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Report: Egyptian Diplomat Kidnapped in Iraq
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Posted on 07/23/2004 11:46:18 AM PDT by Brian Mosely

Report: Egyptian Diplomat Kidnapped in Iraq


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: diplomat; egypt; hostages; iraq
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1 posted on 07/23/2004 11:46:20 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
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To: Brian Mosely

I can't wait to see Egypt issue the inevitable "we will not communicate with terrorists" statement. If that was true, their government would shut down.


2 posted on 07/23/2004 11:49:01 AM PDT by ICX (This tagline was inadvertently removed from the National Archives.)
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To: Brian Mosely; All
From Sky News

An armed group has kidnapped an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq, according to a video tape shown on the Al-Jazeera Arab network.

A man identified as Mohammed Mamdouh Hilmi Kotb, a third most senior official at the embassy in Baghdad, was shown on the footage sitting in front of six masked armed men dressed head-to-toe in black.

Kotb was purportedly kidnapped by a group called the Lions of Allah in response to Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif's offer to Iraq of his country's security expertise.

Meanwhile, a group in Iraq which has threatened to behead seven foreign hostages has issued a new 48-hour deadline.

The new ultimatum was made to the hostages' Kuwaiti employers and they demanded that Iraqi prisoners are freed, according to Al Jazeera television.

The TV station said that the group has given 48 hours to meet demands that the company pays compensation to the families of the dead in Falluja and Iraqi prisoners in American and Kuwait jails.

A masked man is seen reading a statement in front of seven men, one Egyptian, three Kenyans and three Indians who were sitting on the ground.

The hostage's employer, the Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company said earlier that it is refusing to give in to the kidnapper's demand that the firm pulls its operations from Iraq.

Meanwhile an armed group has kidnapped an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq, according to a video tape shown on the Al-Jazeera network.

3 posted on 07/23/2004 11:50:48 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Sandy Berger's Sock ate my homework!)
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From REUTERS

DUBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - An Egyptian diplomat has been kidnapped in Baghdad by a group which demands that Egypt not cooperate with U.S. forces in Iraq, Al Jazeera said on Friday.

"The group said the abduction was in response to comments by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif that Egypt is ready to offer its security experience to the temporary Iraqi government," Al Jazeera said, naming the hostage as Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb and showing a videotape it said was sent to it by the group.

"The hostage said in the tape that the Egyptian embassy does not cooperate with the American forces and should help the Iraqi people in rebuilding," the channel said. Qutb was shown sitting in front of six masked men in black.

4 posted on 07/23/2004 11:52:22 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Sandy Berger's Sock ate my homework!)
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To: areafiftyone
An armed group has kidnapped an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq, according to a video tape shown on the Al-Jazeera Arab network.

This sh*t isn't going to end.

5 posted on 07/23/2004 11:53:48 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: areafiftyone; wretchard; Travis McGee; section9; Nick Danger; blam
How quickly they have forgotten Egypt's armed response to al qaeda's murder of tourists at the pyramids some years back.

This will bring Egypt down on them hard, pull Egypt firmly into the new Iraqi government's camp, and make the battle an obvious one between the Islamic insurgents versus the Islamic countries of Iraq and Egypt.

It's a major miscalculation on the part of the terrorists. They just took the U.S. off of the front burner of Iraq.

5 Full Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires

6 posted on 07/23/2004 11:56:27 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Joe Hadenuf

Not until we utterly wipe them from the face of the earth, it will not end.


7 posted on 07/23/2004 11:56:34 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Joe Hadenuf

If its egyptians they're kidnapping, let em go at it.

One terrorist killing another is fine by me.


8 posted on 07/23/2004 11:56:36 AM PDT by ruiner
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To: Joe Hadenuf

Yes, it is.


9 posted on 07/23/2004 11:57:04 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: ruiner

the Islamists don't care about the current government in Egypt....they are against them too.


10 posted on 07/23/2004 12:00:19 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Joe Hadenuf
This sh*t isn't going to end.

I was thinking the same thing about your negative posts.

11 posted on 07/23/2004 12:07:27 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: areafiftyone
The TV station said that the group has given 48 hours to meet demands that the company pays compensation to the families of the dead in Falluja and Iraqi prisoners in American and Kuwait jails.

Now they're just making stuff up on the fly. Their "demands" are getting more and more ludicrous. No one can, or will, fulfill these "demands". So the hostages will be killed because that's what the hostage-takers planned to do all along. They have no political agenda, they are simply cold-blooded killers. Will Reuters stop calling them "militants" now?

12 posted on 07/23/2004 12:22:03 PM PDT by saquin
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To: areafiftyone
the group has given 48 hours to meet demands that the company pays compensation to the families of the dead in Falluja and Iraqi prisoners in American and Kuwait jails.

They've been so successful getting people to just pick up and leave that now they've upped the ante.

13 posted on 07/23/2004 12:22:03 PM PDT by livius
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To: Coop
Try and learn the difference between grown up reality, and negativity. This is real stuff, not tinkerbell land. Want fluff, and Disney like, upbeat rally talk? Tune into Hannity..
14 posted on 07/23/2004 12:29:54 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Try to learn that not everybody on Earth bitches and gripes about absolutely everything. It's simply not normal.

That's reality.

15 posted on 07/23/2004 12:32:12 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Brian Mosely

Stooooopid move, boys. Mubarak's got enough trouble at home with his domestic salamikazes. The last thing he's going to do is encourage them by giving in to you. The first thing he's gonna do, is start hunting you boys down.


16 posted on 07/23/2004 12:32:37 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Coop

Stop bitchen......


17 posted on 07/23/2004 12:35:15 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Brian Mosely
Stupid move by the terrorists.
An Arab leader like Mubarak cannot be seen to be craven and cowardly like a Spanish or Phillipine leader.
18 posted on 07/23/2004 12:36:55 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: r9etb

When are they supposed to slice off THAT guy's head?? /sarc


19 posted on 07/23/2004 12:39:47 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

With regards to the Iraqi insurgents, why not just switch our orders to "shoot-to-kill" and be done with it??


20 posted on 07/23/2004 12:41:27 PM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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