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2004-04-08 Iraq-Jordan

Shiite group threatens Japanese hostages

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-04-08 10:16:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Please delete Fred. I am a wanker. Just saw earlier post.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-04-08 10:19:41 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:19:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 and yet, John Kerry calls the Imam who's giving the go-ahead to these "militants"...

"...a legitimate voice in Iraq."
immediately correcting himself afterwards with, "... Well, let me ... change the term âlegitimate.â ..."
but then following up with, "Not if itâs an isolated act without the other kinds of steps necessary to change the dynamics on the ground in Iraq,"

How many "isolated incidents" and "fringe groups" threatening to burn Japanese hostages alive, need to strung together before before the message penetrates the layers of botox and frozen facial muscles, and get into his brain?

How can anyone vote for a man who is so eager to condemn his own country's actions, and yet use the word "legitimate" in the same sentence, or even the same paragraph as anyone who would exort his countrymen to take the kind of actions that groups like these are? When was the last time that President Bush said, "Unless all terorist activities against the U.S. stops, we'll burn all of the inmates at Gt'mo alive!"

Sorry, gang. This is more like an anti-Kerry rant, I guess. I saw him on CNN and Cavuto last night before I went to sleep, and I guess it left a bad taste till now. Still, if the shoe fits....

Posted by Dripping sarcasm 2004-04-08 10:37:32 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:37:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ha'aretz news ticker reports Japan has issued a statement. They're not caving (16:44 entry).

Posted by Dar 2004-04-08 11:20:45 AM|| 2004-04-08 11:20:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice how Al Jazeera always seem to be Johnny On The Spot?

Those boys are good, eh?

Posted by Michael 2004-04-08 12:10:13 PM|| 2004-04-08 12:10:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 AP reports SKor hostages are free.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-08 12:50:29 PM|| 2004-04-08 12:50:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think someone needs to review the history of Japanese warfare. They just might be fâin with the wrong country.

Umm, Dragon Fly? Seaman Ship, Seaman Ship, For Love ...

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-04-08 2:38:45 PM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-04-08 2:38:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Something tells me that Allah might take a pretty dim view of barbecuing living human beings.

Regardless of what the Islamic deity thinks, I know how American special forces regard such barbarity, and I would not want to one of the hostage takers when this is finished. I doubt any of them will be breathing after the next few days are over.

Since these hostage takers are Shiite, I suggest we merely hold their most holy shrines hostage. Destroying them is for future consideration. No one goes in or out of the Karbala Mosque containing (the grandson of Mohammed) Hussein's tomb for one solid year. Next year's pilgrimage will have no final destination and all because of Shiite barbarism. I do not care if American troops remain stationed for the duration to enforce it. Mine the location if necessary and cordon it off with razor wire. There is no reason to play fair against those who are without compunctions regarding the slaughter of civilians.

Should continued atrocities and mutilations occur, perhaps a few lesser shrines get dynamited as war forsaken monuments to so much barbarity. The Shiites are walking over thin ice on a hot day. We are dealing with religious fanatics who count upon their enemy's aversion to extreme violence. I consider holding their religious sites hostage as one of the only ways to pacify such resistance. It may enrage them, but after having a few of their lesser holy sites demolished, they'll realize that Hussein's Tomb is endangered by their own atrocities and stop.

If they refuse to stop, then the world's Shiite population must confront the fact that their own intransigent reliance upon barbarity resulted in destruction of a most holy site. I refuse to have any mercy for these ungrateful wretches. They have shown none and deserve none in return.

The Shiites shall not simultaneously enjoy renewed civil and religious liberties only to turn around and attack those who secured them because they have been "invaded." This sort of hypocritical nonsense will exact severe penalties if pursued.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-08 10:12:11 PM|| 2004-04-08 10:12:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The kidnappers also threatened to eat their victims.

Posted by Tresho 2004-04-08 10:59:57 PM|| 2004-04-08 10:59:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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