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2005-12-26 Iraq

Osthoff sez Iraq captors "not criminals"

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Posted by Snaitle Shegum4858 2005-12-26 16:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 and a released prisoner...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-26 18:17|| 2005-12-26 18:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The word she is searching for is "Co-religionists".

Posted by ed 2005-12-26 19:35|| 2005-12-26 19:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Beware of Arabs bearing gifts:

Shimani, the driver, was shown blindfolded as a hostage on a video delivered to ARD's Baghdad office after the November 25 abduction. Germany sought his release together with that of Osthoff, but diplomats say he has yet to show up at the German embassy in Baghdad.

Solidarity campaigns and televised appeals from Germany during the abduction constantly placed the prominent Osthoff and the driver on an equal footing, demanding that the lives of both be spared, although the driver was not known to anyone in Germany.

ARD, a nationwide chain of public broadcasters, quoted sources saying that a Duleimi sheikh had lent the driver to Osthoff for her overland trip to northern Iraq. German investigators now suspected the sheikh of the abduction.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-12-26 19:43|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-12-26 19:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Big Pharaoh has a fine fisking of this story.

Posted by xbalanke 2005-12-26 23:49|| 2005-12-26 23:49|| Front Page Top

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