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| Taliban Claim To Have Kidnapped Journalists |
| 2007-03-06 |
| The Taliban claim to have kidnapped three journalists in Afghanistan on Tuesday and have accused them of being spies, according to a report on the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press agency quoting Taliban sources. The BBC Arabic language site said that the Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah had accused the three journalists of entering the southern Afghan province of Helmand, which is largely under Taliban control, without permission. The Taliban have said that the three journalists include a British national and two Afghans. The reports of the kidnapping on Tuesday come just as NATO and Afghan forces launch a major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 More. An Italian and two locals. Even more reason to keep them (at least until the ransom hits the high millions) which the Italians will gladly pay and then when they are released criticize the NATO (i.e. Americans) for not doing enough to find them and rescue them. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back 2007-03-06 14:18 |
| #6 More. An Italian and two locals. An Italian journalist has been kidnapped by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province. Daniele Mastrogiacomo was travelling with his Afghan driver and translator outside Lashkar Gah, Helmand's main town, when they were taken hostage. The Taliban originally identified Mr Mastrogiacomo as a Briton named John Nichol, then later described him as a journalist for La Repubblica newspaper who they said was spying for the British military in Helmand. The confusion about the hostage's identity appeared to stem from difficulties by Taliban kidnappers in pronouncing Mr Mastrogiacomo's first name over the phone, according to two Pashtun journalists who have had direct contact with the Taliban. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-06 14:05 |
| #5 #4 Keep 'em. Heh, took the words out of my mouth, jds! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-03-06 13:06 |
| #4 Keep 'em. Not one American soldier should be put at risk to save these traitors. |
| Posted by: jds 2007-03-06 13:05 |
| #3 Has anyone seen seymour hersh recently? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-03-06 13:04 |
| #2 Dan Rather wasn't out there looking for the big comeback was he? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-06 12:54 |
| #1 The Taliban claim to have kidnapped three journalists in Afghanistan on Tuesday and have accused them of being spies I'm sorry to say it, but I'm conflicted. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-03-06 12:52 |