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2 U.S. missionaries held in Haiti to be freed
Reuters via MSNBC ^ | 5:03 p.m. CT, Tues., Feb. 23, 2010 | None

Posted on 02/23/2010 7:09:16 PM PST by Ready4Freddy

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Two U.S. missionaries still held in Haiti on child kidnapping charges are expected to be freed this week, the judge hearing their case said on Tuesday.

"We haven't found anything that could suggest wrongdoing on the part of the Americans," the investigative judge, Bernard Sainvil, told Reuters.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: haiti; missionaries; silsby
"Release would end ordeal involving American church group, Haitian children "
1 posted on 02/23/2010 7:09:16 PM PST by Ready4Freddy
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To: Ready4Freddy

File this under:

“No good deed goes unpunished!”


2 posted on 02/23/2010 7:10:16 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: Ready4Freddy
These are the two remaining missionaries, Silsby & Coulter.
3 posted on 02/23/2010 7:10:46 PM PST by Ready4Freddy ("It's not the number of burnt cars that worries me. It's the fact that everyone finds this normal..")
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To: Ready4Freddy

How much $?


4 posted on 02/23/2010 7:12:26 PM PST by rogertarp
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To: Kansas58

Yes, this was nothing but a show trial to distract from Haiti’s abysmal handling of the disaster and the aid that flowed in afterwards. Naturally, because it involved a Christian group, US reporters were licking their chops and hoping for the worst.


5 posted on 02/23/2010 7:19:08 PM PST by livius
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To: livius

One of the poor saps is a fireman from Topeka Kansas.

I am very hopeful he still has a job, I have not heard.


6 posted on 02/23/2010 7:20:05 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: Ready4Freddy

I know a few who will be bitterly disappointed at this news.


7 posted on 02/23/2010 7:30:18 PM PST by CajunConservative (Shut Up Mary!)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Not yet. They are still being held over the weekend: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022503928.html


8 posted on 02/26/2010 2:15:22 PM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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