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Marines rescue Syrian driver captured in August with French journalists
AP ^ | 11/12/4 | EDWARD HARRIS

Posted on 11/12/2004 10:33:34 AM PST by SmithL

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Semper Fi, Marines!
1 posted on 11/12/2004 10:33:35 AM PST by SmithL
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Didn't we find two fake french reporters today that were actually french intelligence?
2 posted on 11/12/2004 10:36:56 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: SmithL; Dog; dead; Dead Dog

Keep in mind that French "journalists" could easily be French intelligence officers undercover...

3 posted on 11/12/2004 10:37:27 AM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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No doubt that Fallujah was a terrorist nest. I'm wishing the Marines success killing these pests.


4 posted on 11/12/2004 10:44:45 AM PST by george wythe
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A Syrian driver Mohammed al-Joundi,   shows how he was handcuffed after being freed by US Marines early morning in the center of Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The U.S. military confirmed Friday a hostage found in Fallujah is Mohammed al-Joundu  the Syrian driver abducted with two French journalists in August. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Fri Nov 12, 9:43 AM ET
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A Syrian driver Mohammed al-Joundi, shows how he was handcuffed after being freed by US Marines early morning in the center of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The U.S. military confirmed Friday a hostage found in Fallujah is Mohammed al-Joundu the Syrian driver abducted with two French journalists in August. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

5 posted on 11/12/2004 10:49:00 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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It would be really nice if we could find those French journalists alive. They have been a huge media story in France, and American troops would at least get some positive press coverage there.


6 posted on 11/12/2004 10:51:38 AM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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I want to see if he can identify these two "journalists".


7 posted on 11/12/2004 10:53:41 AM PST by CindyDawg
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Go home and tell your friends about the Americans, Mohammed.


8 posted on 11/12/2004 10:58:45 AM PST by doug from upland (Vietnam Vets: FINALLY -- welcome home, heroes)
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To: Southack
Keep in mind that French "journalists" could easily be French intelligence officers undercover...

No doubt there to pick Chiraq's bribes "commission".

9 posted on 11/12/2004 11:01:18 AM PST by RJL
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The french "journalists" were probably Froggie spies there to help the insurgents, or at least propagandize for them. I don't wish any person harm, but I won't wasted any sympathy for these froggies either.


10 posted on 11/12/2004 11:11:21 AM PST by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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The rescue of these hostages alone justifies the Fallujah offensive.


11 posted on 11/12/2004 11:15:42 AM PST by P-Marlowe
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Glad the story is finally getting out. Rescuing just one hostage or prisoner of those animals justifies taking out Falluja....counting the two brothers rescued in another house, that makes 3 : one hostage and two prisoners


12 posted on 11/12/2004 11:28:15 AM PST by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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LIBERATORS !! Woohooo !!


14 posted on 11/12/2004 11:52:23 AM PST by ChadGore (60,724,666 Bush fans can't be wrong.)
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The three -- al-Joundi was the journalists' driver -- were abducted Aug. 20 while headed south from Baghdad to the Shiite holy city of Najaf.

I am so sick of this PC garbage. Why can't they just say "The three -- al-Joundi was the journalists' driver -- were abducted Aug. 20 while headed south from Baghdad to Najaf."

You don't read of people driving from Venice to the holy city of Rome, do you? Of course not.

15 posted on 11/12/2004 1:46:01 PM PST by NCjim
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France will still hate us. (Like I care if they do).


16 posted on 11/12/2004 1:51:07 PM PST by RetiredArmy (WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST KERRY! We Vietnam Veterans ARE Vindicated. We have our revenge!)
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"Didn't we find two fake french reporters today that were actually french intelligence?"

I hadn't heard of these two reporters. Are they in addition to the ones kidnapped a couple of months ago?

Any one can confirm if there are a total of 4 French reporters kidnapped by the terrorists?


17 posted on 11/12/2004 3:30:58 PM PST by mjtobias
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You mean a live hostage is more important than a global test? Surely you jest.


18 posted on 11/12/2004 3:33:11 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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I don't know about 4 kidnapped. I was just wondering if the two this man saw, might have actually been the two french intelligent guys that we caught today and if two journalists were actually kidnapped to begin with. Probably a far reach but just something I thought about.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1278401/posts


19 posted on 11/12/2004 3:40:42 PM PST by CindyDawg
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Thanks for that thread link, Cindy.

That makes sense now, and you may be right. In fact, they may as well be the fake ones. I wonder what they were doing in Iraq. Possibly looking for the two French hostages, or some ulterior motive?


20 posted on 11/12/2004 4:11:41 PM PST by mjtobias
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