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US Hostage Will Be 'Spared'
Australia News.com ^
| April 12, 2004
| wire report
Posted on 04/12/2004 5:00:46 AM PDT by threat matrix
The Iraqi group holding a US hostage has agreed not to kill him, Mezher Dulaimi, a self described Iraqi mediator, said yesterday.
Dulaimi, who heads an Iraqi human rights group, said the affair of the missing American had been settled, and that he was in good health.
Earlier, Qatar based satellite television station Al-Jazeera screened a video showing a man in civillian clothes and presented him as Thomas Hamill, a United States national held hostage.
Dulaimi said that the United States hostage had recieved medical attention.
However there was no immediate word on when he might be released.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: americanhostage; mississippi; propaganda; thomashamill
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If these guys tell me the sun is coming up in the east I am checking the window.
To: threat matrix
Trust but Verify.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:05:37 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with high powered explosives.)
To: threat matrix
Yes, when he's released unharmed, then I'll relax.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:05:38 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
To: threat matrix
Not to say that I want this to happen but whats the point of these terrorists to take hostages only to release them a few days later? Not that I mind they are getting released, thats great but Im faliling to see the motives behind the hostage taking/releasing.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:07:19 AM PDT
by
smith288
(Who would terrorists want for president? 60% say Kerry 25% say Bush... Who would you vote for?)
To: threat matrix
Would guys in turbans and bedsheets tell lies?
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:07:23 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: samtheman
Would guys in turbans and bedsheets tell lies? Put the ranch on it.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:16:38 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(Radical Islam has more in common with Islamic populations than the mainstream media has with America)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; TEXASOKIE; ArmyMom; TrueBeliever9
"US Hostage Will Be 'Spared' - Thomas Hammil"
Good prayer report - ping.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:17:40 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
To: smith288
whats the point of these terrorists to take hostages only to release them a few days later? I have only my instinct to tell me this, but my guess is that the captors are a probably a bunch of rowdy and unsophisticated local boys who thought they would aid the cause and threaten to kill their hostages, then when their bluff was called, they didn't actually have the guts to follow through.
Now they're pretending to come to a diplomatic end in order to save face.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:19:29 AM PDT
by
tdadams
(If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
To: smith288
They think(erroneously) that by grabing these people they can change the outcome. I think they saw from the Japanese Prime Ministers example that we do not negotiate. We only demand release of the hostage. They tried this tactic in Lebannon with American hostages. Ronald Reagan stated repeatedly that he does not negotiate with hostages. You would think these idiots see how tough President Bush is and that his reaction is the same. Arabs are liars. I won't believe Mr Hamill is okay until he is actually released and is back in American hands. I continue to pray for him and encourage others to do the same.
To: tdadams
Somebody may have reminded them that killing the hostage would really, really, really really, piss off the wrong people really, really really, really, badly.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:27:58 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
To: threat matrix
Pray
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:32:48 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Death separates us for a time; Christ will reunite us forever.)
To: shezza
Ping.....
To: threat matrix
Well the sun normally rises in the east and sets in the west.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:36:09 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(I voted for this tagline... before I voted against it.)
To: Eagle Eye
Somebody may have reminded them that killing the hostage would really, really, really really, piss off the wrong people really, really really, really, badly.If the killing of the first four American civilians didn't result in the leveling of their town, why would the 'bad guys' believe that killing a fifth American would make us any angrier?
It's time to stop pussy-footing around with these idiots......
To: threat matrix
Prayers are working. Keep praying.
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posted on
04/12/2004 5:51:23 AM PDT
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: samtheman
Would guys in turbans and bedsheets tell lies?
The Arab concept of "truth" is different than the western reality of "truth".
To an Arab, the "truth" is whatever he can convince you is the "truth". It has nothing to do with reality or absolute truth.
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posted on
04/12/2004 6:00:04 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(I'm isthisnickcool, and I approved this post!)
To: eeriegeno
You go talk to your politicians about that. The guys here are doing their parts.
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posted on
04/12/2004 6:00:09 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
To: LoudRepublicangirl
"I won't believe Mr Hamill is okay until he is actually released and is back in American hands. I continue to pray for him and encourage others to do the same."
I do and shall continue to pray. How petty are the concerns of my life when I open my eyes to the world and others.
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posted on
04/12/2004 6:00:51 AM PDT
by
Socratic
(Yes, there is method in the madness.)
To: eeriegeno
Besides you miss the point entirely.
It wasn't the killing that pissed people off, it was the mutilation afterward.
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posted on
04/12/2004 6:01:39 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
To: eeriegeno
It's time to stop pussy-footing around with these idiots......
***
Don't hold your breath. W has swallowed a glass of jimmy carter(ade) that has destroyed his confidence and left him impotent.
The US commanders there are willing to let 100 Americans die going block to block while our Air Force sits on the ground. Mind boggling restraint.IMO
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posted on
04/12/2004 6:03:39 AM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(" Permitting homosexuality didn't work out very well for the Roman Empire")
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