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2009-03-31 India-Pakistan
Taliban reject ransom offer for Canadian journalist
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Posted by ryuge 2009-03-31 05:09|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 A close aide of Mr. Bahadur told The Globe and Mail he would request a deadline extension in order to continue negotiations over the size of the payment. "But one thing, which I want to make clear is that they [Taliban] are serious," said Qari, who asked to be identified by one name only. "They [the Pakistani and Canadian government] demonstrate stubbornness to pay ransom and get her released," he said. "Now we will reciprocate with the same attitude."

"Really, our hands are tied."
Posted by Seafarious 2009-03-31 10:09||   2009-03-31 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Keep her. In one piece or two, doesn't matter. Keep her
Posted by Frank G 2009-03-31 10:11||   2009-03-31 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "They [the Pakistani and Canadian government] demonstrate stubbornness to pay ransom and get her released," he said. "Now we will reciprocate with the same attitude."

Fine with me. Enjoy the Islamic comradeship, hon...
Posted by tu3031 2009-03-31 10:25||   2009-03-31 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 somehow O'Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief" comes to mind
Posted by mhw 2009-03-31 13:36||   2009-03-31 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 So whaddya think the price will be down to by the end of next month when they threaten to behead her again?
And I still wouldn't pay it.
Posted by tu3031 2009-03-31 13:44||   2009-03-31 13:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The US should offer to pay it - in pennies, dropped by a pair of B-52s. Drop 'em from 40,000 feet over any NWFP town of the terrorists' choice. The terminal velocity of a copper penny from 40k is about the same as the velocity of an AK-47 round at 50 feet. They'll spread out over quite an area, and do some serious damage to crops, livestock, people, and structures. It's kind of difficult to drive a vehicle that's been hit with about 40¢ worth of pennies.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2009-03-31 16:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2009-03-31 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 See ya next week and we'll do this all over again...

Vancouver woman said she'd be beheaded today, but Taliban militants holding her give authorities until April 5 to pay ransom

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Islamic militants holding a Canadian hostage in the Afghan-Pakistani border region have extended the deadline for their ransom demands to be met, according to an associate of the Taliban commander thought to be in control of her.

"But there will be no more extension in the deadline," said Qari, a close associate of Taliban commander Gul Bahadur, who asked to be identified by one name only. "They [the Taliban] are serious," he told The Globe and Mail today.

In a video released last month, West Vancouver resident Beverly Giesbrecht, 53, said her captors would behead her if their demands for $350,000 (U.S.) weren't met by the end of March. She was seized at gunpoint in the Bannu region of northern Pakistan in November.

The local government in the Pakistani region where we was captured offered the captors a lower amount in exchange for her release, but that was rejected as "too little to be considered," according to the Taliban source and a tribal elder negotiating her release.

When asked what her captors would do if they did not get an increased ransom offer by the new deadline, Qari said: "In this case, the old ransom offer will be considered by our shura [meeting of leaders], which will decide her fate once and for all."
Posted by tu3031 2009-03-31 16:43||   2009-03-31 16:43|| Front Page Top

#8 We won't accept less than $400,000 to take her back. Await your counteroffer
Posted by Frank G 2009-03-31 17:28||   2009-03-31 17:28|| Front Page Top

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