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October 12, 2004
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Chinese hostages in Pakistan
Two Chinese engineers were kidnapped in Pakistan on the weekend and are being held hostage. The terrorists have now strapped explosives to the bodies of their hostages and are threatening to kill at least one unless they get safe passage to their leader, although they've already "spared" them once. The terrorists are now in talks to free their victims and are demanding the release of 6 of their fellow Taleban/Al-Qaeda operatives. It begs the question of why in the hell would Al-Qaeda want to goad China into becoming more active on the war on terror? But even better is this: Pakistan officials said the kidnappers were taking orders from [Abdullah] Mehsud, a former inmate of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, who now heads tribesmen fighting alongside al Qaeda fighters in South Waziristan...That's one serious mistake by the Pentagon. posted by Simon on 10.12.04 at 10:55 AM in the
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TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/49570 Send a manual trackback ping to this post. Chinese Hostages Update: the Gitmo Connection Excerpt: Three days ago I reported that two Chinese nationals were taken hostage in Pakistan's South Waziristan province--you may recall South Waziristan from such incidents as hiding fleeing al Qaeda leaders and Osama bin Laden's corpse is here. What I did... Weblog: The Jawa Report Tracked: October 12, 2004 10:44 PM Wrong move Excerpt: Pakistan commandos raided the al-Qaeda militants holding Chinese hostages in Pakistan after hearing gunfire from the compound. Unfortunately Wang Peng, a surveyor on the hydro-electric dam project, was killed in the raid. Quick note to al-Qaeda: you've... Weblog: Simon World Tracked: October 15, 2004 10:39 AM FORMER GITMO PRISONER: SHOT DEAD Excerpt: Abdullah Mehsud, one of 10 enemy combatants released from Guantanamo Bay who had returned to his terrorist ways abroad, reportedly died this week of wounds sustained in a gun battle with Army forces. After his release from U.S. custody, he... Weblog: Michelle Malkin Tracked: March 14, 2005 06:33 AM
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maybe the pentagon's mistake was imprisoning him in the first place, rather than releasing him. i wouldn't be surprised if the experience of being unjustly imprisoned+tortured, without any evidence, has created a terrorist out of a previously upstanding member of the afghan community ... posted by: S on 10.12.04 at 12:55 PM [permalink]then again perhaps the pentagon was right, he is no longer a threat to americans. No one ever told them that he might be pissed at the chinese. Thought one has to wonder about his intelligence. Why the hell does he want to piss of the chinese. These people have shown no qualms about shooting their own unarmed students. I'm not even sure I want to konw what they would do to foreigners. posted by: g on 10.14.04 at 07:58 AM [permalink] |
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