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| Sadr : We have Spanish hostages |
| 2004-04-08 |
| Sadr militia say they have Spanish hostages and maybe one American - possibly civilians as well as troops. Newsflash - no link yet except Debka (I know) They are trying to secure the release of Sadr’s deputy, Mustafa Yacoubi, who was arrested on Saturday. I officially feel sorry for the Spanish now. |
| Posted by:Lux |
| #14 Enjoy your new job, Zappie.... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-04-08 9:13:55 PM |
| #13 Maybe they were referring to the entire country of Spain, which has been held hostage since 3/11. Bwahahahahahaha! Stop, stop ... You're ripping my heart out! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-08 5:14:45 PM |
| #12 The Spanish military has denied the capture of any Spanish soldier. Maybe they were referring to the entire country of Spain, which has been held hostage since 3/11. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-04-08 3:02:11 PM |
| #11 "Sorry. Mexican gardeners. My bad." -- Muqty |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-08 11:05:59 AM |
| #10 Jarhead: Unfortunately my guess is that they will cower. I'm pretty certain that that is Sadr's opinion too. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-04-08 10:53:24 AM |
| #9 JFM> true enough. To all> taking Skor/Japanese prisoners is a big gamble on Sadr's behalf. These countries will either cower or get more agressive, developments will be interesting. Any comments? |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-04-08 9:22:14 AM |
| #8 Jarhead The Spanish media say nothing about civilians be it for confirming or denying their capture. The only info they have is about no soldier being captured. Of course it is a lot easier to check for missing soldiers than for missing civilians who could have travelled privately. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-04-08 9:07:43 AM |
| #7 This is straight out of the Hezbollah playbook. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-04-08 8:58:28 AM |
| #6 Probably is civilians (if they have anyone at all of course), because there are now more reports of hostages been taken - link - this time Japanese and South Korean. If this is all Sadr related, then it looks like he's falling back on more 'traditional' terror tactics. |
| Posted by: Lux 2004-04-08 8:40:10 AM |
| #5 JFM> what about Spanish civilians? Are the Spanish papers saying anything about that? |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-04-08 8:17:35 AM |
| #4 The Spanish military has denied the capture of any Spanish soldier. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-04-08 8:11:03 AM |
| #3 Debka says not so. |
| Posted by: JackAssFestival 2004-04-08 7:34:49 AM |
| #2 Sadr : We have Spanish hostages And vicious subversive un-P/C renegade elements within Spain's military have provided our snipers with stamped Spanish ammunition to center-punch each and every Mahdi hostage-taker with. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-08 5:40:43 AM |
| #1 Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia are holding an undisclosed number of Spanish hostages and possibly an American soldier, whom they intend to swap for the release of Mustafa Yacoubi, an aide to al-Sadr, Agence France- Presse reported, citing Amar al-Husseini, a spokesman in Baghdad for the group. Al-Sadr's Mahdi army, which numbers about 3,000, has been rebelling against the U.S.-led occupation in southern Iraq since the weekend. Al-Sadr has called for a withdrawal of coalition troops from the country. A Spanish government spokesman had no information on the alleged hostage-taking... link |
| Posted by: Lux 2004-04-08 4:48:46 AM |