages

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Time for SKor to send in some of their highly trained "special purpose" ROK soldiers to sneak in there in the middle of the night, and leave with the hostages alive and the hostage takers with their throats cut, at least.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-23 00:21|| 2007-07-23 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 South Korean churches have had missionaries in Pakistan for over 35 years. They were particularly active lately in assisting the earthquake victims. I'm wondering if the aid workers came directky from sKor or came over from their base in Pakistan.

Posted by GK 2007-07-23 01:04|| 2007-07-23 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought Christian missionary activity in Islamic countries was a capital offense.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-23 09:50|| 2007-07-23 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 For these guys, in a few days, it probably will be...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-23 09:53|| 2007-07-23 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps NATO forces should not be overly obsessed about getting these hostages back alive. Having a few dozen of their citizens killed might shake South Korea out of its torpor over dealing with extremist regimes.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-23 11:40|| 2007-07-23 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 is this the trademarked 'surrounded' that usually precedes the amazing escape that we read about so often in that region?

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-07-23 22:41|| 2007-07-23 22:41|| Front Page Top

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