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Italy to stop paying ransoms
The Sunday Times ^
| March 13, 2005
| John Follain
Posted on 03/12/2005 4:46:21 PM PST by MadIvan
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If I was Silvio, I'd rather pay the terrorists to take Communists off my hands.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:46:21 PM PST
by
MadIvan
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:46:42 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
To: MadIvan
I'd rather pay the terrorists to take Communists off my hands.What a good idea. I hadn't thought of this, but he should have paid them (not very much) to keep her.
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:51:58 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: MadIvan
I hope Italy sticks with their part of the bargain -- ransom is a bad idea.
What's up with the last two paragraphs of this article. Is this some kind of tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory?
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:53:27 PM PST
by
68skylark
To: MadIvan
too bad they don't all feel the same as that one brave hostage they killed who refused the blind fold, saying "I will show you how an Italian dies"..or along those lines
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:53:50 PM PST
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: MadIvan
The Italian team should have known what to expect, but it appears they didnt realise how sophisticated the American military are, said Selva. Well now, they haven't been paying attention for the last 2 or 3 years then have they? Pfft.
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posted on
03/12/2005 4:58:11 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(Does my American flag offend you? Call 1-800-LEAVE THE USA!)
To: MadIvan
What really gets me is the fact that people will still believe that American soldiers targeted this vehicle on purpose, even with Italian authorities telling them different.
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posted on
03/12/2005 5:05:38 PM PST
by
Arpege92
(Mr. Kerry, you are a jerk!" - Pat Sajak)
To: Arpege92
---"What really gets me is the fact that people will still believe that American soldiers targeted this vehicle on purpose, even with Italian authorities telling them different."---
The media, especially overseas, has long operated with the desire to convince as many people as possible that U.S. soldiers kill at random and specifically target women, children, and innocent bystanders. They have succeeded in brainwashing an awful lot of people, especially in Europe.
Hell, they've even changed the definition of "torture" to make us look bad. How many people in Europe and Asia have inaccurate pictures in their minds of American soldiers giving shock treatments and fingernail removals to prisoners because of the abuse of the word "torture" by the World Press?
Of course, these aforementioned things are exactly what the Muslim terrorists do, but they are always presented (just like with Israel and the Palestinians) as victims forced into such things by the U.S. aggressors.
I think it's time we started treating the World Press as legitimate enemy targets.
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posted on
03/12/2005 5:23:37 PM PST
by
TitansAFC
(When will Kristen Breitweiser just declare her candidacy already?!?!?)
To: MadIvan
That must be the most expensive communist pig ever! Is it worth the crap she writes?
To: Arpege92
Italy's government doesn't have a good acquaintanceship with the truth...Berlusconi is no exception to a long tradition. In fact one of the reasons he's been so successful is that he's better at lying than his rivals or predecessors. Politicians everywhere do it, but Italy has taken it further.
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:05:13 PM PST
by
Androcles
(All your typos are belong to us)
To: 68skylark
What's up with the last two paragraphs of this article. Is this some kind of tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory? Interesting. Either it's tin foil, or he's let a bit of secret information out of the bag.
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:20:24 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: MadIvan
"Selva claimed that the attack on the Toyota Corolla carrying Sgrena and Nicola Calipari, the intelligence officer, to Baghdad airport had been prompted by a satellite monitoring system. This detected that their vehicle did not have clearance from US military authorities. A signal alerted a mobile checkpoint near the airport and its soldiers opened fire."
This stupid bitch would be dead already if the US Army was guilty of what she has alleged.
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:26:04 PM PST
by
Radix
(Lost: Decent Tag Line; Reward offered.)
To: Cicero
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it was a Rent-A-Car... it prolly DID have a GPS system in it!!!
remember, most rent-a-car company in the USA are using them too
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:29:18 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: MadIvan
The Italian team should have known what to expect, but it appears they didnt realise how sophisticated the American military are, said Selva.
LOL. Underestimated by our allies.
To: MadIvan
Ransom of Red Cheek. Veddy poor ROI. If he'd left her there the "insurgents" would have converted to Catholicism by now.
To: Chode
Good thought. Not to speak of all the delivery vans and commercial vehicles that have GPS reporting systems installed.
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:42:49 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: MadIvan
Yeah right !!! that and the reverse 4th gear overdrive in their tanks. How do you believe communists???
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posted on
03/12/2005 6:53:08 PM PST
by
Fast1
(Destroy America buy Chinese goods,Shop at Wal Mart)
To: MadIvan
If I was Silvio, I'd rather pay the terrorists to take Communists off my hands. It would end up in a "The Ransom of Red Chief" sort of situation.
To: Radix
I don't know. I am thinking something like On-Star or a IFF system. It is possible that some of our cars over there are equipped with that and if this car didn't have it and was hurling toward the checkpoint then that would be a good reason to open fire.
To: Cicero
I guess this guy could be referring to the "blue force tracker" system, which uses GPS to let American vehicles (and select vehicles of our allies) show their position to other friendly units.
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