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KIDNAPPED DANE FOUND DEAD
Sky News ^ | 4/21/04

Posted on 04/21/2004 6:24:18 AM PDT by areafiftyone

The Danish businessman kidnapped in Iraq has been found dead, the country's Foreign Ministry has announced.

The man's body was discovered by Iraqi police on April 12 - the day after he was reported missing.

He was snatched by unknown attackers while travelling on a road near the village of Al Taji outside Baghdad.

Details about how he died or where was found were not immediately available.

The kidnap victim has been named by one Danish tabloid as 35-year-old Henrik Frandsen from Copenhagen.

It said he was in the country to open a water purification and electrical appliance store in the southern city of Basra.

Mr Frandsen is the second Dane to die in Iraq.

The first was a soldier, Cpl. Preben Pedersen, who was killed last August by friendly fire while on patrol.

Denmark, which backed the US-led invasion of Iraq, has 410 troops in the southern city of Basra and nearby Qurnah.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allies; allydenmark; denmark; frandsen; hostages; iraq; kidnap; missing; religionofpeace
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1 posted on 04/21/2004 6:24:22 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone; Dane
KIDNAPPED DANE FOUND DEAD

I'm going to miss his comments on the WOD threads.

2 posted on 04/21/2004 6:32:41 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Did we know him? What was his tag?
3 posted on 04/21/2004 6:42:46 AM PDT by mlmr (Significant or Trivial)
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To: areafiftyone
Is this a surprise? These terrorists kill with impunity and use their murders to stir up fear and cause world support for a democratic government in Iraq to wane.

Given their success in getting the Spanish to pull out of Iraq, and likely the Japanese and others, kidnapping and murder of foreign nationals is a very useful strategy to pursue.

4 posted on 04/21/2004 6:44:44 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: areafiftyone
May God have nercy on his soul. Amen.
5 posted on 04/21/2004 6:45:06 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (KILL-9 needs no justification.)
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To: robertpaulsen
I thought this thread referred to him, too:

Pro-American Dane Responds

He sure gets around.

6 posted on 04/21/2004 6:51:11 AM PDT by Joe Bonforte
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To: Joe Bonforte
Oh that was the pizza guy? Wow that is sad. I remember that post. God rest his soul.
7 posted on 04/21/2004 6:54:29 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: Joe Bonforte
I do believe our satire is being misinterpreted.
8 posted on 04/21/2004 7:02:29 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: areafiftyone
To be or not to be, that is the question...
9 posted on 04/21/2004 7:42:22 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is .)
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To: robertpaulsen; Dane
Not only was Dane bumped, but he was bumped off!

RIP WOD Warrior....

(What? Not THAT Dane? Oh...)
10 posted on 04/21/2004 7:43:49 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
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To: TXBSAFH
May God have nercy on his soul. Amen.

Dude, I hope you realize what a hugh and series mistake you've made and I hope that this forum will have plenty of nercy for you was well.

11 posted on 04/21/2004 7:47:02 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
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To: robertpaulsen
Was he a great dane?
12 posted on 04/21/2004 7:51:39 AM PDT by Solson (Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
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To: Eagle Eye; robertpaulsen
Not only was Dane bumped, but he was bumped off!

RIP WOD Warrior....

I see that EagleEye is posting tasteless gallows humor as he is posting on FR as a civilian in Iraq.

I guess Harry Browne/Libertarian tastelessness never dies, nor will it ever fade away.

13 posted on 04/21/2004 7:58:39 AM PDT by Dane
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To: Dane
Hail, Oh Thin Skinned One!

Dane = NATO.....

No
Action
Talk
Only
14 posted on 04/21/2004 8:02:15 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
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To: Dane
Can't you even come up with something clever for this besides your usual anti-libertarian screeching??

"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated"
-Mark Twain
15 posted on 04/21/2004 8:06:01 AM PDT by bc2 ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" - harpseal)
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To: Eagle Eye
Hail, Oh Thin Skinned One!

Dane = NATO.....

No
Action
Talk
Only

I know that you are in Iraq as a civilian and do sincerely wish and hope that you stay out of harms way, but I do find it ironic that you are working in Iraq as a civilian helping our troops fight the terrorists, while the person you voted for, Harry Browne, Libertarian Predisntial candidate in 2000, blamed 9/11 on America.

16 posted on 04/21/2004 8:06:44 AM PDT by Dane
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To: bc2
Can't you even come up with something clever for this besides your usual anti-libertarian screeching??

I didn't start this fight, nor was I looking for one.

17 posted on 04/21/2004 8:08:08 AM PDT by Dane
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To: Dane
And your point?



18 posted on 04/21/2004 8:10:19 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
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To: Dane
You're alive!

I thought you was hung.

19 posted on 04/21/2004 8:10:22 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
lol....I am brother, I am...
20 posted on 04/21/2004 8:11:05 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
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