Insurgents in Iraq Release 12 Hostages

Yahoo News ^ | 4/12/04 | HAMZA HENDAWI, AP

[kattracks]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers have released up to 12 foreigners taken hostage in Iraq (news - web sites), a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said Monday

Meanwhile, two U.S. troops and seven employees of American contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root were missing following an attack "two days ago" on a convoy near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said Monday. He refused to say whether they had been abducted.

In an interview with the Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Governing Council member Mohsen Abdul-Hamid did not identify the nationalities of the hostages or where they were.

"Twelve foreign hostages have been released today and we hope that the rest of the hostages will be released soon," said Abdul-Hamid, a Sunni Muslim, who is also the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party.

Earlier, Muthanna Harith, spokesman for Islamic Clerics Committee, said insurgents have released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis. It was not clear if he and Abdul-Hamid were referring to the same hostages.

More than 30 foreigners from at least 12 countries — including a Mississippi man whose fate also was unclear — have been kidnapped in recent days by insurgents.

[MeekOneGOP]

[BrooklynGOP]

Earlier, Muthanna Harith, spokesman for Islamic Clerics Committee, said insurgents have released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis.

No surprise here. When Chechens took a Moscow theater hostage, they let all the muslim hostages go.

[camle]

ever notice how they ain't terrorists anymore? they're insurgents.

[MEG33]

Thugs,terrorists,kidnappers,murderers,thieves,criminals,extremists,assassins..

[SkyPilot]

Everytime I read the PC spin word "insurgents"

I want to insert "Islamoterrorists."

[tessalu]

Yes, indeed, "Islamoterrorists."

I read the news, and it looks like Al-Sadr is calling the shots, and Bremmer and Bush are going along.
They call a truce just when ever he says so, for ever as long is convenient to him.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

tess, Bremer and Bush are not following Sadr. Please read the briefings along with the enemy press releases, then verify facts as they become known. I guarantee the press won't win a credibility contest, but they are masters of persuasion.

 "With regards to the question whether the Marines have stopped fighting because they've run out of fight, I can tell you that there is nothing further from the truth...". "The fact is that the Marines are ready, on order, to continue the operations to complete the destruction of enemy forces in Fallujah."  ~ Gen. Kimmitt, 4/12/04

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We are fight Iranians right now!

Read this :

Belmont Club
History and history in the making

Thread here:

The Wider War (with Iran?) (Belmont Club, best war blog)

And:

Militia Pulling Back in Najaf, Kufa & Karbala (Out of Government Buildings into Mosques-Surrender?)

[Happy2BMe]

"We are fight Iranians right now!"

Ping on #9.

Hope it is true!

[hershey]

We can't let them 'play' us. Hostages have to be put on the back burner, unfortunately. We have to smash these creeps once and for all, otherwise we'll be seen as weak and terrorists everywhere will take heart. Plus, Bush will lose.

[MeekOneGOP]

Kill the Islamoterrorists BUMP ! ....

[samtheman]

We have to smash these creeps once and for all, otherwise we'll be seen as weak and terrorists everywhere will take heart. Plus, Bush will lose.

I agree.

[MeekOneGOP]

"We are fighting Iranians right now!"

[Happy2BMe]

>> We are IDIOTS!

>> Please kick our AR$E$!

I crack up everytime I see that one.

I do believe we can obliged the most (un)holy Ji-Hood!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, glad ya like that one. Me too !

I do believe we can obliged the most (un)holy Ji-Hood!

Let's roll !

[TrueBeliever9]

That is great! The FR is really quite tonight! I absolutely refuse to read a Kerry thread every again! Or anything on the widow Heinz.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' ! ;^)