| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| German hostage : Betrayal in Kabul |
| 2007-10-16 |
|
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #4 According to Taliban fighters interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph, the money has also been used to train recruits to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain and America. This might be hyperbole. Prior to 9/11, they used to get big money from Europe, the US and the Mid East (via charities). The spigots are more or less turned off. The way money flows through Islamist organizations isn't exactly a model of efficiency or honesty. A big problem for them is having four wives and hordes of children. What pays for their upkeep? The productive output of relentless anti-American proselytizing? No - it's the money donated to them for terrorist operations. If they're unethical enough to slaughter large numbers of innocent bystanders, they're unethical enough to steal large sums of money from their donors. (A Muslim friend not enamored of the jihadis commented as much). |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-10-16 14:34 |
| #3 From a recent article on a different hostage case: According to Taliban fighters interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph, the money has also been used to train recruits to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain and America. South Korea has repeatedly denied claims by Afghan officials that it paid cash to secure the release in August of 21 Christian volunteers who were held for nearly six weeks. But in a recent meeting, three Taliban fighters involved in the conflict with the British in Helmand province said that $10 million cash handed over in two instalments had been used to boost operations in Afghanistan and abroad. "It was a God-sent opportunity," said Mullah Hezbollah, 30. "It has helped us to multiply our stockpile of weapons and explosives to wage battle for at least a year or so." |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-16 14:11 |
| #2 Article: This is the sort of rhetoric that has the German Foreign Office worried, because it heats up the debate over the purpose and consequences of German participation in the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom and the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mandate in Afghanistan. It also raises the question of how high the risks of future development projects with German involvement in Afghanistan can be. Blechschmidt says that as he was being released, the kidnappers called out to him that the Germans should "watch out." The country that lost hundreds of thousands of men at Stalingrad gets one guy kidnapped, and talks about risks. Of course, at Stalingrad, there was the possibility of loot for the German conquerors, whereas none is in sight in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-10-16 13:34 |
| #1 To train a dog one rewards behavior one wishes to see repeated and punishes behavior one wishes to discourage. What works for dogs should work for Muslim terrorists (and v.v.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-16 10:58 |