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CHINESE HOSTAGES FREED
Sky News ^
| 4/12/04
Posted on 04/12/2004 11:46:54 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Seven Chinese hostages captured in Iraq on Sunday have reportedly been released.
China's official Xinhua news agency did not immediately elaborate on the details but said the group had been freed.
The seven workers entered Iraq from Jordan early on Sunday and were abducted in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad.
More follows.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinesehostages; hostages; iraq
To: areafiftyone
Fox news just reported this. They stated what the Chinese news agency has said.
Prairie
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posted on
04/12/2004 11:48:52 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(America recognizes those responsible for the killing of our troops. It's the Demon-cRATS.)
To: prairiebreeze
These kidnappings were the dumbest things I have ever seen.
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posted on
04/12/2004 11:50:06 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: areafiftyone
Did they release them to American authorities, so they can remain free?
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posted on
04/12/2004 11:51:06 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: areafiftyone
I'll elaborate on the details:
"Yu welease awll hostages of People's Wepublic o we come make yu into won ton, chop, chop."
To: areafiftyone
These kidnappings were the dumbest things I have ever seenOh, I don't know. Going into Fallujah on Sunday is right up there.
The seven workers entered Iraq from Jordan early on Sunday and were abducted in the flashpoint city of Fallujah
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posted on
04/12/2004 1:02:46 PM PDT
by
Chuckster
(Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset)
To: All
Seven abducted Chinese nationals released
www.chinaview.cn 2004-04-13 07:50:20
BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Seven Chinese nationals abducted in Iraq have been released late Monday night in Iraq, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman here Tuesday morning.
Their physical and spiritual conditions are generally stable, said the spokesman.
Released at midnight of Monday in Iraq (in the small hours of Tuesday morning in Beijing), the seven Chinese nationals, all male, have arrived in a temporary residence in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, the spokesman said.
Sun Bigan, head of the team responsible for the re-establishment of the Chinese Embassy in Baghdad, immediately conveyed cares from Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders to all the seven men.
Details of the release have yet to know, the spokesman said.
Soon after the kidnapping, President Hu Jintao had instructed the Foreign Ministry and the team responsible for the re-establishment of the Chinese Embassy in Baghdad to take utmost efforts to ensure the safe rescue of the seven hostages, accordingto sources with the Foreign Ministry.
The seven Chinese nationals were kidnapped by armed men in Fallujah, west of Baghdad on Sunday after they entered Iraq via Jordan. The seven people, aged from 18 to 49, were from east China's Fujian Province, Chinese diplomats in Baghdad said.
In response to President Hu's instruction, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has taken every necessary measure to rescue the abducted men.
Sun Bigan called an emergency meeting and formed a special taskforce for rescue work.
Sun called the newly-appointed interim Iraqi Interior Minister,and asked the minister to take every necessary measure to determine the identity of the kidnappers, the location of hostages,and to rescue the seven under the precondition of ensuring their safety.
The Chinese diplomats also contacted officials of the interim Iraqi governing body to help in the rescue of the seven. Enditem
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:49:48 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: areafiftyone
That's good, I guess.
Although the thought of a billion Chinese fighting a billion islamofascists did have a certain appeal...
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:53:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Imagine a world where the "F" in f'in in Kerry stood for FReeper...)
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