Posted on 09/25/2016 9:19:24 AM PDT by jerod
3 foreigners seized two Italians and one Canadian were held at gunpoint Monday
Ottawa has confirmed that a Canadian is among three people taken hostage in Libya earlier this week.
In a statement Sunday, Global Affairs spokesman Michael O'Shaughnessy says the Canadian government is "diligently pursuing all appropriate channels to obtain more information about this troubling incident."
He says the government will not comment further or release any information that may compromise efforts to secure the hostages' release or endanger the safety of Canadian citizens.
Earlier in the week, a Libyan official said authorities were investigating the abduction of three foreigners working for a maintenance company near the border with Algeria.
Hassan Osman Eissa from the Ghat municipal council told The Associated Press on Thursday that the abductors are not al-Qaeda members, as some reports stated, but rather "a local group of outlaws."
The three foreigners seized two Italians and one Canadian were held at gunpoint Monday along the highway linking the southwestern cities of Ghat and Ubari.
We need to take moslems hostage and either trade them or kill them if they kill our hostage. Pretty simple but NEVER EVER PAY THEM!!
I have quit going into Mexico and have told others why.
Going into any muslim nation, especially Lybia, is pure insanity.
This happened to the U.S. a couple of months ago and obama's got a connection to get your guys back for, IIRC, $100M a copy.
Hillary is gonna get “right on that” and “see this through to the end” like she will for Flint Michigan’s water problem.
I’m with Trudeau on this. If you go to a country where you may get kidnapped like the Philippines which is big on kidnapping or the hellhole Libya, then don’t as the taxpayers to bail you out. If citizens are taken, then do a military strike and kill the bad guys, but no tribute or money to support more of the same.
Billy Ray Valentine Øbama has set the price.
Small bills, Euros, Francs, dollars, pounds. Obama proved they all work well.
We pay taxes to train JTF2. This is what they are for.
Current price is around 100,000,000 each.
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