Thanks to nw_arizona_granny for the ping to this article:
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,45334.html
"Kidnappers demand $3M"
RHONDOR DOWLAT Wednesday, October 4 2006
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Kidnap victim Riaz Khan....
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A $3 million ransom has been demanded for the safe release of the 19-year-old son of a Central businessman who was kidnapped on Monday night, just mere metres from his father’s transport company in Carapichaima.
Riaz Khan, of Arena Road, Freeport was across the road from his father’s business — Khanson Transport Company Limited, Jerry Junction, Waterloo Road, Carapichaima—when he was kidnapped by two gunmen.
Khan is the second of three children for Nazam Khan and his wife Vindra. Khan’s kidnapping was recorded as the eighth for the year.
Head of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS), Supt David Nedd said the case was being treated very seriously."
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10/04 Middle East Live Daily Thread
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Apologies- forgot the link on the 2nd hijacker story. doh.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/04/world/main2059984.shtml
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Turkey Says There Was 2nd Hijacker
Man Who Hijacked Turkish Plane Over Greece Allegedly Had Accomplice
(AP) Turkey's Justice Minister said Wednesday a second Turkish national helped hijack a Turkish Airline plane to Italy.
“It has been understood that the plane was hijacked by Turkish citizens, Hakan Ekinci of Izmir and Mehmet Ertas of Antakya,” the Justice Ministry said in a written statement.
Initially, the authorities had said Ekinci was acting alone during Tuesday's hijacking and that he had no accomplices. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear.
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Hugo Chavez and ETA
Caracas 03.10.06 |
Interestingly the international press picked up the comment made yesterday by opposition candidate Manuel Rosales regarding a member of Basque terrorist group ETA who works for the Chavez regime. Rosales' statement came after a question posed by the journalist of Radio Nacional de España. ETA terrorist Jose Arturo Cubillas Fontan arrived in Venezuela in May 1989 according to Spain's Interior Ministry. Associated Press reported from Madrid on 28 September:
Spain is to investigate reports that a fugitive member of the Basque separatist group ETA is working for the Venezuelan government, the justice minister said Thursday. Newspapers ABC and El Mundo identified the man as Arturo Cubillas and said he has been working at the Venezuelan Agriculture Ministry since October 2005. His wife, Goizeder Odriozola, was hired last month as a senior staffer in President Hugo Chavez's office, the papers said.
Full:
http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200610030648
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Blast near Pakistani president's residence
Oct 4, 2006
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A blast was heard in a park near Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in the city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.
"Police will give a statement, but nothing is related to the president or Army House," said military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan.
More:
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=910669