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8 Chinese Hostages Seized as Iraq to Tighten Poll Security (Is there anyone they won't kidnap?)
Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | 01/18/05 | Omar Anwar and Waleed Ibrahim

Posted on 01/18/2005 7:51:09 AM PST by dead

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1 posted on 01/18/2005 7:51:14 AM PST by dead
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I thought--According to Liberals only Haliburton was getting work in Iraq.Now we hear of the Chinese getting work. No matter who works these insurgents want a failed Iraq one in which their chaos can go unchecked.

How long can other countries stand by and watch as Islamics make war against the rest of the world.


2 posted on 01/18/2005 7:57:44 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: dead

Make no mistake, China already knows and accepts Islam as a threat... there is a province in china that is mostly Muslim and they keep an eye on them very closely...

China isn't hampered by this western PC crapola... they know the enemy quite well.


3 posted on 01/18/2005 8:00:53 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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"How long can other countries stand by and watch as Islamics make war against the rest of the world."

As long as it takes for Bush to be defeated. Its that simple.


4 posted on 01/18/2005 8:01:42 AM PST by RtWngr (Being tolerant of the intolerant is pretty stupid actually.)
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To: dead

biting the hand that roots for them. May as well kidnap the French. Oh, they did that.


5 posted on 01/18/2005 8:03:19 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: dead

I think the only thing that will satisfy terrorist murderers is to be killed.


6 posted on 01/18/2005 8:04:01 AM PST by westmichman (Pray for global warming. (Thank G-D for the red states))
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To: sgtbono2002
I thought--According to Liberals only Haliburton was getting work in Iraq.Now we hear of the Chinese getting work.

There’s a pretty good chance these unfortunate Chinese men were working for Halliburtion or one of its subcontractors.

7 posted on 01/18/2005 8:13:26 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
Wow.
8 posted on 01/18/2005 8:14:17 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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The hajis had better not mess with China. They got no sense of humor over this kind of thing, unlike the leftists here in the states. If they piss off the Chinese they could give everyone a rifle, walk to Baghdad, lose 99% of their population along the way and still have 13 million troops bent on revenge.


9 posted on 01/18/2005 8:17:13 AM PST by boofus
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***"As soon as they found out I was a bishop, their attitude changed ...***

I can just imagine dumb and dumber when they realized they had screwed up - I have a visual of the Three Stooges. However, I believe they knew who he was....they just weren't ready for the negative world opinion of this action.

10 posted on 01/18/2005 8:17:29 AM PST by daybreakcoming
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A frame grab taken from amateur video footage January 18, 2005 shows two masked gunmen guarding eight Chinese hostages at an unknown location in Iraq. Insurgents threatened to kill the hostages in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.  (Reuters)
Tue Jan 18,11:14 AM ET
Reuters

A frame grab taken from amateur video footage January 18, 2005 shows two masked gunmen guarding eight Chinese hostages at an unknown location in Iraq (news - web sites). Insurgents threatened to kill the hostages in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country. (Reuters)

11 posted on 01/18/2005 8:23:36 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: dead; blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA; Alex Marko; Alouette; anotherview; ...

"Baghdad officials said they would close land borders and restrict traffic across the country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's election."

what's their rush? [sarcasm alert]


12 posted on 01/18/2005 8:39:46 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on January 13, 2005)
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"Insurgents threatened to kill the hostages in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country."

Oh, I think that kind of ultimatum will help clarify China's policy all right. Thanks, terrorists, for the belated Christmas present.


13 posted on 01/18/2005 8:42:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on January 13, 2005)
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To: OXENinFLA

Evil shows its ugly head and no cover can hide it.


14 posted on 01/18/2005 8:53:55 AM PST by Blowtorch
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To: dead

Islamic Eye For The Chinese Guys?


15 posted on 01/18/2005 8:54:50 AM PST by csvset
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"Oh, I think that kind of ultimatum will help clarify China's policy all right. Thanks, terrorists, for the belated Christmas present."

Bet you a dollar China does nothing and these hostages are killed.


16 posted on 01/18/2005 9:02:21 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 votes and the world changes.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Make no mistake, China already knows and accepts Islam as a threat

This is a meaningless and sillily dramatic comment.

Make no mistake, the ChiComs supported Hussen and currently Iran and further -- make no mistake lest ye be mistaken -- the ChiComs want influence now in the new Iraq and --- Hear Ye, hear ye well --- any religious is a threat to the ChiComs, interestingly, historically, with Islam being the least of them.

17 posted on 01/18/2005 9:16:36 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: boofus
The hajis had better not mess with China. They got no sense of humor over this kind of thing, unlike the leftists here in the states. If they piss off the Chinese they could give everyone a rifle, walk to Baghdad, lose 99% of their population along the way and still have 13 million troops bent on revenge.

Nonsense.

Chinese nationals have been killed by suicide bombers in Israel, in one case only days prior to a major speech by Jiang Zemin in one of China's Muslim ally states and the speech was still nothing but praise for Arafat and condemnation of Israel.

18 posted on 01/18/2005 9:19:49 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: dead
The biggest questions here are 1) are they actually Chinese nationals; 2) what are they doing there and who do they work for; 3) if Chinese, will this news reach the general public and be known by people in China at a detailed level.

The ChiComs really couldn't care less about 8 contstruction workers. They will try and use this as leverage against us in gaining more influence over the new Iraqi government.

Watch for whether or not this incident is given major play in the Chinese meda or not.

19 posted on 01/18/2005 9:24:22 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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I can't believe they announced when they would close the borders.


20 posted on 01/18/2005 9:31:59 AM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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