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Israel says Hamas may have Russian hostages
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Posted on 10/08/2023 6:49:44 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook

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To: Tench_Coxe

I was just getting ready to relate this story, but you did a much better job of it than I would. The Russians still retain a level of cruelty towards those who cross them. I would imagine that Russian hostages will be quickly released as soon as Hamas verifies their nationality. Ours, not so much

Yes, yes, I know, “Nobody f**ks with a Biden” sounds pretty tough, but the world, including Hamas, knows better.


41 posted on 10/08/2023 8:17:14 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: mass55th
Dubrovka Theater Siege...Putin used lethal chemical agents to end it.

Yup, killing most of the hostages.

It ended when Russian forces filled the theatre with a gas. More than 150 people died, the vast majority of them as a result of the effects of the gas.

42 posted on 10/08/2023 8:22:36 PM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: canuck_conservative

Okay Geraldo Rivera.


43 posted on 10/08/2023 8:30:47 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: canuck_conservative; All
Hey, the Nazi CBC is covering for Hamas Terrorists in your house!

CBC Leaked Email Tells Reporters Not to Use Term ‘Terrorists’ in Connection With Israel Attacks

Doncha just love Nazi Canuckistan and their Government "Journalists"?

44 posted on 10/08/2023 8:36:12 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: mass55th

Putin ordered his best to rescue the hostages and they only killed or failed to save 130 of the hostages.


45 posted on 10/08/2023 8:38:16 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: tlozo; ansel12
"Yup, killing most of the hostages."

"...they only killed or failed to save 130 of the hostages."

When making rescue attempts in hostage situations, any attempt can, and likely will result in the loss of many, or all of the hostages. When the Palestinians took Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the attempt to rescue the nine hostages on the airplane at the airport ended with the death of every single one. There are never any guarantees that hostages will be saved when attempting rescues. We were taught to assume that before any negotiations were conducted, to consider every hostage to already be dead.

46 posted on 10/08/2023 9:03:44 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Getready

They never heard the saying: those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.


47 posted on 10/08/2023 9:10:07 PM PDT by curious7
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To: mass55th

You mentioned the very event over 50 years ago that triggered the focus on creating specialized hostage rescue teams such as GSG9.

Your event had policemen who didn’t even have specialized snipers trying to save hostages and losing all 9 in the effort leading to the creation of GSG9.

32 years later Russia’s best cost the lives of 130 hostages and killed most of them themselves using oafish, ruthless Russian-style slaughter.


48 posted on 10/08/2023 9:16:16 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: kiryandil

“The Hamas inbreds would be that stupid.”

I doubt they can tell the difference when they are taking women and children hostage.

To them, a Jew is a Jew.


49 posted on 10/08/2023 9:22:41 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: ansel12
"Your event had policemen who didn’t even have specialized snipers trying to save hostages and losing all 9 in the effort leading to the creation of GSG9."

The same thing happened at Attica Prison in 1971. There was no emergency response team in the NY State Department of Correctional Services at the time. The individuals who took back the prison were the NY State Police, BCI, Sheriffs, Park Police and some Correctional Officers, who opened fire on the yard, killing a total of 10 hostages. In the aftermath of the riot, the State formed the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) that consisted of uniformed prison staff only. No outside police agencies would ever again take part in resolving incidents within prison walls.

50 posted on 10/08/2023 9:35:54 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Fai Mao
I agree.

On a side note, I believe myself to be philo-Semitic. I take to heart Genesis 12:3- "I will bless those who bless Israel, and I will curse those who curse Israel." To defend the Children of God is one of the highest callings a person can have.

That said, today's nation of Israel is a very non-religious country, which borders on depravity. Most Israelis are secular Jews with little to no belief in God. I believe Tel Aviv has become the new San Franciso when it comes to homosexuals. The Rave the Palsatzgruppen attacked was basically a drug-fueled orgy of debauchery.

Israel has the strongest Army in the middle east, and the best intelligence service in the world, yet they were taken by surprise by Iran's Mullahs. This tells me that perhaps this is a warning from God for the People of Israel to turn back to Him.

51 posted on 10/09/2023 6:18:03 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople ( "ever thought I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones"-Johnny Rotten)
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

So what, they have Russian, American, Israeli and other hostages. They’re either dead already or will be at the hands of these filthy animals. Raze Gaza. Let nothing live there ever again.

Kill these terrorists and their families. Spare none of them.


52 posted on 10/09/2023 6:57:33 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: laplata

Humblegunner was nicer.


53 posted on 10/09/2023 7:00:51 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

You’re right. I have had no response from the jerk.


54 posted on 10/09/2023 7:22:13 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Syria protects Christians, unlike Israel


55 posted on 10/09/2023 10:32:28 AM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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