"Mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are, mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are, mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are..."
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 02/06/2005 11:42:26 PM PST by MadIvan
Militants claiming to have kidnapped an Italian journalist in Iraq have issued a final warning on a website.
They say Italy must withdraw all its soldiers from Iraq by today.
But they have not made any specific threats to kill 56-year-old Giuliana Sgrena, who was kidnapped on Friday by gunmen.
Ms Sgrena is a veteran reporter for the communist daily Il Manifesto.
A group calling itself the Islamic Jihad Organisation has claimed to have kidnapped her, giving Italy 72 hours to withdraw its troops from Iraq.
Its statement said: "We consider this as the last message to the Italian government... that here will be no security or stability as long as there is one Italian soldier in the land of Iraq."
But the journalist's colleagues pointed to her anti-American stance, saying that holding her would damage the image of Iraq.
She had been working outside a university in the capital, Baghdad, when the militants captured her.
"Mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are, mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are, mustn't laugh at how dumb our enemies are..."
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
They have captured their ally... haha
Now her captors can't work out who is Arthur and who is Martha in their "Friend-or-Foe Pick-a-potential Hostage" macabre game.
Unless they "captured" her the same way they "captured" the two female Italian aid workers last summer.
Good point Dr.Watson.
On another note, if Orianna Fallaci were 50 years younger, I would ask her to marry me. That women has the sexiest mind...
I think Eason Jordan is saying she was targeted by the US
"But the journalist's colleagues pointed to her anti-American stance, saying that holding her would damage the image of Iraq."
1. That's assuming that the hostage-takers represent the 'image' of Iraq. Those who risked their lives to vote last week might have something to say about that.
2. Reminds me of a story that G. Gordon Liddy likes to tell about some Greenies who decided to swim in African waters that were infested by crocodiles. Having been warned of the danger one of them said, "but we're environmentalists, those creatures won't hurt us." Soon afterward the crocs said, "uuurrp!"
oh....they kidnapped a communist....oh woe is me....what shall we do? (note the sarcasm)
Great way of putting it. They kind of deserve each other.
Actually, they captured her outside of a mosque where she was doing anti-American interviews with refugees from Fallujah.
Actually, time is running out for this Commie witch, not Italy. If they killed her, they would be doing Italy and the free world a favor.
Maybe she's writing the demand for the kidnappers?
Perhaps someone, somewhere, will look at this mess and realize what the rest of us have already figured out:Unless you are a committed jihadist who pines for the 11th Century, you are an infidel. That goes for devout Christians, non-fascist Muslims and for sure it goes for Commies.
Nonsense. Militant Islam was hijacked by the Communist PFLP decades ago.
They'll release her as soon as they verify that she's one of them.
Dumb is right, but if she survives, I bet she'll keep defending them.
She's the grandmother of all the Italians who stand with you...
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