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2008-04-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Britons kidnapped in Iraq are held by Iran

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Posted by Frank G 2008-04-26 18:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 MI-5 should grab Mohammad Safaei and his family and hold them counter hostage.

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-26 20:57|| 2008-04-26 20:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Send old Safaeai the head of one of his kids and maybe the ring finger of his wife with the wedding band still on it.

Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness had it right when Kurtz talked about fighting terror with terror.

Take off the gloves and tell our guys "we don't want to know how you did it, but just win this thing and scare those nut jobs into a monastery somewhere"

The OSS wasn't concerned about niceities and neither is MI-5, so what's the problem? The New York Times? Probably.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Texas 2008-04-26 23:05|| 2008-04-26 23:05|| Front Page Top

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