Posted on 07/03/2007 6:06:53 PM PDT by Int
BBC reporter freed in Gaza - sources
Posted 22 minutes ago
Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in the Gaza Strip since March, has been handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials, a Palestinian source close to negotiations for his release said.
The source and another Palestinian involved in the talks both said they saw the 45-year-old Briton being taken into the care of officials from the Hamas movement, which seized full control of Gaza three weeks ago.
Guess he converted.
Freed into the tender care of Hamas?
BBC World Service radio now confirming his release. Good news.
Shoulda left him. Maybe he could find Arafat’s Nobel Peace Prize.
oh i hope it’s true that he was released unharmed. I was just reading about him on the bbc website this afternoon and praying for him.
now, if only they find little madeleine mccann safe and unharmed...
A BBC reporter has spoken to Johnston and said he thanked everyone who had supported him. Apparently he had been listening to the BBC World Service radio during his captivity.
Hard for me to understand why they would hold him, or kill him. After all, the BBC is their press organ.
What’s his new Muslim name?
Gordon Brown.
I was about to say...
Good one! :^)
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