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| Afghanistan |
| Talibs want 50 hard boyz for the 2 Injuns |
| 2003-12-22 |
| The Taliban have offered to release the two Indian engineers kidnapped two weeks ago in exchange for 50 militants. "We have received a letter from the Taliban in which they want freedom of 50 detained militiamen to release two Indian engineers," Baz Muhammad, who is in charge of Zabul province’s Shahjoy district, told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). "We would never set free the Indians without the release of our men," Baz Mohammad quoted the Taliban as saying. Both Indians, who were working on the Kabul-Kandahar highway project, are being held by Taliban commanders Maulvi Muhammad Alam and Maulvi Ahmadullah in Khak-i-Afghan in the Dai Chopan mountains the north of Zabul, Baz Muhammad said. The two were kidnapped on Dec 6, 2003. Baz Muhammad said that no key Taliban leaders were among those being sought by the kidnappers. He said that most of those the Taliban wanted exchanged "are in Shebergan prison". |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Shouldn't that be engin'? :0 |
| Posted by: Ron 2003-12-22 9:56:39 PM |
| #7 All 50 need to disappear to Diego Garcia or Gitmo until the two engineers are released, their highway project is finished, and the "Maulvis" are in custody. Surely some relative of one of the 50 would offer a little info for a bounty and getting the 50 back to Afganistan. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-12-22 1:57:24 PM |
| #6 Reminds me of the old Soviet approach as done in Lebanon. As I remember the story (chime in and correct me on the details, please), for some stupid reason, one of the jihadi groups there kidnapped a couple of Russian military advisors. The foreign branch of the KGB figured out who dunnit, pinched a cousin, killed him, castrated him, put his head and testicles in a box with some pig parts (skin?), and had them delivered to the jihadi leader with a note, "release our people or you're next." The Russians were released unharmed, and no one thereafter would (for some strange reason) kidnap a Russian. Now of course I don't advocate this approach since I'm a compassionate conservative, but it does seem to have its merits, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-22 12:51:55 PM |
| #5 We had this the other day. I restate my case: release the 50 Taliban - from 40,000 feet, over Quetta. Next time, tell the Taliban it will be 50 Taliban, each strapped to a 500-lb JDAM. Tell them they have 24 hours to release the two engineers, unharmed. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-22 11:58:35 AM |
| #4 The bigest problem here is the willingness to negotiate. The taliban have some expectation of success, and the afganistan govt needs to change that perception. The appropriate response is to hang 5 of the 50 each day until the indians are released or you run out of prisoners. If the indians turn up dead, hang the 50 and their cellmates. |
| Posted by: flash91 2003-12-22 7:59:24 AM |
| #3 Just so,Just John.Do so in lots of 10.(Metric system,ya'know) |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-12-22 6:49:43 AM |
| #2 This is very hard lines on the two engineers, but I agree with JJ. Don't negotiate, and definitely shoot those 50 hard boyz. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2003-12-22 5:10:55 AM |
| #1 I wouldn't do it; it would just lead to more kidnappings. The Li'l Imp on my shoulder says we should take those 50 guys they want and shoot them. |
| Posted by: Just John 2003-12-22 2:23:05 AM |