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2007-09-02 Afghanistan

Talib sez Seoul paid $20m for hostages and Mullah Brother not dead

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-09-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Seems like they paid to me. The fact that a few were released at a time suggests to me that the money was poured into and transferred out of a secret account somewhere. Duh.

Posted by gorb 2007-09-02 02:05|| 2007-09-02 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Better that we had killed the hostages and their captors alike than let this happen. Perhaps next time around any South Korean hostages need to be killed accidentally during an "unsuccessful" attempt at liberating them so no more money changes hands. This $20 million ransom will help buy the deaths of hundreds of our soldiers. For starters, $20 million of any foreign aid going to South Korea needs to be deleted yesterday.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-02 19:37|| 2007-09-02 19:37|| Front Page Top

#3 If it wasn't Mullah Brother who was killed, who was it? Another brother?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-02 20:23|| 2007-09-02 20:23|| Front Page Top

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