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November 04, 2004
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It didn't help
They pulled out their troops from Iraq to free a hostage. They banned their nationals from travelling to Iraq, even stamping their passports "Not valid for travel to Iraq". It hasn't helped: another Filipino has been kidnapped. Worryingly the Philippine Government is already seeking contact with the kidnappers, no doubt to start negotiation over the ransom. Retreat and stamps don't protect your citizens in places like Iraq. Securing the nation, defeating the terrorists and getting on with the elections in January will. It's a shame the Philippine Government has turned its citizens into targets through its actions. posted by Simon on 11.04.04 at 09:03 AM in the
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despite their government's efforts to dissuade the filipinos from going to iraq and the middle east, they still stubbornly persist as they don't want to miss out on the obscene amount of money they could earn. hence the huge outflow of people from the country flocking to that region. certainly the words "common" and "sense" don't exist in their vocabulary. but of course it didn't help matters when Mrs arroyo gave in to the kidnappers' demands the other day. the only thing she could do right now is to build a high wall or electric fence on each and every island to hem them in. posted by: the letter b on 11.04.04 at 10:54 AM [permalink]Not invading Iraq in the first place might have helped, too. posted by: fumier on 11.04.04 at 11:11 AM [permalink]It's possible that not all of the terrorists got the No-Filipinos memo. Giving a moment's thought to terrorist demands validates their methods. posted by: Rob on 11.08.04 at 12:16 PM [permalink] |
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