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'Blood Money' Deal Frees CIA Contractor Raymond Davis From Pakistan
ABC News - The Blotter ^
| 3/`6/2011
| NICK SCHIFRIN, MATTHEW COLE and LEE FERRAN
Posted on 03/16/2011 7:48:22 AM PDT by skeeter
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor held in Pakistan after a deadly shooting incident in January, was freed today and is on his way home, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: pakistan; religionofpeace; wot
Glad this guy is finally out of that hellhole.
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posted on
03/16/2011 7:48:25 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
Sharia Law? 700K per, gets you off?
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:00:32 AM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(I see a dark cloud coming over the horizon, and its reminiscent of 1939.)
To: skeeter
Davis was released from detention after around $700,000 was paid to each family of the two men allegedly shot and killed by Davis, totaling around $1.4 million, a lawyer involved in the case told ABC News. Now, go and take the money back or destroy it.
To: Bringbackthedraft
Dunno if its Sharia related, but its apparently a traditional method of settling scores in Pakistan.
Very good news for Mr Davis.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:03:39 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
A 1.4 Million dollar contribution to the Taliban.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:20:16 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
To: Robe
It was either pay the dough or rely on the strong arm of Barack Obama.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:22:57 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
“Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute!”
—Robert Goodloe Harper, 1798
“Here’s the tribute.”
—Barack Obama, 2011
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:58:08 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: skeeter
Pasha demanded the U.S. identify "all the Ray Davises working in Pakistan, behind our backs," the official said.
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posted on
03/16/2011 9:01:19 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Someone needs to tell Pasha that paranoia’s the destroyer.
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posted on
03/16/2011 9:02:58 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
Since diplomatic passports apparently dont’ provide immunity for their bearers in Pakistan, as president, I would have arrested the Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. at dinner for unpaid parking tickets or some other pretext and waited for prisoner swap. We’re getting bullied like we’re a 3rd rate power.
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posted on
03/16/2011 11:51:16 AM PDT
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: americanophile
“The practice, which comes from Islamic law, is common and legal in Pakistan, but criticized by human rights groups.”
Soooo....The United States of America is now subscribing to ISLAMIC LAW???
Used to be a time when covert operators were ‘disavowed’ and they took their chances in a rescue mission...but now, we PAY RANSOM???
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posted on
03/16/2011 12:07:40 PM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
To: skeeter
Money has pretty much been the centerpiece of US-Pak relation. Pakistan has mastered the art of holding to ransom that which the US needs.
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posted on
03/16/2011 3:41:59 PM PDT
by
ravager
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