Posted on 06/30/2005 2:31:14 PM PDT by Pikamax
Two down… Filed under: Sweden Iraq- Billy (Stockholm, Sweden)@ 8:24 pm
Yesterday we noted that Ulf Hjertström, the sexagenarian Swede who survived a 67-day kidnapping ordeal in Baghdad, reportedly was paying professional bounty hunters a handsome fee to track down his erstwhile captors. Expressen, a Swedish tabloid, picked up the story and got in touch with Hjertström to get the lowdown.
Hjertström, an oil broker whose career took him to Iraq 25 years ago, makes no bones about the decision to exact revenge on his abductors. “I’ve lived [in Iraq] for a long time. This is how things are done there. It’s nothing new to me,” he says.
Hearty Hjertström “doesn’t want to go into detail” about the bounty hunters, but assures Expressen that they are “the best money can buy.”
“They’re not twiddling their thumbs,” declares Hjertström, revealing that he has “received confirmation that two of [the kidnappers] have already been taken care of.” When asked to elaborate on the fate of the purportedly captured men, the Swede says he “hasn’t inquired” but has his “suspicions.”
Many in Sweden have expressed shock and dismay at Hjertström’s eye-for-an-eye approach. But the plucky pensioner claims that revenge is not his primary motive. “I just want the people of Baghdad to feel safe on the streets.”
Giuliana Sgrena could not be reached for comment.
http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=307822
WWWWOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Great!
I posted the original article about this guy. It attracted a lot of responses and probably the attention of Rush and others.
FR led the way on this one.
That's one A-Spicy Meatball!
"Many in Sweden have expressed shock and dismay at Hjertström’s eye-for-an-eye approach."
What is the DEAL with this country? Could they possibly be any bigger pansies? Could these possibly be the descendants of the Vikings?
Terminate with extreme prejudice. That is all.
“They’re not twiddling their thumbs,” declares Hjertström, revealing that he has “received confirmation that two of [the kidnappers] have already been taken care of.” When asked to elaborate on the fate of the purportedly captured men, the Swede says he “hasn’t inquired” but has his “suspicions.”
We are just deluged with good news.
Of course Tricky Dicky Durbin, Boxer, Pelosi Galore, Dean and Kennedy will be outraged.
I think they were the people subjugated by the Vikings...
This guy did it right. Hire Iraqis. It would be much harder for an American or Euro hit man ... assuming you could find one.
Contracting murder, even a foreign a country, is a crime.
Personally, I'd list it under "vermin extermination," a Euroweenie couldn't let it go at that...
The Swedes haven't been in a war for nearly 200 years, one would suspect that might be formative in the national consciousness when it comes to the idea of defense.
It wont be too long before the white EUROPEAN will be sick to death of the deluge of middle eastern vermin. THEN, watch the fireworks. It's coming!!!
This guy deserves to be put on a postage stamp. Nice to know there remains at least some red blood in the Swedes.
When their done with that job they can collect the 25 big ones on some other heads we know about.
I believe the expression is, "Shot while being apprehended."
Sweeeeeeeeeet
Perhaps, but I think this is a "wobbler"; for instance, if a civilian kills an enemy combatant in a war zone is that murder?
We need to make him an American citizen.
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