Don't worry, this makes it blatantly obvious that nothing is going to happen to this group, they're working with the terrorists to undermine the US. They will be "turned loose in a gesture of good will" at the last minute.
I'm not so sure.
The terrorists released demands that the US releases ALL prisoners before December 9th (I believe that it is the 9th). Of course, this is an impossible demand even if the US intended to do it.
Terrorists usually don't extend "good will" as it would wreck their credibility. However, I understand that this is a "new" organization, and it is possible that they are a phony group in order to stage this nonsense... but somehow I doubt it.
I'd wager that these four will be seeing a whole new perspective of their torsos (albiet brief) in the very near future.
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