Posted on 07/20/2006 10:20:17 AM PDT by george wythe
Haiti Kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for the release of two U.S. missionaries seized on their way to church in Haiti's capital, a U.N. official said Thursday.
The captors initially sought $500,000 but lowered the ransom demand during negotiations with the FBI, said Leslie Dallemand, chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's anti-kidnapping unit.
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Tom Barron, a minister at The Mustard Seed church, and member William Eugene Seastrum were driving to church early Sunday when assailants stopped their car and dragged them out, Dallemand said. Both missionaries are from High Point, N.C.
"As far as I know, they're pretty healthy," Dallemand said. "The kidnappers didn't speak English. They made [one missionary] call his wife in North Carolina, and he did say he was OK."
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Yep... Haiti was a paradise before the illegal Bush putsch that expelled the beloved Aristede. < /s>
The Haitians have been itching for a civil war for a long time, but we keep interfering with their wishes.
All cultures are equal....
All religions are equal...
Multiculturalism is good....
Diversity is strength....
Right...
Semper Fi
That is really going to reverberate through the mission field in NC. Haiti is a hot mission spot for Christian NC doctors and ministers.
Yes, I have heard that before.
One of my wife's former co-workers went on mission there but is now in Thailand.
At any rate -
It's very sad, I hope they remain safe throughout this ordeal.
My church has a group in Jamaica this week, and another going to the Dominican Republic later in the year.
Sorry, but don't pay for their ransom. use the money to hire mercs....
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