Posted on 06/22/2004 5:54:18 AM PDT by kattracks
SEOUL, June 22 (Reuters) - A member of parliament for South Korea's ruling party said acquaintances serving as religious coordinators in Iraq had seen a South Korean hostage alive and safe on Tuesday."Those clerics, who also had helped release Japanese hostages earlier, told me in telephone talks this morning and an email this evening they saw Kim Sun-il this morning in Baghdad," Kim Seung-gon told Reuters.
Kim is secretary general of the Asia Conference of Religion for Peace, a interdenominational religious organisation.
Now that we have a location it's time to send in Special Forces.
Pronto.
I think someone filled these captors in on the consequences that would be paid if this Korean guy were executed. Anyone who served with the South Koreans in the Vietnam War will tell you that they don't f#%& around like Americans, Spanish, etc. do in situations like this.
Clerics: "Yeah, we saw the infidel beg for his worthless life..."
Am I reading that right???? KILL KILL KILL
Anti-war activists hold candles and placards at a rally in downtown Seoul, demanding the release of a South Korean national kidnapped in Iraq (news - web sites) and the cancellation of South Korea (news - web sites)'s troop dispatch to the war-torn country.(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)
I was wrong....
Many Koreans may have mixed feelings about Iraq, but if Kim Sun-il is killed, I suspect most Koreans will have less sympathy for the cause of the militants that murder him.
Public impressions notwithstanding, Korea has resources for dealing with those who offend them.
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