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Israel ready to release prisoners for soldier: Olmert

2006-09-23

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Friday that he was prepared to negotiate a prisoner release with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in exchange for a captured soldier.

"I told (Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak I am ready to release (prisoners) to Abu Mazen (Abbas). I am not ready to release prisoners to Hamas," the prime minister told the Yediot Aharonot newspaper in an interview. "I had several conversations with Mubarak on this subject. The only limitation I set was this - no negotiations with Hamas," Olmert said. "Even before the kidnapping, I promised Mubarak that when I met with Abu Mazen I would release prisoners. This is the model that we are talking about," Olmert said, talking about "difficulties" which he refused to detail.

Posted by:Fred

#7 Release them onto the continent of Antartica. Lying is bad business.

Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-23 19:19

#6 It is the way of the Souk.

Posted by: 6 2006-09-23 19:00

#5 If *I* were Olmert, I'd promise 10,000 prisoners but set the condition that all three Israeli soldiers be set free FIRST, as a "good faith gesture". Then once the 3 soldiers are safe in Israel, renig on the whole deal and publicly taunt Hamas/Hezbollah as stupid trusting idiots.

I'd do almost the same thing, except I'd release the corpses of the jihadis.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-23 12:56

#4 Israel went to war with the Hezbos over two kidnapped soldiers and eigth soldiers ambushed and killed.

Now, Olmert wants to pull a trade. Go figure?

The only reason Israeli soldiers are being kidnapped is to release 0000s of thugs, as bad a pattern as land for pieces

Posted by: Grolurt Hupising1286 2006-09-23 07:42

#3 All of the above.

Go ahead, trade prisoners just this once. Trade 1,000:1, who cares. Get Shalit, Goldwasser et al in safe keeping and then blow all 1,000 of the trades straight to eternal burning hell.

Next time there is a kidnapping or hostage taking, walk artillery through all of the "refugee camps" one block at a time while demanding the release of whomever has been captured.

The time of trusting these skyscraper-sized turds to do anything even remotely close to honorable has come to an end. One look at the endless prinking about over Hamas' recognition of Israel is answer enough.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-23 04:28

#2 If *I* were Olmert, I'd promise 10,000 prisoners but set the condition that all three Israeli soldiers be set free FIRST, as a "good faith gesture". Then once the 3 soldiers are safe in Israel, renig on the whole deal and publicly taunt Hamas/Hezbollah as stupid trusting idiots.

But that's just me.

Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-09-23 02:06

#1 "because trading a thousand Paleo prisoners for one captured Israeli is Ok if done with Abbas, but not with Hamas, cuz they're....uh...different. They're icky"

Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-23 01:32

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