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| French Hostages Handed Over to Iraqi Group |
| 2004-09-02 |
| The editor of the French newspaper Le Figaro said Thursday that Islamic militants had handed over two French journalists to an Iraqi group that has said it was in favor of releasing them. Jean de Belot said on France Info radio that the news was positive, but that he remained cautious until the men were in safe hands. "The latest information is that Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot have been handed over by the Islamic Army in Iraq to an Iraqi Sunni guerrilla group ... an opposition that we know for a few days now has been in favor of the release of the hostages," de Belot said. Yaaaasss... that worked out well. See? All you have to do is surrender all dignity, grovel, and submit to your new masters. Submit... How do you say "submission" in arabic, I forgot...? |
| Posted by:Anonymous5089 |
| #22 The 'kidnapping' was a blatant scam, designed to lay a guilt trip on domestic Muslims, and so soften their stance on the hijab ban. |
| Posted by: Phrog Blancmange 2004-09-02 11:53:11 PM |
| #21 So how does Suha feel about all these goings on? She seems as scarce as Theresa, ya know. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-02 10:19:22 PM |
| #20 We did it a couple of times already. Let the Swiss handle that this time. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-09-02 9:32:03 PM |
| #19 "Invade France? Hell no. We did that once before, and look at how they feel about us now." Robert, do you mean the more fierce resistance they put up against McDonalds, than they did against the German Army? |
| Posted by: tipper 2004-09-02 9:26:14 PM |
| #18 Leave France alone! [wink] |
| Posted by: Zarathustra 2004-09-02 7:52:54 PM |
| #17 Invade France? lol For what? To prop up their sorry welfare state? lol |
| Posted by: 98zulu 2004-09-02 7:49:50 PM |
| #16 Invade France? Hell no. We did that once before, and look at how they feel about us now. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-02 6:35:30 PM |
| #15 Invade France. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-02 6:15:52 PM |
| #14 It's time to break trade relations with the French. We can get your wine and cosmetics elsewhere. No more tourists to Paris. No sense in the US funding the French anymore. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-09-02 6:13:59 PM |
| #13 Much of it was stolen by the arab intermediary I prefer the term 'commission'... |
| Posted by: Yasser Arafat 2004-09-02 6:09:18 PM |
| #12 The more the middleman steals, the fewer terrorists get funded. Let's hear it for corruption in the Middle East! |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-09-02 5:50:04 PM |
| #11 Much of it was stolen by the arab intermediary Hey! Don't be so critical, Abu gotta eat. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-02 5:36:08 PM |
| #10 France, Spain, and the Phillipines ought to get together and write a handbook for appeasement. They've walked the walk and talked the talk. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-02 5:29:35 PM |
| #9 Chirac while Prime Minister paid about $3M in 1988 to the Lebanese hostage-takers. Much of it was stolen by the arab intermediary. I'm betting he paid more like $10M this time around. That's good for a dozen more 9/11 attacks. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-02 5:24:15 PM |
| #8 Money to the insurgents, more dead Americans, Chirac gets to play I told you so. seems like a red-letter day for the french. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-09-02 5:22:17 PM |
| #7 And do not think that the Froggies are off the hook. The terrorists are great and fast learners of the principle of inductive reasoning. If it works now, it would work again. The road to hell is paved with appeasers and morons. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-02 5:22:00 PM |
| #6 And soon we will have the obligatory interview about how well they were treated by their captors, who fed them snails three times a day etc. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-09-02 5:07:59 PM |
| #5 I wonder what price they paid. I'm sure it was steep and we'll all pay for it for a long time to come. |
| Posted by: peggy 2004-09-02 4:57:18 PM |
| #4 A6176: No doubt significant sums will change hands over this. More money for the insurgency. This might just be a way for Chirac to fund the terrorists in a way that seems above board. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-02 4:56:14 PM |
| #3 France proves is it all about sunmission to islam. All that's left now is for France itself to become an official Islamic nation, complete with Sharia. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-02 4:33:52 PM |
| #2 Submission is Islam. France proves is it all about sunmission to islam. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-02 4:26:04 PM |
| #1 No doubt significant sums will change hands over this. More money for the insurgency. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6176 2004-09-02 4:20:02 PM |