Posted on 08/31/2004 8:04:43 AM PDT by TexKat
DUBAI (AFP) - The release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq is "imminent", Al-Arabiya television reported, citing unidentified sources of the Dubai-based channel.
The station reported the news in an on-scree flash, without providing any details.
Contacted by AFP, Al-Arabiya would not give details on its sources.
Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, who went missing August 20, are being held by a Sunni Muslim group calling itself the Islamic Army of Iraq.
The group gave France an initial 48-hour ultimatum to revoke a controversial law banning Islamic headscarves from state schools but has extended its ultimatum by 24 hours to Tuesday night.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) (C), French President Jacques Chirac (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder talk during a stroll at the presidential residence in Sochi, August 31, 2004. France redoubled its diplomatic efforts on Tuesday to save two French reporters held hostage in Iraq ahead of a new deadline to scrap a school headscarf ban, as the Islamic militant group Hamas called for the men's release. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Putin could kick both their asses.
> The release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq is "imminent" ...
Any clue WHY?
The frogs bought them off.
Who did France throw under bus for this?
a secret payoff, expect the french to allow headscarfs back in school with-in a year. (to allow the french people to forget this incident and save face)
Groveling, appeasement, surrender, and colaboration: The frog way.
Alive?
All students in France will now wear headscarves. Non-muslims will now wear white headscarves so that they'll be able to surrender anywhere at any time.
France probably went into a frenzy with the ISLAMIC, TERRORISTS murderers agreeing with them that America was evil and that France would protect Muslims better than America from evil Christians, Hindus and Jews. Then they all started to jump and down, yelling "DEATH TO AMERICA!". IMO.
This was a set up from the beginning.
Think about it.
A triumph of French diplomacy </sarcasm>
French Jews to be rounded-up
Clitorectomies for all French women
And wine is now illegal
First the terrorists will release their heads from their bodies, then they will send them back to France.
The chance that 2 people could have lost there lives over a school dress code is disgusting.
Does the new name of the French capital give a clue?
Al-Pareeza
I'm surprised that this would be possible considering the history that exists between the Muslims and the French. Anyone remember what the French did to the local Muslim citizenry of Algeria in 1957? Some of the parallels to the USA's current position in Iraq are interesting.
We'll have to watch and see if the ban gets lifted.
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