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| Bigley's Bro wants to pay the Danegeld; Ken becomes Irish |
| 2004-10-05 |
| The brother of the British hostage Kenneth Bigley said yesterday that he hoped to pay a ransom to secure his release. Paul Bigley was speaking after it emerged that Kenneth may have been handed to another group. Mr Bigley said no contact had been made with the new group, but he believed they were now holding his brother. He said he was prepared to fly to Kuwait to pay any ransom in full. "My bag is packed and I have an open-ended ticket," he said. Jassim Bodai, the editor of the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai al-Aam, which first reported that Mr Bigley, 62, might have been handed to other kidnappers, said he believed he could have been given to the group that freed two Italian aid workers last week. Paul Bigley said: "I wouldn't use the word confident. I'm very hopeful and I'd like to be there to embrace Ken and Ken would like to embrace me. God knows, when he's set free it'll be euphoric for him but it will be absolute trauma for him as well." In recent days the Bigley family has been in touch with the government of Ireland - Mr Bigley's mother, Elizabeth, was born in Co Dublin. An Islamic website quoted an Iraqi cleric, who met Mr Bigley on Saturday, as saying that his captors asked for clarification of his Irish heritage. "They clearly stated to me that they have no fight with the Irish people, but were unsure if he was an Irishman or English," Imam Syed al-Karemm was quoted as saying. "O'course he's Oirish! Can't ya see the state he's in? That's Guinness deprivation, ye' beasts." |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #4 Looks like Two Simonas, SpA is about to earn some more commission fees. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-05 4:13:45 PM |
| #3 which first reported that Mr Bigley, 62, might have been handed to other kidnappers, said he believed he could have been given to the group that freed two Italian aid workers last week. hmmm...this fits into my conspiracy theory (tin foil, please). The other two hostages had their heads chopped off and it was captured on video. Why was Mr. Bigley spared? It's just so not Al Qaeda to give a hostage back...it shows weakness in their minds. (see my opinion yesterday on Al Qaeda as serial killers ..and yes...I spelled Beslan wrong..I alway do that..darn). There was a very bizzare article, several days back, from a member of the "resistance" who said that Bigley was only put in a cage during the video process - but he was free to roam about otherwise. Hmmm...why would a resistance fighter, against the US, be willing to divulge that? The article was very convoluted and didn't make sense to me. now...(extra tin-foil, please)..could it be possible that it wasn't the "resistance fighter" that exposed that fact, but the Italian women upon their release? There is something very, very, wrong with this whole story. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-05 11:56:24 AM |
| #2 Well, he's been granted an Irish passport now... |
| Posted by: Lux 2004-10-05 11:38:39 AM |
| #1 In that case everyone over there should start wearing those pins that say "Kiss me I'm Irish". |
| Posted by: Halloweenie 2004-10-05 11:24:46 AM |