I fear that this story is not true. We are getting to Saturday Evening over there, and no definitive news yet.
It was my understanding that these men were being held by a group of hard-core radicals, who would not be so willing ot negotiate.
"It was my understanding that these men were being held by a group of hard-core radicals, who would not be so willing ot negotiate"
maybe...but everything else pointed to them being amateurs
(choice of hostages, no communication or claim of responsibility for a long period of time, no specific demand) so hopefully they will be broken down and will give it up.