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Aidoneus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 10:43 AM
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Breaking from al-Jazeera--the two Italian aid workers freed in Iraq.
At the top of -- http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

More later, I'd assume.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 10:51 AM
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1. Very good news indeed
Any news on Bigley yet?
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:11 AM
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2. That's great news, if true
Here's hoping.
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Artemis Bunyon Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:14 AM
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3. Thank God, Allah, Zoroastar, Buddha, Vishnu, Cthulhu,,,
On second thought, scratch Cthulhu.
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bloodyjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:39 PM
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16. let's show Ahura Mazda how much we appreciate him
with a bit of delicately tainted buffalo meat.

Isn't it refreshing to see some good news coming out of Iraq? I mean, aside from the fact that the abduction occured in the first place, this is good news!

Hurray, the stampede of freedom!
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AIJ Alom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:20 AM
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4. Excellent news.
May they wisely leave the "safety" of Allawi's Iraq for Italy.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:28 AM
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5. with the Italian Red Cross now
BBC story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3698196.stm

The two women were handed over to the Italian Red Cross in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and are in good health, officials said.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said they were expected to return to Italy later on Tuesday.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 12:10 PM
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6. ....and the propaganda machine try to make us believe they
were executed a week ago. Didn't make sense for them to murder the Italians who were helping their people.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 12:13 PM
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7. Simona Pari and Simona Torretta
thankfully they're free :bounce:
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 12:49 PM
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8. CNN just confirmed it...
...so now I have to ask the question- Why is it that so many non-American captives get released as compared to so few Americans? What is it we're not doing, or doing wrong? Hmmm. Guess that's a question we'll never get asked by any "Elite" news agency.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 01:04 PM
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10. Does anyone know if they were paid to let them go????
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Sideways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 01:11 PM
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11. CNN International Said Possible Million Dollar Ransom Paid
N/T
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minkyboodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 12:50 PM
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9. wonderful news
n/t
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:55 PM
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12. update in BBC story: French negotiator says deal reached for 2 Frenchmen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3698196.stm

Meanwhile, a French negotiator says he has reached a deal with kidnappers to free two French hostages in Iraq, according to Arabic television.

The envoy told al-Arabiya TV he had seen Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot, who were kidnapped on 21 August, and they would be released soon.

Separately, an Egyptian telecoms company said four of its six workers who had been held hostage in Iraq have been set free.
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:07 PM
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13. Yay, great news!
Now, let's hope their comrades, the Iraqi aid workers who were seized at the same time, are also freed.

http://freeourfriends.blogspot.com/
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:15 PM
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15. They were
Edited on Tue Sep-28-04 04:15 PM by muriel_volestrangler
that's what the BBC story says, anyway.
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:08 PM
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14. I'm so glad! They were ransomed, I guess.
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drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 05:33 PM
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17. YAY!!!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Only a few days ago there were reports that the two Simonas had been killed. I was so heartbroken when I read that. I'm so glad to see that wasn't the case.
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Aidoneus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 06:10 PM
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18. It is wonderful news, but..
Edited on Tue Sep-28-04 06:11 PM by Aidoneus
there is now the teensy-tiniest matter of the thousands of Iraqis that remain in the American concentration camps.. if only they could take in a fraction of the attention.
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sr_pacifica Donating Member (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:32 PM
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19. It's doubtful women would have been beheaded
As ruthless as some of the abductors have been, they still have their own moral code based on Islam and beheading women is not something they would do. I gathered this from the little I know of Islam and I have spoken to a Muslim friend who believed this too. Yes, stoning and for thievery, the cutting of hands might be done, but beheading, no.
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