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Again: Hammadi had nothing to do with Osthoff. There was no connection. If it had been, or if Hammadi has so powerful friends, why haven´t they taken a German hostage earlier than after 19 years?? It may be hard to understand for Americans, but murder is punished with 15-18 years usually, and only 5% or so are not released after 20 years in prison.

Regarding this case:
It seems to be a regional case, the Yemeni terrorists want to blackmail the government of Yemen to get their fellows out. I´m curious how my government will react, considering that Chrobog criticized the "social security mentality of tourists travelling to dangerous countries" last week.

It´s outrageous that Germany has paid ransom money to terrorists in the past years (Indonesia, Algeria, probably Iraq). Never give them a little finger. Hunt them and kill them on the cost of the hostage´s lives!

I used to be stationed in Frankfurt, and we had an office up in Preungesheim, right by the little prison where they were keeping Hammadi. I loved to read the Hammadi updates in the Bild, they would be full of little tidbits on how the other prisoners were kicking the little scumbag around, or how he was complaining about the guards and food.

Sorry to see that they let him out.