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| Kidnappers make new demands for Filipinoâs release |
| 2004-07-10 |
| Kidnappers holding a Filipino hostage in Iraq denied he had been freed and set new conditions for his release, Arabic satellite television Al Jazeera reported. âThe hostage will remain captive and treated as a prisoner under Islam until the last Filipino soldier leaves Iraq by latest July 20 or he will be executed,â the channel quoted a statement from the group as saying. âWe give the Philippine government an additional 24 hours starting from 11:00pm Iraqi time (1900 GMT) on Saturday to show it is serious about withdrawing its troops.â The statement came just hours after Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sent word to relatives of Angelo de la Cruz that he was on his way to freedom and would be taken to a Baghdad hotel, prompting a burst of celebration at his home. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #1 From the article: The statement came just hours after Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sent word to relatives of Angelo de la Cruz that he was on his way to freedom and would be taken to a Baghdad hotel, prompting a burst of celebration at his home. Arroyo's incompetence is just staggering. And not just on the matter of the hostages - years after her coup over Estrada, the Philippines is still a basket case. At least Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoaputri has an excuse - she's just a high school grad. Arroyo's a Harvard grad - just goes to show that Harvard grads are overrated - way overrated. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-10 10:08:01 PM |