Posted on 07/22/2007 8:37:20 AM PDT by blam
Taliban threatens to kill 23 Korean hostages
By Megan Levy and agencies
Last Updated: 3:16pm BST 22/07/2007
The Taliban has threatened to kill 23 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan, as security forces surround the building where they are being held captive.
The 23 hostages were abducted on Thursday
Afghan and US troops have arrived at the complex in the southern province of Ghazni where officials believe the South Koreans - Christian evangelists - are being held, an Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman said.
The soldiers have cordoned off the area and are awaiting orders, but so far there had not been any engagement, he added.
The Taliban has responded aggressively to the action.
"If there's any military action against us, we'll kill the hostages," Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said.
Mr Ahmadi confirmed that the extremist movement was in negotiations with the government over the fate of the hostages.
The Koreans, who are from an evangelical Christian group that was on an aid mission to Afghanistan, were abducted from a bus travelling from Kandahar to Kabul on Thursday.
The Taliban want to swap the 23 men and women for jailed fighters, and are also demanding that South Korean forces leave Afghanistan.
A team of hostage negotiators arrived in Kabul from Seoul earlier today.
The police chief of Ghazni province, Alishah Ahmadzai, said talks were being held with the Taliban through tribal elders and religious leaders.
"I hope we get good results," he said.
and in II Corps....the ROK’s were on our perimeter and when we got hit with sappers it was a seaborne operation -they wanted no part of the ROK’s-too bad we can’t turn them loose on the ACLU- hope these young people come out of it ok-watch the MSM ignore it if they’re massacred,and still whine about the garbage in Gitmo
you two missed or share in the “superior” part.....EOM
P.S. on second thought, you are both also welcome to go over there and openly proselytize/stick it in their moozlime faces (as I also said way above, but of course he didn’t respond to THAT part) and see what it gets you.
I ‘spose it’s allright to sing dinner music to the lion that eats you, but probably worthwhile only if you’ve made some headway first....
IIRC the Tigers had a kill ratio of about 25 to 1 against the North Vietnamese regulars.
Heavens no!
VN, speak your mind for I don't take offense like a liberal does.
I appreciate FRee discussion and never hold a grudge.
I'm just tormented with the ability of remembering. ; )
All in all I tote a positive attitude for life is good. : D
“A false religion spawned by a false prophet.” ......... Believed by those who were fully indoctinated since birth and forbidden to learn of others. The Koreans are truly dedicated and brave to have entered their territory to preach the gospel. However, the Taliban will think nothing of beheading them for shock value.
“...hope these young people come out of it ok...”
I surely do too.....and I wish that they’d had 3 or 4 ROKs on the bus with them
aside....I spent a year in ROK too.....Camp Casey, and we had lots of KATUSAs with us, and the real ROKS were along the actual Z (We and KATUSAs as well)......the KATUSAs (kids of rich and well-connected Koreans) always beat feet away from the ROKs, too, because the ROKs were as likely as not to treat the KATUSAs like a chicken tossed to the audience at an Alice Cooper concert....:)
A respectable mindset VN but what is your definition of "headway" my FRiend?
There are a lot of Christian students, even in the United States, who feel it is their mission to evangelize in Islamic countries. Arguments of older and wiser persons that maybe this type of activity would be suicidal have no effect on these young people.
headway = “after” you have accomplished “something”
superior = “mindset like yours and wouldn’t understand personal devotion”.
well, at least your id is healthy.....
superior = “mindset like yours and wouldn’t understand personal devotion”.
well, at least your id is healthy.....
Brilliant synopsis!
Are you sure an Independent run for POTUS is out of the question for you?
you are so persistent and creative after having been called out on your arrogant mantle of authority that I expect you know this dance too well for me......you can do or say no wrong, just as shirley maclain when she fooled the indians with her shiny cross and saved herself and clint eastwood.....I’m glad I watched the movie till it ended. au bientot.
Afghanistan has a budding Christian community which both the government and the Taleban are trying to wipe out. Before September 11, 2001, there were only 17 known Christians in the entire country. Today, there is an estimated 10,000, dozens of baptisms occur every week, and people are snatching up Bibles and other Christian literature as quickly as it can make it into the country.
Little wonder the Taleban is frightened.
headway = “after” you have accomplished “something”
superior = “mindset like yours and wouldn’t understand personal devotion”.
well, at least your id is healthy.....
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That's not true for alas, back in '67 I thought I was wrong on an issue, but I was wrong in my thinking.
Tali-whackers do NOT want the ROK Marines on their trail........
Let us hope so.
Don't give them an out via a false prophet.
They are evil and their personal promotion of evil is what drives them.
I only had interaction with their training and it is not PC orientated by any means.VN-survivor 68-69 has the creds to know firsthand their capabilities.It was a bad year and I am glad he made it.
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