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How Iraq hostages were freed [US-captured terrorist "talked"]
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| March 23, 2006
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Posted on 03/23/2006 12:57:40 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
No doubt Harry Reid will be calling for an investigation to see if the captured terrorist was subjected to women's panties on his head.
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:18:37 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(HELL IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA)
To: aculeus
The only people that actually did anything to result in this outcome were the people that captured and interrogated the criminals that knew where they were.
The rest with all their back slapping did nothing short of walk in to a building with no hostiles to untie the victims...
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:20:05 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: aculeus
The article stated -- "In a telephone conversation with a friend, Mr Loney is said to have described the kidnappers as a criminal gang."
Uhhh..., can you say "Islamic"?
This wasn't a bank robbery or holding up a corner Seven-Eleven or some white-collar crime syndicate. These were *Islamic* terrorists. [Is there any other kind of terrorist these days?]
Regards,
Star Traveler
To: Hildy
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:20:33 PM PST
by
b9
("the [evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party] alternative is unthinkable" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: Hildy
I suspect that story has a Stockholm Syndrome angle that no one in the media wants to discuss just now.
Who knows?
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:26:47 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: weegee
They weren't FREED.Isn't the use of passive voice, as in, "The hostages were freed", frowned upon by writer types.
But, if you don't use passive voice, you have to say who freed them: "Special Forces troops freed the hostages".
Seems passive voice is making a come back with pople who really don't want to convey the truth.
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:28:37 PM PST
by
dinasour
(Pajamahadeen and member of the Head SnowFlake Committee)
To: aculeus
Congratultions to the Rescuers!!
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:31:36 PM PST
by
YepYep
To: bill1952
I've thought this was one of those "mutual" events all along.
They killed the only American. (not that the other "peace-keepers" would have condoned that)
The press release from their organization was just too pat - released quickly - no thanks to the troops - in fact they attacked the troops in the release.
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:37:50 PM PST
by
Let's Roll
( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
To: Darkwolf377
Because the captors don't give a rat's ass about that or they would never have tortured and murdered a captive, thats why.
Murderous bastards, they are, and we can all agree on that blindingly obvious fact.
Therefor, why are these people alive?
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:43:49 PM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Let's Roll
They killed the only American. He may have been the one who wanted to opt out of the scam.
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:45:31 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: DB
" The rest with all their back slapping did nothing short of walk in to a building with no hostiles to untie the victims..." Ok, hotshot. Next time, you do it.
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:50:07 PM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: bert
No send the little peace group a bill for the rescue. Paying that bill will cut down on their peacekeeping efforts for several bills.
They will need fund raisers, prayers, and cookie sales close to home.
pathetic!
To: aculeus
ungrateful bastards...should let them get their heads cut off...woulda done us all a favor
To: bill1952
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posted on
03/23/2006 1:57:48 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: dinasour
Isn't the use of passive voice, as in, "The hostages were freed", frowned upon by writer types.Yup. Weak and/or lazy.
To: JennysCool
I think they had the "Stockholm Syndrome" before they were even captured.
It stuns me that they still have more compassion for the people that kidnapped, held them and killed one of their colleagues. It just shows what mental illness can do.
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posted on
03/23/2006 2:12:47 PM PST
by
TravisBickle
(Are you talkin' to me?)
To: MizSterious
Read the press release.
It is totally political.
I stand by what I said.
The credit should go to those who actually got the information. The rest is just PR fluff.
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posted on
03/23/2006 2:17:41 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: bill1952
"The hostages just sitting there with zero guards, or even anyone around? - I don't buy it."
There is a precedent for this. Thomas Hammill, U.S. contractor, escaped in May '04 after he was left unguarded.
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posted on
03/23/2006 2:28:11 PM PST
by
Airborne1986
(Well, you can do what you want to us. But we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
To: bert
I missed his show today. How did he respond to her?
To: aculeus
In a telephone conversation with a friend, Mr Loney is said to have described the kidnappers as a criminal gang.His org (CPT) will clearly expect Loney to publicly apologize for demeaning the insurg..., er, freedom fighters.
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posted on
03/23/2006 2:54:02 PM PST
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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