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Activist: ISIS holds 150 Christian hostages, will threaten to kill them
CNN ^ | Wed February 25, 2015 | By Laura Smith-Spark and John Vause, CNN

Posted on 02/25/2015 11:09:05 AM PST by NorthMountain

(CNN)ISIS is holding many more Assyrian Christians hostage than previously thought -- and it is reportedly planning to release a message Wednesday threatening to kill them.

Osama Edward, founder of the Assyrian Human Rights Network, told CNN that the extremist group is now believed to have 150 hostages, citing the latest information from the network's team on the ground.

Initial estimates put the number seized at between 70 and 100 people, among them women, children and the elderly.

The video message will be directed to President Barack Obama and other members of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, Edward said from Stockholm, Sweden.

The Assyrians were kidnapped early Monday from villages near Tal Tamer in northeastern Syria.

Edward, who has family in the area attacked by the terror group, said the latest information from the ground indicated the hostages had been moved to an ISIS-controlled location.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assyrians; christians; hostages; isis; islam; islamicterrorism; jobs; syria
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but ISIS isn't islamic ... and islam isn't violent.

This I know, 'cuz Bam-Bam told me so.

1 posted on 02/25/2015 11:09:05 AM PST by NorthMountain
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If they’re held by ISIS ,they’re already dead


2 posted on 02/25/2015 11:10:45 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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“The video message will be directed to President Barack Obama...”

Who will IGNORE it. Those Christians are as good as dead.

Man, we are so screwed.


3 posted on 02/25/2015 11:12:51 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: NorthMountain

Guess they’ll have to start kidnapping peeps o’ color for anyone to care. In the US, Christian hostages are a huge yawn.
Everyone is watching 50 Shades of Crap.


4 posted on 02/25/2015 11:13:26 AM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: molson209

Yup. Dead men walking. Time to nape an ISIS HQ.


5 posted on 02/25/2015 11:13:47 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: NorthMountain

We need some job openings FAST!!!


6 posted on 02/25/2015 11:15:34 AM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: NorthMountain

They are already dead. White House is pleased.


7 posted on 02/25/2015 11:15:37 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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Yet, refuse to bake a cake for lgbt and you're in jail or lose your business.

Try to bring alcohol to a cab driven by a muslim and you're infringing his religious rights.

it's bizarro world.

8 posted on 02/25/2015 11:15:51 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: NorthMountain

Some one at CNN is going to get a stern phone call from the White House propaganda bureau for putting irrelevant, racist information in this report.

It should read as follows: “Some random guys kidnapped some random people randomly and religion had nothing to do with it.”

Remember:

Islam good - Christianity BAD


9 posted on 02/25/2015 11:20:51 AM PST by Junk Silver
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Seriously, why are Christians still in Syria? I’d leave with the clothes on my back if I had to.

Better yet, why hasn’t anybody decided to air lift them to safety?

I’m appalled at how so many politicians just dither.


10 posted on 02/25/2015 11:21:21 AM PST by Shadow44
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or pleasure sex slaves if not dead


11 posted on 02/25/2015 11:21:37 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: ConorMacNessa



Prayers up for Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ!



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

12 posted on 02/25/2015 11:22:39 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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Impoverished Islamic youths with too much time on their hands.


13 posted on 02/25/2015 11:23:19 AM PST by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: NorthMountain
Shouldn't the headline read:

Activist: ISIS holds 150 RANDOM hostages, will threaten to kill them

14 posted on 02/25/2015 11:24:12 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...

Prayer ping!


15 posted on 02/25/2015 11:29:32 AM PST by NYer (Without justice - what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
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The conditions of killing are not clear, though I presume they want money.


16 posted on 02/25/2015 11:30:12 AM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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I wonder when the time will come when Americans don’t even pretend to care about stuff like this.


17 posted on 02/25/2015 11:37:56 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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I grabbed the article from cnn dot com; I seriously doubt that it will appear on anybody’s evening news. The antics of hollywood sluts are far more newsworthy.


18 posted on 02/25/2015 11:40:15 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain

Wow! 150 random folks picked for no particular reason by a group that is clearly not Islamic. Will wonders never cease?


19 posted on 02/25/2015 11:50:59 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: NorthMountain

I think that ISIS, Boko Haram and the Hebdo outrage may have presented a crack in the wall where even a surprising number of leftist/liberals just cannot deny that this has something to do with Islam. I think Graeme Wood’s publication in the notoriously hard liberal Atlantic was an eye opener too. Granted, too many will still insist until they are blue in the face that Obama is by far the best man for the job and label you an ignorant buffoon if you object to this. And so they remain very much part of the problem and on a fundamental level they still are the problem. But I have discussed with numerous intellectuals who now say they cannot deny the link with islam anymore, and I’m in academia.


20 posted on 02/25/2015 11:51:33 AM PST by youngphys01
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