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2007-07-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Kidnapped BBC man's fate hangs on clan feud

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Posted by ryuge 2007-07-01 02:24|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 Oh well...I guess the occasional "friendly fire" casualty's just to be expected in these situations. What's really important is the greater good...driving those pesky Jews into the sea and all that. Oh, before I forget - Allahu Akbar, old chap!

Posted by The BBC 2007-07-01 02:54|| 2007-07-01 02:54|| Front Page Top

#2 *Dogmosh*

first name: *Mumtaz*

last name: *Dogmosh*

of Jaish al-Islam

Hollyweird would never buy that name for a movie.

Posted by RD 2007-07-01 03:41|| 2007-07-01 03:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "Mumtaz Dogmosh" sounds like a name which JK Rowling might create if she wrote a script for an episode of "24"

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-01 04:10|| 2007-07-01 04:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The arrest of two militants from the radical group holding BBC correspondent Alan Johnston hostage has put the journalist's life in great danger

How splendid, the usual argument of how fighting terrorism only creates more terrorism. I suppose sitting idly by is more effective, no?

The response to this was that Mumtaz threatened all foreigners and journalists in Gaza.

Some might even dare to call this "progress".

But over the past year, it has moved away from Hamas in a series of political, religious and family disputes.

What's that you say? Political, religious and family disputes amongst the Palestinians? G'wan, no never, not possible! There must be some mistake.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-01 04:19|| 2007-07-01 04:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Alan Johnston can rest assured the full moral authority of his colleagues at the BBC will be brought to bear to ensure his freedom.

And if that great weight comes to no effect, Johnston should know that - to parse Fisk - if I was Alan Johnston, I would have kidnapped me and hacked my head off at the neck for internet viewers of the Umma too.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-07-01 08:09|| 2007-07-01 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Alan meets Allan.

Posted by Elmurong the Elder7700 2007-07-01 10:15|| 2007-07-01 10:15|| Front Page Top

#7 If they kill Shalit and/or Johnston they should all be carpet bombed......

Posted by Theating the Elder2033 2007-07-01 11:30|| 2007-07-01 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Or wrapped in pig-skin, tied to a MOAB, and dropped from 50,00 feet by one of the 500 sooper-secret flying Trident submarines...

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-01 12:49|| 2007-07-01 12:49|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL!
It's the only way to deal with 'em!

HEHHEHEHEHEHS HA and use the 16' inch guns of them em Florida? Conneticut... anywaz... blassssst 'em!

Posted by Shipman 2007-07-01 12:54|| 2007-07-01 12:54|| Front Page Top

#10 We may get to see the answer to the question: " is a terrorist still only a militant after he cuts off one of your employee's head." I don't think that the BBC will change its language. Some ideology runs too deep for change even when confronted with overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Note - I would rather stay curious and have Mr. Johnston continue living, but I am not optimistic.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-07-01 13:00|| 2007-07-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#11 No way SH---a way to blame Israel will be found.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-01 22:23|| 2007-07-01 22:23|| Front Page Top

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