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Canadian Muslim Convert who Runs al-Qaeda Propaganda Website "Jihad Unspun" Kidnapped in Pakistan
weaselzippers.net ^ | November 13, 2008 | Zip

Posted on 11/13/2008 7:01:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Quick reading on the sympathy meter shows a -10...I think this thing is busted...nope, it's not.....

A West Vancouver, B.C. journalist has been kidnapped in a tribal area of northern Pakistan, according to a Globe and Mail report. (calling her a journalist is a stretch -ed.)

Beverly Giesbrecht, a Web magazine publisher in British Columbia who adopted the name Khadija Abdul Qahaar after converting to Islam after 9/11, was seized at gunpoint on Tuesday while gathering material for an upcoming documentary in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

An English language Pakistani newspaper reported the incident Wednesday, saying the journalist and her translator were seized by armed men, and police were combing the area to locate her.

Lisa Monette, spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs, would not confirm the report, but did say a Canadian is missing in Pakistan.

On an Oct. 22 posting to her publication's website, Jihad Unspun, Qahaar appealed to her contributors for funds to help her and her colleagues secure visas to exit Pakistan, citing kidnapping fears.

"We have managed to get very good material out of the country to our production groupbut our physical safety is now paramount," Qahaar writes.

Rest here>>>

ZIP


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: canada; jihadmedia; jihadpropaganda; jihadunspun

1 posted on 11/13/2008 7:01:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well just what do they want us to do? Go rescue her..


2 posted on 11/13/2008 7:03:12 PM PST by celtic gal
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To: celtic gal

Perhaps they want Muslims to vote for Oba- wait, never mind!


3 posted on 11/13/2008 7:07:13 PM PST by WhatNot (Time on your hands? Put them together in prayer!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
On an Oct. 22 posting to her publication's website, Jihad Unspun, Qahaar appealed to her contributors for funds to help her and her colleagues secure visas to exit Pakistan, citing kidnapping fears.

Set up? "Let's pretend that you kidnapped me, and then you can use the cash my readers send to buy expolsives to strap onto mentally retarded people heading for the marketplace and the day care center." I think it's sad when anyone is kidnapped, but when the "victim" is a vocal supporter of the kidnappers, I prefer to check the facts before getting too wound up. BTW, if this is real, then I'm all for a rescue, if we have the intel and enough firepower to make sure that no kidnapping thug sees the sunrise.

4 posted on 11/13/2008 7:13:13 PM PST by MathDoc (26 December 1860; 7 December 1941; 11 September 2001; 8 November 2008)
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To: fanfan; Velveeta; backhoe; piasa

ping


5 posted on 11/13/2008 7:21:23 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
Thanks for the ping, Cindy.


6 posted on 11/14/2008 4:24:05 AM PST by fanfan
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To: fanfan

Have a good day today.


7 posted on 11/14/2008 4:27:05 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

You too!
:-D


8 posted on 11/14/2008 4:32:06 AM PST by fanfan
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To: fanfan

I will.
Each new day is a good day.


9 posted on 11/14/2008 4:33:28 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Guilty!


10 posted on 11/14/2008 4:45:44 AM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This reminds me of the scene in “Natural Born Killers” when Robert Downey Jr(Wayne) helps Mickey and Mallory escape...and before they pump any number of rounds in him, he protests that he’s on their side and “Is this some kind of joke?”


11 posted on 11/14/2008 5:08:59 AM PST by Malsua
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To: MathDoc

She’s a Islamic Propagandist who seeks to destroy the West, why should she be rescued?


12 posted on 11/14/2008 5:14:11 AM PST by Boiling Pots (Time to dump Bush/McCain "conservatism" in the trash heap of history.)
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To: MathDoc

Yep, it looks a lot like the MO of the Red Brigades in the 1970s. They got a lot of money from rich parents of sympathetic university kids by staging kidnappings and collecting ransom.


13 posted on 11/14/2008 6:01:47 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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To: Boiling Pots
She’s a Islamic Propagandist who seeks to destroy the West, why should she be rescued?

In the event that the kidnapping was real, she should be rescued because kidnappers are evil. In the event that the whole thing was staged, she should be rescued and all kidnappers killed because dead kidnappers and dead terrorists are both good things. Either way, any chance to kill (don't arrest them, Obama will institute "catch and release" in two months) terrorists is a chance to make the world a better place.

14 posted on 11/14/2008 7:23:21 AM PST by MathDoc (26 December 1860; 7 December 1941; 11 September 2001; 8 November 2008)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Why Obama is making Al-Qaeda nervous
[because the Daily Star spin-doctors in favor of the Muzzies?]
The Daily Star | November 15, 2008 | David Ignatius
Posted on 11/14/2008 3:37:53 PM PST by Kukai
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132345/posts


15 posted on 11/14/2008 4:12:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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