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2008-10-16 Caribbean-Latin America

15 Israelis taken hostage on Caribbean island

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Posted by tu3031 2008-10-16 10:57|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 According to the Foreign Ministry, the Chinese group was working under the Israeli supervisors building a vacation resort for a construction company called Ashtrom, which discontinued its project on the island as a result of the financial meltdown.

Apparently, the workers were dismissed after the collapse of Lehman Bros. Investors Bank in the United States.

When the workers were told to go home they each demanded a sum of $15,000, which they had paid contractors in China in order to take part in the project.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-16 11:06|| 2008-10-16 11:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The hostages said their captors have blocked off the marina, in effect neutralizing the only entry point on the island.

What is the Chinese word for "heliborne assault"?

Posted by SteveS 2008-10-16 11:21|| 2008-10-16 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Pay the workers!

Posted by 3dc 2008-10-16 11:38|| 2008-10-16 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Pay 'em.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-16 11:50|| 2008-10-16 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd like to welcome both the Israelis and the Chinese to the Brave New World of Low-Trust Societies.

Hopefully neither of these groups of people are cousins of mine and I won't have to care.

Posted by Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-16 12:11|| 2008-10-16 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe the Chinese could open up for bids. How much would Hamas or Hezbollah pay for 15 Israelis? You have to admit that it would be a very fast way to get the Israelis to cough up the money, unless they decided to kill the Chinese first.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-16 14:23|| 2008-10-16 14:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Nine of 15 Israeli project supervisors, trapped on an isolated Caribbean island by disgruntled Chinese construction workers who are owed wages, were released Thursday night, bringing a highly unusual labor dispute close to conclusion.

The Foreign Ministry said negotiations for the release of the remaining six Israelis were still under way between local police and the Chinese workers.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-16 19:02|| 2008-10-16 19:02|| Front Page Top

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